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JOB TITLE: Director, SAP Role Security & Compliance
The Director, SAP Role Security & Compliance leads the SAP-specific capabilities within the SAP organization to deliver secure, compliant, and well-tested ERP solutions. This leader owns the strategy, multi-year roadmap, and investment priorities for SAP role security, testing, and compliance across the enterprise landscape. Key responsibilities include managing access governance, segregation-of-duties, and audit support while partnering with enterprise control functions on policies and standards. The role requires expertise in SAP S/4HANA, SAP BTP, cloud technologies, and SAP GRC solutions. The successful candidate will navigate complex regulated environments, ensuring adherence to SOX, ITGC controls, and GxP requirements. They will lead global teams and external partners to drive automation, process improvements, and operational resilience for large-scale ERP transformation programs and sustainment operations.
Own the strategy and multi-year roadmap for SAP role security, testing, and compliance capabilities.
Translate enterprise security and risk requirements into SAP-specific standards and operational controls.
Lead SAP role security operations, access governance, and segregation-of-duties management across all projects.
Oversee role security reviews, testing strategies, and release readiness to meet regulatory requirements.
Drive standardization, automation, and process improvements to enhance operational maturity and efficiency.
Lead and develop internal teams and external delivery partners to meet performance and outcome goals.
Provide senior leadership with visibility into material risks, compliance status, and operational performance.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
Advanced degree (preferred).
12+ years of progressive experience leading SAP security, testing, compliance, or related ERP capabilities in complex enterprise environments.
Deep experience with SAP security, authorization concepts, access governance, privileged access management, segregation of duties, and SAP GRC solutions.
Demonstrated experience leading SAP testing and release readiness in regulated environments and partnering with the validation function.
Experience supporting SAP S/4HANA, SAP BTP, cloud technologies, and large-scale ERP transformation programs.
Strong knowledge of security, quality, and compliance requirements for regulated SAP environments, including SOX, ITGC controls, and GxP requirements.
Proven ability to lead global teams, manage external delivery partners, and communicate strategy to senior leadership.
SAP Security
SAP GRC
S/4HANA
Identity and Access Governance
SOX
ITGC
SAP BTP
Fiori
PFCG
SU24
IAG
IAS
IPS
Cloud Identity
Segregation of Duties
MSMP
BRF+
IAM
Cybersecurity
Audit
Role Design
SAP
SAP PLM
SAP QM
SAP S/4HANA
ERP
PLM
Quality Management
GxP
GMP
FDA 21 CFR Part 11
Solution Architecture
Validation
Data Integrity
Batch Management
Change Management
Digital Platforms
AMS
SAP PLM
SAP MDG
SAP S/4HANA
ERP
Product Lifecycle Management
Master Data Governance
GxP
cGMP
FDA 21 CFR Part 11
BOM Management
Engineering Change Management
Specification Management
Recipe Development
Solution Architecture
Data Integrity
Validation
SAP S/4HANA
SAP BTP
SAP Basis
ABAP
Fiori
SAP Security
DevOps
Clean Core
API Architecture
Jira
GitHub
SAP Cloud ALM
Rev-Trac
Control-M
SOX
ITGC
SDLC
AI-assisted development
SAP RISE Private Cloud
SAP
S/4HANA
Fiori
SAP BTP
SAP GRC
HANA DB
Identity and Access Management
Security Analytics
Source Code Analysis
Vulnerability Management
Onapsis
Security Bridge
Role-Based Access Control
Segregation of Duties