SAP Transition Lead

SAP Transition Lead

Posted 2 days ago by Codeconvergence Limited (CCL)

Negotiable
Undetermined
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Greater London, England, United Kingdom

Summary: The SAP Transition Lead is responsible for overseeing the handover of a multi-module SAP landscape into Business-as-Usual (BAU) operations, focusing on SuccessFactors, SAP S/4HANA Finance, SAP Ariba, and SAP Cloud ALM. This role emphasizes the establishment of a support model, knowledge transfer, governance, and early-life support to ensure a smooth transition and minimize business disruption. The position requires collaboration with various teams to ensure production readiness and effective operational support.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Define and implement the BAU operating model for SF, S/4HANA Finance, Ariba, and SAP Cloud ALM, aligned to enterprise ITSM and business needs.
  • Create and maintain a detailed transition plan and timeline covering cutover, hyper care, and knowledge transfer milestones.
  • Design runbooks, operational playbooks, support procedures, escalation matrices, and SLA definitions for each solution area.
  • Lead end-to-end knowledge transfer activities: documentation handover, shadowing, workshops, and competency validation for BAU teams and external service providers.
  • Coordinate with project teams, integrators, infrastructure, security, and application support to ensure production readiness (interfaces, jobs, batch schedules, authorizations, transports).
  • Implement and configure SAP Cloud ALM to support monitoring, alerting, business process observation, test management, and deployment tracking during hypercare and ongoing BAU.
  • Manage hyper care and stabilization phase: organize rosters, troubleshoot critical incidents, prioritize fixes and migrations to permanent fixes, and ensure smooth SLA achievement.
  • Establish governance forums for ongoing issue tracking, release cadence, change control, and continuous improvement.
  • Ensure test coverage, cutover rehearsals, and data reconciliation activities are completed prior to go-live.

Key Skills:

  • Experience with SAP SuccessFactors, SAP S/4HANA Finance, SAP Ariba, and SAP Cloud ALM.
  • Strong project management and transition planning skills.
  • Ability to design operational documentation and support procedures.
  • Excellent communication and knowledge transfer capabilities.
  • Experience in coordinating with cross-functional teams for production readiness.
  • Proficiency in SAP Cloud ALM configuration and monitoring.
  • Strong troubleshooting and incident management skills.
  • Experience in governance and continuous improvement processes.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: Greater London

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: undetermined

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

Job Description: An experienced SAP Transition Lead to handover of a multi-module SAP landscape into Business-as-Usual (BAU). The role will cover SuccessFactors (SF), SAP S/4HANA Finance, SAP Ariba, and SAP Cloud ALM (CALM), ensuring a controlled transition from project/delivery mode to stable, scalable operational support. The focus is on delivery of a defined support model, knowledge transfer, governance, SLAs, and early-life support (hypercare) to minimize business disruption and accelerate steady-state operations.

Key responsibilities :

  • Define and implement the BAU operating model for SF, S/4HANA Finance, Ariba, and SAP Cloud ALM, aligned to enterprise ITSM and business needs.
  • Create and maintain a detailed transition plan and timeline covering cutover, hyper care, and knowledge transfer milestones.
  • Design runbooks, operational playbooks, support procedures, escalation matrices, and SLA definitions for each solution area.
  • Lead end-to-end knowledge transfer activities: documentation handover, shadowing, workshops, and competency validation for BAU teams and external service providers.
  • Coordinate with project teams, integrators, infrastructure, security, and application support to ensure production readiness (interfaces, jobs, batch schedules, authorizations, transports).
  • Implement and configure SAP Cloud ALM to support monitoring, alerting, business process observation, test management, and deployment tracking during hypercare and ongoing BAU.
  • Manage hyper care and stabilization phase: organize rosters, troubleshoot critical incidents, prioritize fixes and migrations to permanent fixes, and ensure smooth SLA achievement.
  • Establish governance forums for ongoing issue tracking, release cadence, change control, and continuous improvement.
  • Ensure test coverage, cutover rehearsals, and data reconciliation activities are completed prior to go-live.