SAP Technical Lead / Manager – S/4HANA Deployment

Job Title: SAP Technical Lead / Manager – S/4HANA Deployment

Location: Montreal, QC

Work Arrangement: Montreal-based / Hybrid

Contract: 12 Months, with possibility of extension

Language: English & French required

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced SAP Technical Lead / Manager to lead the technical deployment of SAP S/4HANA across a complex enterprise transformation program.

This is a senior technical leadership role responsible for regional technical readiness, deployment execution, cutover, go-live, and hypercare. The successful candidate will lead a multidisciplinary technical team and work closely with business stakeholders, vendors, and global technology teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a regional SAP technical deployment team.
• Own technical readiness and execution across SIT, UAT, Dress Rehearsals, Production Cutover and Hypercare.
• Lead SAP technical activities across BASIS/BTP, Security & Authorizations, Integration, QA and Custom Applications.
• Establish and maintain technical readiness plans, governance, reporting, and escalation processes.
• Manage regional defect triage, prioritization, escalation, and resolution.
• Coordinate third-party technical readiness, connectivity, testing, environment activities, and cutover requirements.
• Develop and manage the regional SAP cutover runbook and command-center activities.
• Lead cutover rehearsals and validate sequencing, timings, dependencies, and downtime windows.
• Support Go/No-Go readiness assessments and provide technical evidence for program stage gates.
• Coordinate with vendors, stakeholders, and distributed technical teams across multiple time zones.
• Lead incident response and stabilization activities during hypercare.
• Ensure compliance with technical governance, release management, transport controls, QA processes, and applicable controls.
• Provide leadership, mentoring, and guidance to technical team members.

Required Qualifications

• Strong experience leading technical teams in 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
• Hands-on experience with SIT, UAT, Dress Rehearsals, Cutover and Go-Live.
• Strong experience with SAP cutover planning, execution, defect management, and release/transport governance.
• Experience managing third-party/vendor technical readiness.
• Strong program governance, resource 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

• French & English bilingual experience, particularly supporting Quebec-based operations.
• Experience in mining, metals, resources, manufacturing, or other asset-intensive industries.
• Experience across multiple ERP business domains such as Supply Chain, Maintenance, Finance, and Commercial.
• Experience working with globally distributed teams and offshore delivery models.
• Experience with SAP S/4HANA deployment programs involving complex integrations and third-party systems.

Key Skills

SAP S/4HANA | SAP Technical Leadership | SAP BASIS | SAP BTP | SAP Security | SAP Integration | Cutover Management | Go-Live | Hypercare | SIT | UAT | SAP Deployment | Defect Management | Vendor Management | Technical Governance | Stakeholder Management

If you have strong SAP S/4HANA deployment leadership experience and are interested in a challenging transformation program in Montreal, we would like to hear from you.