SAP Deployment & Rollout Lead - Petaling Jaya, Plaza 33 | Accenture Job

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The role will own the end-to-end delivery of deployment activities across assigned markets, covering requirements gathering, Fit-to-Template workshops, testing, training, cutover, go-live, hypercare, and transition to run support.

Key Responsibilities:

Early Deployment

• Lead functional onboarding and regional workshops to gather and validate local business requirements.
• Plan and facilitate workshops, document outcomes, and conduct regular stakeholder sessions.
• Coordinate Fit-to-Template workshop planning and document key deployment activities.
• Ensure a smooth handover from early deployment activities to the core deployment team.

Core Deployment

• Lead Fit-to-Template workshops and document outcomes and local business requirements.
• Oversee test system configuration and support test strategy and execution, including dry runs and deployment testing.
• Ensure key-user and end-user training activities are properly planned and delivered.
• Drive cutover, go-live, and hypercare activities and coordinate handover to the run support team.
• Serve as the key point of contact for deployment leads, test managers, PMO, Business Analysts, and other stakeholders.
• Provide milestone reporting, proactively manage risks and issues, and ensure deployment activities remain on track.
• Coordinate deployment activities across multiple countries and time zones.

Required Skills & Experience:

• Proven experience leading ERP deployments, ideally involving SAP S/4HANA, across multiple countries, markets, or business units.
• Strong experience across the end-to-end deployment lifecycle, including requirements gathering, scoping, workshop facilitation, testing, training, cutover, go-live, and hypercare.
• Solid understanding of Fit-Gap/Fit-to-Template methodologies and template-based SAP rollouts.
• Strong planning, risk management, reporting, and delivery management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams, stakeholders, and Business Analysts in parallel.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, including experience working with senior business and program stakeholders.
• Experience within life sciences, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, or other regulated industries is an advantage.
• Comfortable working across multiple time zones and culturally diverse teams.
• Fluent English communication skills; additional language capabilities are an advantage.

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