Our client, a leading global healthcare organization, is seeking an experienced Business Readiness Lead / Source To Pay Project Manager to support the successful delivery of the Source-to-Pay (STP) workstream within a large-scale transformation program. This role will play a critical part in driving business readiness, deployment coordination, stakeholder engagement, governance activities, and operational execution across multiple program releases. Working closely with Global Process Owners (GPOs), business leads, and cross-functional teams including Data, Testing, and Change Management, the successful candidate will ensure seamless coordination, effective schedule management, and smooth transition into the future-state STP environment while enabling business teams to focus on strategic process design and transformation objectives.
This is a contractual role which will run through the end of 2026, with the likelihood of extension well into 2027. Candidates applying for this role, must be located in the EMEA region.
Key Responsibilities:
- Maintain and manage detailed STP project plans, Jira tickets, and deliverables across multiple program releases
- Coordinate day-to-day project execution activities within the Source-to-Pay workstream
- Act as the primary coordination point for requests, deadlines, and dependencies from Data Migration, Testing, and Change Management teams
- Support Global Process Owners (GPOs) and Business Workstream Leads by managing operational and administrative project activities
- Track and manage milestones, risks, dependencies, RAID logs, and action trackers across the program
- Prepare governance materials, steering committee updates, and regular project status reports
- Monitor progress across STP sub-processes and proactively follow up on outstanding actions and risks
- Coordinate business readiness activities across process, systems, people, and operational workstreams
- Ensure deployment activities including training, testing sign-offs, cutover tasks, and go-live preparation are completed on time
- Support deployment readiness assessments, hypercare planning, stabilization, and transition activities
- Collaborate with regional and functional teams to ensure operational readiness for upcoming system and process changes
- Prepare and maintain project dashboards, readiness reports, and stakeholder communications
- Monitor deployment progress, adoption metrics, and stabilization activities post go-live
- Identify and drive continuous improvement opportunities across governance, coordination, and execution processes
- Capture lessons learned and contribute to ongoing S/4HANA transformation initiatives
Requirements
- 5-7 years of experience in Project Management, STP transformation, SAP/S4HANA implementations, or business readiness roles
- Proven experience supporting large-scale transformation or ERP implementation programs
- Exposure to Source-to-Pay (STP), Procurement, and Procurement Operations processes
- Experience coordinating cross-functional teams and stakeholders within matrix organizations
- Familiarity with governance, reporting, deployment coordination, and change management activities
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deliverables simultaneously
- Structured and proactive approach to tracking actions, risks, dependencies, and project milestones
- Excellent interpersonal, stakeholder management, and communication skills
- Solution-oriented mindset with strong problem-solving capabilities
- Ability to work effectively in fast-paced and evolving program environments
- Advanced English communication skills; additional languages are considered an advantage
- Willingness to travel occasionally for business purposes (up to 10%)
