Director — Technology Compliance, Governance & Change Management

Job Description

The Position

We are seeking a strategic experienced Director to lead technology compliance governance and change management across our SAP suite of applications including S/4HANA landscape and other connected systems. This leader will own the operating model policies and controls that ensure the IT solutions are secure compliant and aligned with enterprise architecture and regulatory requirements. The role partners closely with Global Process Owners GxP Quality Finance Program Delivery IT Risk Cybersecurity & Enterprise Architecture to embed strong governance control frameworks release management and change control for SAP solutions and related integrations. This role will support global SAP programs and ongoing operations.

What will you do

• Define and lead SAP technology governance across the SAP solutions landscape including S/4HANA: develop and maintain policies standards reference architectures lifecycle management and compliance controls.
• Establish and own the SAP change governance model: release planning transport policies segregation of duties (SoD) controls code promotion procedures emergency change processes and rollback strategies.
• Lead SAP-related compliance programs and remediation efforts including internal audit support and external regulatory readiness (GxP SOX GDPR) ensuring evidence collection remediation plans and demonstrable auditability.
• Oversee SAP configuration customization and enhancement control processes in partnership with Global Process Owners ensuring design controls requirement traceability and validation where required.
• Define and operationalize SAP change assurance practices: testing strategies (unit integration regression UAT) environment refresh policies test data management release validation and operational readiness reviews.
• Lead the SAP release management function using SAP ChaRM: establish and manage a coordinated release calendar across S/4HANA SuccessFactors Ariba and thirdparty integrations; enforce deployment windows predeployment checks and rollback criteria.
• Implement and mature configuration and code management practices for SAP: transport management branching strategies CI/CD for ABAP and cloud extensions and DevOps pipelines for SAP BTP and cloud deployments.
• Partner with Cybersecurity IT Risk Infrastructure and OT teams to integrate SAPspecific security controls patch management vulnerability remediation and incident response processes.
• Define and report on governance and compliance KPIs (change failure rate mean time to remediate SoD conflicts audit findings closure rate release success rate); present metrics and risk posture to senior leadership and audit committees.
• Build lead and mentor a multidisciplinary team of governance compliance and change management professionals; drive hiring development and resource planning.
• Provide governance oversight and advisory support for S/4HANA transformation rollouts carveins/carveouts and integrations; assess program risks and advise on golive readiness and mitigations.
• Manage relationships with SAP system integrators and tooling vendors (GRC tools ALM CI/CD test automation) to ensure the toolchain supports governance and change processes effectively.
• Drive continuous improvement and automation of governance controls and change processes to enable speed and agility while maintaining control and compliance.

Qualifications Skills & Experience Required

• Bachelors degree in computer science Information Systems Engineering Finance or related field. Advanced degree preferred.
• 10 years of experience in SAP technology governance change management compliance or large SAP program delivery with demonstrable leadership experience; prior director or senior leadership experience preferred.
• Deep functional and technical knowledge of SAP S/4HANA landscape modules and integration patterns (Finance MM SD PP TM Ariba SuccessFactors) and SAP BTP/cloud extensions.
• Handson familiarity with SAP change and transport management processes (ChaRM) SAP Basis concepts landscape design and environment strategies.
• Experience designing and delivering compliance programs in regulated environments (GxP SOX GDPR) with practical experience preparing for and supporting audits.
• Awareness of DevOps and CI/CD practices applied to SAP (ABAP pipelines CTS Jenkins Git SAP Cloud Transport Management).
• Proven ability to define and implement governance frameworks that balance control and agility for large global ERP landscapes.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills with proven ability to influence executive leadership and crossfunctional teams.

Nice to have

• Certifications: SAP S/4HANA SAP GRC CISM CISSP PMP or equivalent.
• Practical experience with SAP Solution Manager Focused Build Focused Insights SAP Cloud ALM or other test and release management tooling.
• Experience integrating SAP governance with enterprise ITSM and change control tools (ServiceNow Jira Azure DevOps).
• Experience in SAP transformation programs including global rollouts carveins/carveouts and postmerger integrations.
• Familiarity with cloud security models and hybrid architectures supporting SAP onpremise and cloud deployments.
• Prior experience in life sciences pharmaceuticals or animal health is advantageous.
• AI/ML Engineering experience would be a huge asset.
• Czech and English language skills both fluent verbally and in writing.

What we offer

• Exciting work in a great team global projects international environment
• Opportunity to learn and grow professionally within the company globally
• Hybrid working model flexible role pattern (e.g. even 80% full-time is possible in justified cases)
• Pension and health insurance contributions
• Internal reward system plus referral programme
• 5 weeks annual leave 5 sick days 15 days of certified sick leave paid above statutory requirements annually 40 paid hours annually for volunteering activities 12 weeks of parental contribution
• Cafeteria for tax free benefits according to your choice (meal vouchers Lítačka sport culture health travel etc.) Multisport Card
• Vodafone Raiffeisen Bank and Foodora discount programmes
• Up-to-date laptop and iPhone
• Parking in the garage showers refreshments massage chairs library music corner
• Competitive salary incentive pay and many more

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