Digital Transformation Delivery Lead

External Job Description

Job Title: Digital Transformation Delivery Lead
Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE
Department: Digital Transformation Corp Serv & ERP
Reports To: VP Digital & IT

Role Overview

The Delivery Lead – Digital Transformation is responsible for driving the rollout of standardized digital processes and solutions across multiple entities within a high-tech, aerospace, and defense group. The role owns the end-to-end delivery lifecycle from Discovery through Go-Live and Hypercare, ensuring successful deployment of the Group’s Digital Transformation program.

The role leads cross-functional teams and external partners to deliver high-quality outcomes on time and within budget while driving user adoption and adherence to the target operating model. Strong SAP S/4HANA implementation, data migration, stakeholder management, and leadership experience are essential.

Key Responsibilities
* Develop and manage multi-wave rollout plans across multiple entities, aligning scope, resources, timelines, and dependencies.
* Define readiness criteria and governance gates for each SAP Activate phase.
* Establish standardized deployment methodologies, templates, and delivery assets to support scalable rollouts.
* Lead all SAP Activate phases, including Discover, Prepare, Explore, Realize, Deploy, and Hypercare.
* Conduct fit-to-standard workshops and manage localization requirements and change control.
* Oversee configuration, integrations, testing, data migration, cutover activities, business readiness, and post-go-live stabilization.
* Manage risks, issues, dependencies, and escalations to ensure successful delivery.
* Own data migration strategy and execution, including mapping, cleansing, validation, mock loads, governance, and cutover planning.
* Utilize SAP Migration Cockpit and related ETL/data quality tools to support successful migrations.
* Manage implementation partners, system integrators, and third-party vendors against agreed deliverables and SLAs.
* Collaborate with business leaders, process owners, PMO teams, and key users to support adoption and business readiness.
* Lead governance forums, reporting, KPI tracking, budgeting, quality reviews, and audit activities.
* Ensure compliance with cybersecurity, regulatory, and industry requirements.
* Lead and mentor delivery teams while fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
* Drive process optimization, automation opportunities, and reusable delivery assets.

Qualifications & Experience
Essential
* 12+ years of SAP implementation experience, including at least three full-cycle SAP S/4HANA implementations.
* Proven experience leading large-scale transformation programs and multi-entity ERP rollouts across 10+ legal entities.
* Strong expertise in SAP Activate methodology and implementation lifecycle delivery.
* Extensive experience in data migration, governance, cleansing, cutover planning, and migration tools.
* Experience managing international implementation partners and system integrators.
* Hands-on knowledge of at least two core business process domains.
* Strong program management, stakeholder management, budgeting, reporting, and risk management skills.
* Experience within engineering, manufacturing, aerospace, defense, or similar industrial environments.

Preferred
* Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business, or related discipline.
* MBA, MSc, PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent certifications are advantageous.
* Experience with SAP Ariba, SAP SuccessFactors, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Jira, MS Project, and test automation tools.