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Technical Program Manager - S/4 Digital Transformation Cutover, Systems & Environments Santa Clara, CA, onsite must for a long term contract Contract role for a large-scale SAP S/4HANA digital transformation program. This TPM will own the integrated planning, tracking, and execution discipline across systems/environment readiness and enterprise cutover activities, ensuring test cycles, mock loads, cutover rehearsals, go-live, and hypercare are delivered with clear ownership, risk visibility, and executive-ready status reporting. Role ScopeLead the combined Systems & Environments TPM and Cutover TPM function for the S/4 transformation program, partnering with PMO, functional workstreams, Basis/infrastructure, data migration, testing, release management, security/access, business process owners, and external implementation partners. Drive readiness across SAP S/4 and connected enterprise applications, including relevant ECC, S/4, GTS, EWM, MDG, APO/IBP, PLM, Coupa, TM/EWM, data migration, reporting, and other satellite-system dependencies. Support major program cycles such as mock loads, string testing, SIT, UAT, cutover rehearsals, go-live preparation, production cutover, and hypercare stabilization.
Key Responsibilities: Integrated systems and environment planning:
  • Own the end-to-end landscape plan, environment point of view, refresh/snapshot calendar, environment availability tracker, system end dates, release windows, and readiness gates across SAP and non-SAP systems.
  • Cutover planning and governance:
  • Build and maintain the integrated cutover workplan/runbook, command-center cadence, RACI, milestone plan, entry/exit criteria, blackout/freeze assumptions, ramp-down/ramp-up activities, and go/no-go readiness inputs.
  • Mock and test-cycle enablement:
  • Coordinate environment readiness for mock loads, SIT/UAT, defect retest, pre/post-load validations, business signoffs, and cross-functional test-data dependencies; proactively resolve blockers before execution windows.
  • Transport and release coordination:
  • Partner with Basis, release, and functional teams to track TR approvals, sequencing, imports, quarantine/return-code issues, environment syncs, and recurring transport movement needed to keep test and cutover environments current.
  • Data migration and cutover dependency tracking:
  • Coordinate data-migration prerequisites, load readiness, validation ownership, mock performance learnings, conversion/cutover dependencies, and handoffs between data, testing, technical, and business teams.
  • Cross-functional integration:
  • Drive alignment across Finance, OTC, Manufacturing Operations, NPI, Sourcing/Procurement, Sales & Services, Supply Planning, and adjacent programs/vendors so environment and cutover dependencies are visible and managed.
  • Status, risk, and escalation management:
  • Maintain executive-ready dashboards, RAID logs, decision logs, action trackers, readiness heatmaps, signoff trackers, and weekly PMO/leadership status; escalates risks early with clear owners and dates.
  • Audit, security, and compliance readiness:
  • Ensure environment access, refresh, data retention, control evidence, SOX-sensitive activities, and cutover approvals are documented and traceable.
  • Vendor and resource coordination:
  • Coordinate work across internal teams and implementation partners, validate scope/estimate assumptions, and ensure the right technical SMEs are engaged for time-sensitive cutover and environment work.
  • Integrated systems landscape and environment readiness plan covering SAP and satellite applications.
  • Cutover master plan/runbook with timeline, owners, dependencies, checkpoints, command-center model, and escalation path.
  • Environment refresh/snapshot/release calendar, transport movement tracker, access/readiness checklist, and system-retirement or release plan.
  • Mock/load readiness dashboards, entry/exit criteria tracking, defect and validation signoff tracker, and go/no-go readiness package.
  • Weekly PMO/leadership status report, RAID log, decision log, action register, and hypercare transition plan.
Required Experience: 10+ years of TPM/project management experience in large ERP, SAP S/4HANA, or enterprise digital transformation programs. Hands-on experience managing cutover planning/execution, environment readiness, release/transport coordination, and testing or data-migration dependencies in complex SAP landscapes. Strong understanding of SAP S/4HANA program phases, Basis/environment concepts, integrated business processes, mock cycles, SIT/UAT, go-live readiness, and hypercare. Proven ability to drive cross-functional teams without direct authority, manage global/onshore/offshore stakeholders, and create order in high-pressure execution windows. Excellent executive communication, meeting facilitation, issue resolution, vendor coordination, and detailed follow-through; must be comfortable owning the tracker and pushing actions to closure. Experience with tools such as Jira, Smartsheet/MS Project, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint/Teams, and dashboard/status reporting.
Preferred Qualifications: SAP Activate, PMP, PgMP, Scrum/Agile, ITIL, or equivalent delivery certification. Experience with SAP RISE/HEC, MDG, EWM, TM, GTS, PLM, Coupa, APO/IBP, BODS, Migration Cockpit, data conversion, SOX/control evidence, or large-scale finance/supply-chain transformations. Success Profile The ideal candidate is a hands-on, detail-oriented TPM who combines SAP transformation knowledge with disciplined execution. They should be able to turn fragmented inputs into an integrated plan, surface risks before they become go-live blockers, drive senior-level alignment, and keep teams accountable through fast-moving mock, cutover, and hypercare windows.
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Sacramento, CA

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Computer Systems Analysts

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