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Head of Enterprise IT
ICT
Company shared salary
NA
Market rate
AED 45,000–AED 75,000/mo (AED 540,000–AED 900,000/yr)
Based on similar roles (title + domain + location).
About the Company
Etihad Airways is more than the UAE's national airline - we're shaping the future of global aviation. From our hub in Abu Dhabi, we connect people across continents and cultures, while driving our Journey 2030 ambition to double our fleet, expand our network and grow our people for a new era of excellence.
Responsibilities
- ● Lead the end-to-end delivery of the SAP S/4HANA transformation programme across finance, procurement, HR, and related business functions.
- ● Develop and execute the ERP transformation roadmap aligned with business and digital transformation objectives.
- ● Be overall responsible for Agile and waterfall projects.
- ● Establish programme governance, budget controls, risk management, and benefits realization frameworks.
- ● Partner with finance, procurement, HR, and technology stakeholders to design future-state business processes and technology solutions.
- ● Drive process standardization and optimization enabled by SAP S/4HANA.
- ● Manage system integrators, consulting partners, vendors, and delivery teams.
- ● Oversee programme delivery across design, build, testing, data migration, cutover, deployment, and hypercare phases.
- ● Ensure integration between SAP and enterprise applications, operational platforms, and third-party systems.
- ● Lead business readiness, change management, training, and adoption activities.
- ● Provide regular executive reporting, steering committee updates, and programme governance oversight.
- ● Ensure compliance with governance, audit, security, and regulatory requirements.
- ● Identify opportunities to leverage AI and automation capabilities to improve business processes and ERP outcomes.
Requirements
- ● Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science, engineering, finance, business administration, or a related field.
- ● MBA or master's degree is preferred.
- ● Minimum 15 years of experience leading large-scale enterprise transformation programmes.
- ● Minimum 8 years of SAP programme delivery experience, including at least one full SAP S/4HANA implementation.
- ● Proven experience leading finance, procurement, and HR transformation initiatives.
- ● Strong experience managing large implementation budgets, external vendors, and system integrators.
- ● Strong delivery record across both Agile and waterfall project methodologies.
- ● Extensive experience managing executive stakeholders, programme governance, and organizational change.
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