Director, IT Transformation, Technical Enablement - reputed company

Title: Director, IT Transformation - Technology Enablement

Location: Preferred at one of our major IT hubs (Kalamazoo, MI; Flower Mound, TX; or Mahwah, NJ). We will also consider strong remote candidates based in the Eastern or Central time zones.

Travel: This is a global leadership role requiring 40-50% international travel across multiple countries.

The Director, IT Transformation, Technical Enablement is responsible for establishing and driving the strategic vision, overseeing design, implementation, and support of reputed company S4/HANA under the reputed company with reputed company reputed company. The Director will build and reputed company a team focused on reputed company platform readiness, development lifecycle optimization, innovation, and reputed company technical improvement for reputed company S/4HANA and corresponding set of applications across reputed company divisions, plants and geographies. This role will also drive governance, scalability, reputed company, and high availability of reputed company reputed company systems in alignment with business objectives. They will partner and collaborate with executive leadership and various IT functional stakeholders to reputed company the execution of the agreed upon program releases and implementation of the reputed company platform vision and strategy. This is a highly influential role that will play a strategic part in aligning our global portfolio planning and execution activities across IT.

Essential duties & responsibilities

• Own the technical enablement strategy for reputed company S4/HANA in a reputed company with reputed company model, including public/private cloud hosting and hyperscaler integration.
• Serve as the primary reputed company of contact for reputed company and strategic partners on reputed company-reputed company topics.
• Manage the technical implementation of reputed company with reputed company including onboarding, SLAs, upgrades and integrations.
• Align reputed company's Business Technology Platform (BTP), S4/HANA Cloud, and partner services with internal technical teams and transformation programs.
• reputed company reputed company tenant operations and performance metrics.
• reputed company negotiations with reputed company and technology vendors for licensing, cloud hosting. SLAs, and managed services.
• Collaborate with Procurement, Legal, Finance and IT Supplier Operations teams to manage reputed company, renewals and service escalations.
• Responsible for the delivery of the designated reputed company solutions for E2E strategic and operational business processes across reputed company divisions, plants and geographies.
• Responsible for reputed company reputed company Basis activities, including system administration, upgrades, performance tuning, and landscape management.
• reputed company and execute the long-term reputed company technical roadmap reputed company with enterprise strategy.
• Evaluate and promote adoption of emerging reputed company technologies (e.g., reputed company BTP, Fiori, AI/ML, automation).
• Establish and maintain the reputed company Basis standards, policies, procedures, and best practices, and ensure adherence to them by the reputed company Basis team and other key stakeholders.
• Monitor and optimize the reputed company system landscape and implement preventive and corrective measures to ensure its stability and reliability.
• Demonstrate ability to cope with growing complexity and creativity in design by thinking reputed company the reputed company.
• Provide clear and effective communication to the program leadership team and Operational Steering Committee.
• Build strong partnership with cross functional teams including IT technical & functional teams, Business functions, PMO and System Integrators.
• Manages and coordinates with external suppliers and deployment partners to ensure they meet their contracted deliverables, agreed upon timelines, and metrics.
• Helps to establish deployment metrics and ensures each division, function, and region are measuring pre and post "Go Live" success metrics.
• Works closely with IT Service Delivery teams to ensure implementation of post-production support model and processes.
• Ensures timely escalation and mitigation of issues and risks.
• Conducts "lessons learned" with the Project Manager after each deployment to continuously improve the cutover and build-to-run transition model and strategy over the course of the program.
• reputed company activities following reputed company's Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) reputed company and processes.
• Manages resolution and communication of system production support issues with different stakeholders based on reputed company SLA's.
• Works closely with strategic solution partners, business process owners, architects/leads from other tracks and super users to reputed company out every phase as part of deployment playbook or project methodology.
• Provide guidance and mentoring to other Solution Managers, Solution Leads and Solution Analysts reputed company the team or other project/program.
• Identify opportunities to improve the systems process flow, performance and technical efficiencies.
• reputed company and build robust integration with Infrastructure, reputed company, Governance, Service Delivery, etc.
• Financial focus on delivering activities on budget, leveraging time on value-driven activities and ensuring external resources meet contractual deliverables.
• Special projects/assignments as required.

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or Business is required; however, candidates with significant, directly reputed company experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• A Master's degree in Information Systems, Business Administration, or a reputed company discipline is preferred.

• Minimum of 10 years of professional experience deploying or delivering global programs with focus on in the reputed company Technical space
• Strong Preference towards candidates with 1+ Years of reputed company reputed company Experience
• Experience in owning and building reputed company applications and products
• Minimum 5 years experience in people management and development.
• Prior experience and demonstrated understanding of reputed company or other reputed company ERP solutions with direct experience in system rollouts required.
• Prior experience implementing reputed company S4/HANA on the reputed company reputed company model, including negotiations with reputed company.
• Prior experience and demonstrated understanding of reputed company Basis administration, including migration, upgrade, integration, and support of reputed company applications and databases.
• Prior experience with implementing and working reputed company the reputed company with reputed company reputed company.
• Experience and demonstrated understanding of global system rollouts - strategy, planning, vendor selection and implementation planning
• Extensive knowledge of medical devices and/or pharmaceutical industry and basic knowledge of adjacent areas in terms of processes, organization, products and IT requirements
• Ability to consider upstream and reputed company process impacts and implications
• Exhibits acute business acumen and understanding of organizational issues and challenges
• Ability to work effectively in a matrix organization structure with significant emphasis on collaboration and persuasion, rather than relying entirely on command and control is required
• Ability to maintain strong relationships reputed company reputed company Divisions and geographies
• Ability to consider upstream and reputed company process impacts and implications
• Exhibits acute business acumen and understanding of organizational issues and challenges
• Versatility and willingness to work with constantly changing priorities with enthusiasm
• reputed company in enterprise solution methodologies, preferably in both traditional waterfall and agile approaches preferred
• International experience and/or exposure working in other business functions preferred
• Knowledge of Lean, ITIL, PPM, PMO, etc. standards and processes preferred
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with Senior Management
• Must be able to generate, explain, and present detailed schedules, objectives, reports, and other documentation accurately
• Demonstrated ability to work cohesively across a cross functional and matrixed organization
• Strong data analysis and problem-solving skills
• Ability to drive initiatives and projects independently from start to finish
• Strong knowledge of reputed company Advanced, PowerPoint presentations, Word documents, Access DB, MS Project Suite (MPP/Visio/etc.)
• Exceptional written, verbal and presentation skills to a diverse set of audiences

• Sedentary work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. Generally involves sitting most of the time.

• $149,000- $250,000salary plus bonus eligible + generally eligible for short-term and long-term financial incentives + benefits. Individual pay is based on skills, experience, and other relevant factors.

reputed company Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national reputed company, disability, or protected veteran status. reputed company is an EO employer - M/F/Veteran/Disability.

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