SAP Senior Program Manager ~ Americas S/4 SAP RISE Transformation

R10104376 SAP Senior Program Manager ~ Americas S/4 SAP RISE Transformation (Open)
Location:
Radnor, PA (Airgas HO) - Management - Digital & IT Airgas
How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?
At Airgas, we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the diversity of our employees, our customers, patients, community stakeholders and cultures across the world.Airgas is Hiring for a SAP Senior Program Manager ~ Americas S/4 SAP RISE Transformation in Radnor, PA!
We are looking for you !
Hybrid from Radnor, PA but open to remote
No sponsorship offered for this position
Comprehensive Family Benefits: Airgas offers a full benefits package designed to support your whole life, including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D, and Disability Insurance.
Support for Parents: We offer up to 14-week paid child birth benefits to support growing families.
Future Security: 401(k) Retirement Plan with company match, Tuition Assistance, Paid Holidays, Vacation, and Sick time.
Early Access: Your benefits start after just 30 days of employment.
Recruiter: Roseanne Khachikyan / [email protected] / 424-318-0169
Within the framework of product management group principles, define and implement a strategic vision for the product/service including the product / service functional and technical roadmap, obsolescence plans and value proposition in order for the product to be operational, to meet clients needs, in a compliant way with cybersecurity group's principles and financial performance.
Program Strategy & RISE Governance
End-to-End Program Leadership: Direct the full lifecycle of the S/4HANA RISE program, from Phase 0 (Discovery/Preparation) through Design, Build, Test, Cutover, and Hypercare.
RISE with SAP Management: Act as the primary liaison with SAP for the RISE contract, ensuring infrastructure provisioning, cloud SLAs, and managed services align with project timelines and performance expectations.
Systems Integrator (SI) Management: Oversee the delivery, budgeting, and performance of the SI partner(s). Enforce statement of work (SOW) commitments, track resource utilization, and resolve contractual disputes.
Executive Reporting: Lead the Executive Steering Committee. Translate complex technical and project risks into clear business impacts and actionable decisions for C-suite stakeholders.
Business Deployment & Transformation
Global Rollout Strategy: Design and execute the business deployment strategy (e.g., pilot sites, phased regional rollouts, or big bang), tailoring the approach to minimize operational disruption.
Process Harmonization: Partner with Global Process Owners (GPOs) in Finance, Supply Chain, and Operations to drive adherence to standard SAP best practices and minimize custom code ("clean core" strategy).
Business Readiness & OCM: Collaborate closely with the Organizational Change Management (OCM) lead to ensure comprehensive training, user acceptance, and business site readiness prior to go-live.
Cutover & Hypercare: Architect the technical and business cutover plans. Direct the hypercare command center post go-live to ensure rapid triage and resolution of critical business disruptions.
Financial, Risk & Resource Management
Budget Ownership: Manage a multi-million dollar program budget, including SI fees, SAP licensing, internal resource costs, and contingency funds. Provide accurate monthly forecasting and variance analysis.
Risk Mitigation: Proactively identify program-level risks across technical (data migration, integrations) and business (change fatigue, blackout periods) domains. Develop aggressive mitigation plans.
Resource Coordination: Matrix-manage a large, globally distributed team of functional leads, technical architects, data migration specialists, and business SMEs.
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Required Qualifications:
Experience: 12+ years in IT project/program management, with at least 7 years leading large-scale, global SAP ERP implementations.
S/4HANA & RISE Expertise: Must have led at least one full-lifecycle SAP S/4HANA implementation. Direct experience with RISE with SAP (Private or Public Cloud edition) is strictly required.
Methodology: Mastery of the SAP Activate methodology and Agile/Scrum principles in an SAP context.
Deployment Prowess: Proven track record of successfully managing complex cutovers, data migrations from legacy ECC systems, and orchestrating multi-site or multi-country business rollouts.
Vendor Management: Strong negotiation and vendor management skills, specifically with global Tier 1 Systems Integrators (e.g., Accenture, Deloitte, IBM, Capgemini).
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field.
Preferred Qualifications
Active Project Management Professional (PMP) or Program Management Professional (PgMP) certification.
Certified SAP Activate Project Manager.
Deep functional knowledge in one or more core business areas (e.g., Order-to-Cash, Procure-to-Pay, Record-to-Report).
Experience in the [Insert your specific industry] sector.
Master’s degree or MBA.
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Benefits
We care about and support our Airgas Families. This is evident not only through our competitive compensation but also through a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision plans, short-term and long-term disability, life and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), pre-tax commuter transportation benefit, parental leave, vacation, sick time, floating holidays, jury duty and funeral/bereavement leave, and paid holidays for all eligible full-time employees.
Additionally, we offer our eligible employees a 401k plan with company matching funds, tuition reimbursement, discounted college tuition for eligible employees’ dependents, and an Airgas Scholarship Program for dependent children.
Associates who are members of collective bargaining units should review their bargaining agreement to determine whether they are eligible for some or all of the benefits described here and to see any special terms or conditions for eligibility.
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Your DIFFERENCES enhance our PERFORMANCE
At Airgas, we are committed to building a workplace that embraces the diversity of our employees, our

Skills
SAP, Product Management, Project Management, Agile, Scrum, Negotiation, Vendor Management, ERP