SAP Transformation Lead
Posted 1 day ago by Red Global
Negotiable
Undetermined
Remote
France, Western Europe
Summary: The SAP Transformation Lead role involves overseeing a critical SAP transformation programme for a major organization, focusing on the deployment of an existing SAP solution within a predominantly French-speaking environment. The position requires strong leadership skills to drive business readiness, stakeholder engagement, data migration, and user adoption. The contract is for 6 months with a possibility of extension, and it is a remote position requiring fluency in both French and English.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the successful delivery of an SAP implementation programme from initiation through to go-live.
- Coordinate technical teams, business stakeholders, and project resources.
- Review and work from existing solution designs and functional specifications.
- Drive project governance, reporting, risk management, and issue resolution.
- Support data remediation, cleansing, and migration activities.
- Assess and support transition from current ("as-is") to future ("to-be") business processes.
- Lead business change, communication, and user adoption initiatives.
- Engage with finance, accounting, and operational stakeholders to ensure successful delivery.
- Translate technical concepts into clear business language for non-technical audiences.
Key Skills:
- Proven experience delivering SAP implementation, rollout, or transformation programmes.
- Strong SAP project leadership and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience working across both technical and business workstreams.
- Knowledge of data migration, data quality, or data remediation activities.
- Experience driving business process change and user adoption.
- Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Fluent French and English.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: undetermined
Country: France
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
SAP Transformation Lead
Duration: 6 months plus possible extension
B2B Freelance Contract
Location: Europe (remote)
Language Requirements: Fluent French and English
We are supporting a major organisation on a business-critical SAP transformation programme and are seeking an experienced SAP Transformation Lead to join the project from July.
This is a key leadership role overseeing the deployment of an existing SAP solution into the client's current SAP landscape, while driving business readiness, stakeholder engagement, data migration activities, and user adoption across a predominantly French-speaking environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the successful delivery of an SAP implementation programme from initiation through to go-live.
- Coordinate technical teams, business stakeholders, and project resources.
- Review and work from existing solution designs and functional specifications.
- Drive project governance, reporting, risk management, and issue resolution.
- Support data remediation, cleansing, and migration activities.
- Assess and support transition from current ("as-is") to future ("to-be") business processes.
- Lead business change, communication, and user adoption initiatives.
- Engage with finance, accounting, and operational stakeholders to ensure successful delivery.
- Translate technical concepts into clear business language for non-technical audiences.
Required Experience
- Proven experience delivering SAP implementation, rollout, or transformation programmes.
- Strong SAP project leadership and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience working across both technical and business workstreams.
- Knowledge of data migration, data quality, or data remediation activities.
- Experience driving business process change and user adoption.
- Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Fluent French and English.
Desirable Experience
- SAP S/4HANA programme experience.
- Finance and accounting process knowledge.
- Asset management or asset capitalisation experience.
- SAP change management experience.
- Experience working within multinational environments.
Candidate Profile
- Strong delivery focus with a track record of driving projects through to completion.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Comfortable operating across technical, functional, and business teams.
- Proactive, organised, and capable of working independently.
- Able to build strong relationships with French-speaking users and international stakeholders.
If you have a proven track record leading SAP transformation programmes and are looking for your next contract opportunity, we'd love to hear from you.
Please apply with your latest CV.
Reference
CR/134804_1780662357
Date
5 Jun 2026