Program Director

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Role: Program Director

Location: Manchester

Contract: Permanent

Mode of Working: Hybrid

Are you looking to leverage your skills in Enterprise Solutions Unit

We have a great opportunity for you – Program Director !

Careers at TCS: It means more

TCS is a purpose-led transformation company, built on belief. We do not just help businesses to transform through technology. We support them in making a meaningful difference to the people and communities they serve - our clients include some of the biggest brands in the UK and worldwide. For you, it means more to make an impact that matters, through challenging projects which demand ambitious innovation and thought leadership.

The Role

The senior leadership role is responsible for the end‐to‐end delivery of complex, large‐scale transformation programmes for TCS clients, with a particular focus on SAP S/4HANA and ERP‐led business transformations.

The Program Director will lead multi‐workstream programmes across all phases, establishing robust governance structures, shaping delivery strategies, and ensuring successful execution aligned to client business objectives and commercial parameters. The role oversees multiple transformational initiatives, including ERP implementations and business process improvements, while coordinating timelines, resources, budgets, and capacity planning.

Accountable for programme execution quality, the Program Director manages programme‐level status, metrics, risks, scope, and value realisation. Operating one level below the Engagement Partner, the role provides day‐to‐day leadership to senior client stakeholders and cross‐functional delivery teams, leveraging deep business and technical expertise to ensure stakeholder satisfaction and successful outcomes.

In addition to delivery leadership, the Program Director plays a key role in the growth of the TCS Consulting practice. This includes driving business development, shaping and contributing to proposals, producing thought leadership, and representing TCS at industry events, reinforcing TCS’s position as a trusted transformation partner with C‐suite credibility. This role will require some technical understanding of S/4 HANA and its implementation on RISE.

Your responsibilities:

• Programme Leadership: Own the successful delivery of large-scale SAP S/4HANA transformations, from mobilization through to go-live and post-implementation support.
• Governance & Risk Management: Establish programme governance frameworks, chair steering committees, and ensure compliance with internal and client delivery assurance standards.
• Client Advisory: Act as a strategic advisor to CIOs, CFOs, and senior business stakeholders on SAP-enabled transformation programmes.
• Stakeholder Management: Build and sustain trusted relationships with C-suite stakeholders and programme sponsors.
• People & Team Leadership: Lead and develop cross-functional delivery teams including business, functional, technical, and change management resources (onshore and offshore).
• Commercial Management: Support the management of the programme P&L, contractual commitments, resource planning, and delivery forecasting.
• Methodology and Delivery Assurance: Apply best-practice methodologies (e.g., Activate, Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid) and ensure effective DevOps or project-based release structures.
• Partner Collaboration: Collaborate with client-side SIs, Business Integrators and third-party vendors.
• Practice Development: Support business development activities, including pre-sales, proposal writing, and client presentations. Mentor future leaders within the ERP practice.

Your Profile

Essential skills/knowledge/experience:

• Experience in ERP programme management, with experience in S/4HANA transformation leadership roles.
• Proven track record of delivering £20M+ multi-phase SAP programmes in regulated, complex enterprise environments (e.g., retail, public sector, telco, financial services).
• Experience in both Greenfield, Brownfield and Bluefield SAP migrations.
• Expertise in programme mobilization, governance setup, and executive-level stakeholder alignment.
• Familiarity with operating across global delivery models, managing blended teams across geographies.
• |Strong knowledge of the technical aspects of S/4 HANA
• Demonstrated ability to work in partnership with clients and third-party delivery organisations (e.g., SNP, hyperscalers, managed services).
• Strong command of programme-level risk management, dependency mapping, and benefits realization.
• Deep understanding of S/4HANA functional architecture, programme cutover planning, and integration challenges across platforms (e.g., Salesforce, SuccessFactors, Ariba).
• Experience engaging in QA and assurance reviews, as part of either delivery or turnaround roles.

Rewards & Benefits

TCS is consistently voted a Top Employer in the UK and globally. Our competitive salary packages feature pension, health care, life assurance, laptop, phone, access to extensive training resources and discounts within the larger Tata network.

We offer health & wellness initiatives and sports events; we are the proud sponsor of the London Marathon.

Diversity, Inclusion and Wellbeing

Tata Consultancy Services UK&I is committed to meeting the accessibility needs of all individuals in accordance with the UK Equality Act 2010 and the UK Human Rights Act 1998.

We welcome and embrace diversity in race, nationality, ethnicity, disability, neurodiversity, gender identity, age, physical ability, gender reassignment, sexual orientation. We are a disability inclusive employer and encourage disabled people to apply for this role.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer an interview to applicants with disabilities or long-term conditions who meet the minimum criteria for the role. Please email us at UKI.recruitment@tcs.com if you would like to opt in.

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Next Steps:

Application Process

1. Online application: You can apply directly through LinkedIn/ by uploading your CV. In case you wish to submit your application via another format like audio/video, please, contact - UKI.recruitment@tcs.com
2. Skill-Based discussion: This will be a level 1 interview with the project team, it can be via video or in-person. Details will be confirmed by your recruiter.
3. Managerial discussion: This discussion will focus on behavioural aspects and person-organisation fit.
4. HR Discussion: This will be with one of the members of the HR team and will cover your career journey, aspirations for growth, compensation and any other questions you may have.

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