Job Title: Digital Transformation Delivery Lead
Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE
Department: Digital Transformation Corp Serv & ERP
Reports To: VP Digital & IT
The Delivery Lead – Digital Transformation is responsible for driving the rollout of standardized digital processes and solutions across multiple entities within a high-tech, aerospace, and defense group. The role owns the end-to-end delivery lifecycle from Discovery through Go-Live and Hypercare, ensuring successful deployment of the Group’s Digital Transformation program.
The role leads cross-functional teams and external partners to deliver high-quality outcomes on time and within budget while driving user adoption and adherence to the target operating model. Strong SAP S/4HANA implementation, data migration, stakeholder management, and leadership experience are essential.
Key Responsibilities
* Develop and manage multi-wave rollout plans across multiple entities, aligning scope, resources, timelines, and dependencies.
* Define readiness criteria and governance gates for each SAP Activate phase.
* Establish standardized deployment methodologies, templates, and delivery assets to support scalable rollouts.
* Lead all SAP Activate phases, including Discover, Prepare, Explore, Realize, Deploy, and Hypercare.
* Conduct fit-to-standard workshops and manage localization requirements and change control.
* Oversee configuration, integrations, testing, data migration, cutover activities, business readiness, and post-go-live stabilization.
* Manage risks, issues, dependencies, and escalations to ensure successful delivery.
* Own data migration strategy and execution, including mapping, cleansing, validation, mock loads, governance, and cutover planning.
* Utilize SAP Migration Cockpit and related ETL/data quality tools to support successful migrations.
* Manage implementation partners, system integrators, and third-party vendors against agreed deliverables and SLAs.
* Collaborate with business leaders, process owners, PMO teams, and key users to support adoption and business readiness.
* Lead governance forums, reporting, KPI tracking, budgeting, quality reviews, and audit activities.
* Ensure compliance with cybersecurity, regulatory, and industry requirements.
* Lead and mentor delivery teams while fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
* Drive process optimization, automation opportunities, and reusable delivery assets.
Qualifications & Experience
Essential
* 12+ years of SAP implementation experience, including at least three full-cycle SAP S/4HANA implementations.
* Proven experience leading large-scale transformation programs and multi-entity ERP rollouts across 10+ legal entities.
* Strong expertise in SAP Activate methodology and implementation lifecycle delivery.
* Extensive experience in data migration, governance, cleansing, cutover planning, and migration tools.
* Experience managing international implementation partners and system integrators.
* Hands-on knowledge of at least two core business process domains.
* Strong program management, stakeholder management, budgeting, reporting, and risk management skills.
* Experience within engineering, manufacturing, aerospace, defense, or similar industrial environments.
Preferred
* Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business, or related discipline.
* MBA, MSc, PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent certifications are advantageous.
* Experience with SAP Ariba, SAP SuccessFactors, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Jira, MS Project, and test automation tools.
Launched in November 2019, the UAE’s EDGE is one of the world’s leading advanced technology groups, established to develop agile, bold and disruptive solutions for defence and beyond, and to be a catalyst for change and transformation. It is dedicated to bringing breakthrough innovations, products, and services to market with greater speed and efficiency, to establishing the UAE as a leading global hub for future industries, and to creating clear paths within the sector for the next generation of highly-skilled talent to thrive.
With a focus on the adoption of 4IR technologies, EDGE is driving the development of sovereign capabilities for global export and for the preservation of national security, working with front-line operators, international partners, and adopting advanced technologies such as autonomous capabilities, cyber-physical systems, advanced propulsion systems, robotics and smart materials. EDGE converges R&D, emerging technologies, digital transformation, and commercial market innovations with military capabilities to develop disruptive solutions tailored to the specific requirements of its customers.
Headquartered in Abu Dhabi, capital of the UAE, EDGE consolidates more than 35 entities into six core clusters: EDGE Commercial, Platforms & Systems, Missiles & Weapons, Space & Cyber Technologies, Technology & Innovation, and Homeland Security.
