Enterprise Transformation and Deployment Lead

Enterprise Transformation and Deployment Lead

Hiring Location: Laval, Canada

Bilingual: English & French

Seeking an experienced transformation and deployment leader to oversee the Canadian rollout of a large-scale SAP S/4HANA business transformation program. This role combines project management, stakeholder engagement, change management, and operational readiness responsibilities to ensure successful local adoption and go-live execution.

ASPIRE is an enterprise-wide business transformation program that aims to deliver best-in-suite, user-centric digital solutions that will help manage the organization as efficiently as possible. At the center of ASPIRE is One Enterprise, the future state of the current enterprise landscape. ASPIRE is co-creating one harmonized process framework across the enterprise, with SAP S/4HANA at its core—a technology that will replace existing and soon outdated SAP local and regional systems. By following a template approach within SAP, available to all entities around the globe, core business processes will become more integrated, simplified, harmonized, and scalable.

Strategic Leadership & Liaison

• Act as the primary liaison between Global/Regional Program teams and the local affiliate to align local needs with the global deployment strategy.
• Serve as a "knowledge connector," harmonizing business processes and ensuring cross-functional alignment across divisions and geographies.
• Gain leadership buy-in and manage local project governance to ensure executive support.
• Project & Operational Excellence
• Adopt and execute the ASPIRE deployment framework across the full lifecycle (Preparation, Core Deployment, and Sustainment).
• Develop comprehensive plans to manage timelines, budget, and scope as defined in the project charter.
• Oversee critical project phases, including data cleansing, fit-to-template workshops, testing, go/no-go decision-making and cut-over.
• Drive definition & fulfillment of business go-live criteria

Resource & Risk Management

• Secure and onboard internal and external resources, ensuring the team has the right competencies for each project wave.
• Partner with supporting services to align their activities with site-specific needs. Examples include: Data Management, Project Management Office, Organizational Change Management teams
• Proactively manage risks by creating contingency plans and scenario modeling for items on the critical path.

Change Management & People Enablement

• Drive local adoption through active change management, including managing resistance and executing training plans.
• Supervise and mentor local team members throughout the project lifecycle.
• Demonstrate flexibility by supporting affiliate teams and ensuring a smooth handover to the sustainment organization post-go-live.

Key Contacts:

• Wave Lead and Service team leads (PMO, OCM Testing, Training, Data Management, etc.)
• Deployment Team members (Main Functional Contact & Subject Matter Experts)
• Agile Release Train (ART) Deployment Partners
• Site/Affiliate Leadership and business partners
• Country Lead Commercial ASPIRE DIA

Education & Experience

• You hold a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant field.
• You bring 8+ years of experience (with at least 5 years in leadership) managing large-scale projects, ideally within a commercial affiliate or matrix environment.
• You have a proven track record of leading complex IT implementations or significant business transformations. Leadership & Strategic Mindset
• You are a systems thinker who can integrate multiple streams of information to make mature, strategic decisions.
• You possess strong change management skills, with the ability to lead and mentor teams through high-pressure, rapidly changing environments.
• You are self-driven and highly structured, capable of managing competing priorities while maintaining a focus on quality and project sustainability.

Communication & Relationship Building

• You are a natural communicator with high Eq, able to influence stakeholders at all levels—from local affiliate staff to global program heads.
• You have a "solution-oriented" approach to conflict, skillfully aligning local needs with global mandates.
• You are able to work across international time zones
• You are fluent in English and French; both written and spoken.
• You are comfortable stretching beyond your comfort zone to build lasting business relationships in a diverse, global landscape.

Nice to Haves:

• Previous commercial affiliate experience preferred
• Experience in large IT Service Management projects (e.g., SAP)
• Experience in a healthcare environment preferred

Contexte

ASPIRE est un programme de transformation numérique à l’échelle de l’entreprise. Son objectif est de fournir des solutions numériques performantes et centrées sur l’utilisateur afin de gérer l’organisation avec une efficacité optimale. Au cœur d’ASPIRE se trouve One Enterprise , représentant l’avenir de l’environnement d’entreprise actuel. ASPIRE vise à créer un référentiel de processus harmonisé à l’échelle de l’entreprise, avec SAP S/4HANA comme pilier central. Cette technologie remplacera les systèmes SAP locaux et régionaux actuels, bientôt obsolètes. En adoptant une approche basée sur un modèle SAP accessible à toutes les entités dans le monde, les processus d’affaires essentiels deviendront davantage intégrés, simplifiés, harmonisés et évolutifs.

Revised French Nice-to-Haves

Atouts :

• Une expérience antérieure au sein d’un affilié commercial est un plus.
• Une expérience dans des projets de gestion de services informatiques de grande envergure (ex. SAP) est un plus.
• Une expérience dans le secteur de la santé est un plus.

Brooksource is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), gender identity or gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, physical or mental disability, protected medical condition as defined by applicable state or local law, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws and ordinances.

Benefits & Perks: Brooksource offers competitive medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Dependent Care FSA, and supplemental coverage with plans that can fit each employee’s needs. We offer a 401k plan that includes a company match and is fully vested after you become eligible, paid time off, sick time, and paid company holidays. We also offer an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) that provides services like virtual counseling, financial services, legal services, life coaching, etc.

Pay Disclaimer: The pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.