Intelligent Automation Governance Lead - SAP

OTSI (Object Technology Solutions, Inc) has an immediate opening for a Intelligent Automation Governance Lead - SAP S4

Intelligent Automation Governance Lead - SAP S4 (Remote Role)

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITES:

·         The Intelligent Automation Governance Lead - SAP S4 is responsible for readying the Finance automation estate and AI platform for the SAP S/4HANA migration and future scale, ensuring that production automations complete the transition with no-to-minimal business interruption. This role owns the end-to-end assessment, disposition, and remediation of the automation portfolio (retain / redesign / retire / replace) and establishes the reference architecture and release-governance controls that safeguard automation continuity through S4 design, cutover, and hypercare. Working in close partnership with the SAP S4 project team, SAP IT teams, and the internal Finance AI & Automation team, the role finalizes and maintains the automation redesign / re-delivery roadmap in sync with the S4 implementation framework. The ideal candidate combines strong intelligent automation expertise (UiPath), SAP S/4HANA impact awareness, and platform/release governance discipline to protect business continuity while enabling scalable, standards-aligned automation delivery.

·         Ensure automation continuity throughout the S4 transition, executing remediation and re-delivery with no-to-minimal business interruption to Finance operations.

·         Assess and disposition the full Finance automation portfolio for S4 readiness, classifying each automation as retain, redesign, retire, or replace.

·         Ready the Finance automation estate and AI platform for S4 migration and scale, ensuring automations remain resilient through the transition.

·         Remediate high-impact automations ahead of the relevant S4 design and cutover gates, prioritizing based on business criticality and migration risk.

·         Partner closely with the SAP S4 project team, relevant SAP IT teams, and the internal Finance AI & Automation team to finalize and maintain the automation redesign / re-delivery roadmap, kept in sync with the S4 implementation framework and timelines.

·         Establish and maintain a reference architecture for S4-compatible automations, including reusable patterns, standards, and design guardrails.

·         Define and enforce release-governance checks so that 100% of production releases are routed through governance controls.

·         Maintain a live disposition tracker and readiness dashboard providing visibility into portfolio status, remediation progress, and risk exposure.

·         Coordinate impact analysis for T-Code, BAPI, Fiori app, interface, and integration changes introduced by S4, and translate these into automation remediation requirements.

·         Define release management, versioning, and change-control standards across Dev/Test/Prod environments.

·         Prior participation in additional S/4 migration programs involving RPA portfolio migration and automation redesign.

·         Act as a trusted advisor to Finance leadership on automation continuity risk, governance posture, and S4 readiness

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

·         7+ years of overall experience in Intelligent Automation / RPA delivery, platform governance, or enterprise automation lifecycle management.

·         5+ years of hands-on experience with UiPath-based automation solutions, including architecture and governance roles.

·         Proven experience assessing and remediating large automation portfolios through major ERP or platform migrations.

·         Hands-on experience through a full or in-flight SAP ECC to S/4HANA migration journey (strongly preferred) - including how ECC-to-S4 changes (T-Codes, BAPIs, Fiori, table/data model changes, interfaces) impact existing automations and the sequencing of remediation across design, cutover, and hypercare.

·         Strong understanding of Finance business processes including Procure-to-Pay, Record-to-Report, Order-to-Cash, and Shared Services operations.

·         Demonstrated experience defining and operating release-governance and change-control frameworks in a production environment.

·         Prior experience as a Solution Architect, Automation Lead, Senior Engineer, or Principal Engineer in enterprise or large-scale AI/Automation environments.

·         Experience collaborating with distributed development teams and global stakeholders across multiple time zones.

·         Technical Expertise

·         Intelligent Automation & Agentic AI (Mandatory)

·         Deep hands-on experience with UiPath Studio, Orchestrator, and Enterprise RPA architecture.

·         Strong proficiency in UiPath Agentic AI capabilities, including:

·         UiPath Maestro

·         Action Center & Human-in-the-Loop (HITL) frameworks

·         UiPath AI Center

·         Intelligent Xtraction Platform (IXP)

·         Integration Services

·         Conversational Agents in UiPath

·         Good to Have: UiPath Apps, Data Fabric, Healing Agents, Screenplay, Autopilot.

·         Ability to design and review UiPath libraries, reusable components, and enterprise automation frameworks.

·         SAP S4 Integration & Continuity

·         Strong understanding of SAP Joule and SAP Business AI, including how Joule complements UiPath agentic automation in an S/4HANA landscape, and its implications for automation redesign.

·         Hands-on experience with SAP Fiori applications, including how Fiori app changes in S4 impact UI-based and transactional automations.

·         Strong working knowledge of BAPIs, RFC-enabled function modules, IDocs, and OData/REST APIs for building resilient, API-first automation integrations with SAP.

·         Familiarity with SAP T-Codes, GUI transactions, and backend tables, and the ability to map their S4 equivalents for automation remediation.

·         Platform, Release Governance & Cloud

·         Release management, versioning, environment governance (Dev/Test/Prod), and CI/CD for automation deployments.

Preferred :

·         Automation monitoring, exception handling, and production support governance practices.

·         AI Tools, Integration & Data

·         Hands-on experience designing and architecting automations using UiPath, including agent lifecycle management (Dev/Test/Prod configuration, governance, and cross-tenant migration).

·         Strong experience with API-based integrations, SharePoint Lists, Microsoft Graph APIs, MySQL / SQL Server, MongoDB, and structured/unstructured data sources.

·         Added Advantage (Optional)

·         Exposure to UiPath Bring-Your-Own-Model (BYOM).

·         Leadership & Communication

·         Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to engage both technical teams and Finance business users across time zones.

·         Proven ability to lead governance boards, design reviews, and readiness checkpoints across cross-functional teams.

·         Ability to translate migration risk and automation impact into clear, executive-ready recommendations.

·         Strong ownership mindset with end-to-end accountability for automation continuity through S4.

·         Consulting mindset capable of balancing speed, risk, governance, scalability, and business value.

·         Willingness to continuously learn and adopt emerging AI, agentic, cloud, and automation technologies and bring them into the team's roadmap.