Senior Director, Information Technology – ERP, SAP

Role Overview

• Define and execute the ERP roadmap and strategy supporting SAP including migrations, integrations, upgrades, and decommissioning.
• Oversee ERP governance, ensuring standards for architecture, data quality, security, integration frameworks, and change management.
• Lead full ERP lifecycle implementations and enhancements—functional design, technical build, QA, deployment, training, and ongoing support across modules (finance, supply chain, manufacturing, HR).
• Manage cross-functional teams: ERP functional consultants, MSP Team, integration team, solution architects, DevOps team.
• Serve as senior liaison between SAP ERP, IT Business Delivery Partners and business leadership (finance, operations, manufacturing, procurement), driving SAP based innovation and continuous improvement.
• Ensure alignment of ERP platforms with evolving business models—acquisitions, reorganizations, new markets, regulatory/compliance changes.
• Own vendor and MSP relationships, SLAs, licensing, and cost optimization for ERP platforms.
• Drive digital transformation initiatives leveraging ERP as backbone: automation, AI, RPA, advanced analytics.
• Provide enterprise-level leadership: hiring, mentoring, performance management, budget planning, and forecasting.
• Maintain SAP industry best practices, risk mitigation plans (DR, resilience, security) and documentation.
• Strategic thinker with a proven ability to translate business needs into technology-enabled solutions.
• Executive communicator—comfortable presenting to C‑Suite and Operating Company leadership audiences, balancing technical depth with organizational context.
• Strong change management acumen, experienced in managing resistance and ensuring adoption across business units.
• Collaborative leadership, able to build high-performing global SAP ERP teams and manage external partners.
• Budget oversight experience in multi‑million-dollar ERP portfolios, cost-benefit analysis, ROI justification.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or related fields.
• 10+ years of SAP leadership experience in large-scale, ERP environments.
• Ideally 15+ years in IT with at least 8–10 years in senior roles managing SAP platforms.
• Proven track record running, implementing or transforming ERP systems across global operations.
• Deep knowledge of SAP (ECC, S/4HANA), plus exposure to other ERP systems.
• Strong understanding of integration methods within ERP systems and to enable interactions with internal and external systems and vendors: APIs, middleware (e.g. Mulesoft), EDI.
• Familiarity with BI/reporting technologies (Power BI, Tableau) and ERP analytics.
• Familiar with cloud migrations, SaaS ERP models, hybrid/On‑Prem architecture.
• Skilled in data governance, master data strategy, and security/compliance for ERP data.

Tech Stack

• Cloud
• ERP
• RPA
• Tableau

Benefits

• annual performance bonus
• medical/dental/vision benefits
• 401K match