SAP Technical Lead / Manager – S/4HANA Deployment

SAP Technical Lead / Manager – S/4HANA Deployment

Location: Montreal, QC

Contract: 12 Months + possibility of extension

Work Arrangement: Montreal-based / Hybrid

Language: English & French required

Job Overview

We are seeking an experienced SAP Technical Lead / Manager to support a large-scale SAP S/4HANA transformation and deployment program across North America.

The successful candidate will lead a regional technical team and be responsible for technical readiness, deployment execution, cutover, go-live, and hypercare. This role requires strong SAP technical knowledge, leadership experience, and the ability to coordinate across technical teams, vendors, and senior stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a regional SAP technical deployment team.
• Own technical readiness and execution across SIT, UAT, Dress Rehearsals, Production Cutover, Go-Live, and Hypercare.
• Coordinate technical activities across SAP BASIS/BTP, Security & Authorizations, Integration, QA, and custom applications.
• Establish technical governance, readiness tracking, escalation processes, and reporting.
• Manage regional defect triage, prioritization, escalation, and resolution.
• Own technical dependencies across interfaces, integrations, reports, and downstream systems.
• Coordinate third-party and vendor technical readiness, including connectivity, testing, environment activities, and cutover requirements.
• Develop, maintain, and execute the SAP cutover runbook.
• Lead cutover rehearsals and validate sequencing, timings, dependencies, and downtime windows.
• Support Go/No-Go readiness assessments and provide technical evidence for stage-gate reviews.
• Lead incident response and stabilization activities during hypercare.
• Ensure adherence to change management, release management, transport governance, QA, and applicable controls.
• Provide leadership, mentoring, and guidance to technical team members.
• Collaborate with global and regional stakeholders across multiple time zones.

Required Qualifications

• Proven experience leading technical teams on large-scale SAP S/4HANA implementations or enterprise transformation programs.
• Strong knowledge of SAP technical environments, including:
• SAP BASIS / BTP
• SAP Security & Authorizations
• SAP Integration
• Custom Application Development
• Strong experience with SIT, UAT, Dress Rehearsals, Cutover, Go-Live, and Hypercare.
• Experience with SAP cutover planning, execution, defect management, and release/transport governance.
• Experience managing third-party/vendor technical readiness.
• Strong governance, resource management, risk management, and readiness reporting experience.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to influence and collaborate across technical and business teams.
• Must have legal authorization to work in Canada.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bilingual English/French, particularly experience supporting Quebec-based operations.
• Experience in mining, metals, resources, manufacturing, or other asset-intensive industries.
• Experience across ERP domains such as Supply Chain, Maintenance, Finance, and Commercial.
• Experience working with globally distributed and offshore technical teams.
• Experience with complex SAP integrations and third-party systems.
• Familiarity with digital adoption and SAP transformation programs.