ERP Transformation Lead - Planning & Implementation Readiness
Competitive Day Rate | 4-Month Contract | NSW - Remote work with Adhoc Travel
Your new company
Join a leading organisation undertaking a major enterprise transformation across Finance, HR, Identity & Access Management, and Enterprise Data & Analytics. With a core ERP platform already selected, the focus is now on implementation readiness, procurement, governance, and securing funding for a multi-year program of work.
This is a rare opportunity to influence strategy, investment decisions, and delivery planning at the executive level.
Your new role
As the ERP Transformation Lead, you'll take ownership of the planning and mobilisation phase of a major transformation portfolio. Working closely with senior executives and emerging program leads, you'll bring multiple workstreams together into a single, investment-ready roadmap.
You'll drive procurement, readiness assessments, business case development, governance, and executive decision-making to ensure the organisation is positioned for successful program delivery.
Key responsibilities include:
- Lead enterprise-wide ERP readiness and transformation planning.
- Develop integrated roadmaps, delivery sequencing, and dependency management plans.
- Drive end-to-end implementation partner procurement, from market engagement through to executive recommendation.
- Build business cases, funding submissions, benefits realisation frameworks, and investment strategies.
- Establish governance models, reporting frameworks, and executive decision-making processes.
- Prepare Board and Executive-level papers, presentations, and strategic recommendations.
- Coordinate stakeholders across Finance, HR, Technology, Data, Security, and Procurement functions.
What you'll need to succeed
- Proven experience leading large-scale ERP transformations as a Program Director, Transformation Lead or Senior Program Manager.
- Hands-on TechnologyOne experience, ideally across ERP implementation, migration, readiness, procurement or transformation programs.
- Demonstrated experience within the Higher Education sector, with a strong understanding of university governance, executive approval processes and complex stakeholder environments.
- Proven track record developing and securing approval for multi-million-dollar business cases and transformation investments.
- Strong procurement leadership experience, including RFP/RFT development, vendor evaluation, implementation partner selection and commercial negotiations.
- Experience leading multiple interdependent workstreams across Finance, HR, Technology, Data and Security functions.
- Exceptional executive stakeholder management skills, with experience presenting to ELT, steering committees, boards or councils.
- Expertise in program mobilisation, strategic planning, governance, benefits realisation and transformation delivery.
What you'll get in return
- Competitive day rate
- Lead a high-profile enterprise transformation program
- Significant executive and strategic exposure
- Drive investment, procurement, and delivery decisions
- Remote working arrangement with adhoc travel.
- Shape a multi-year transformation roadmap from planning through to mobilisation
What you need to do now
If you're an experienced transformation leader with a track record of delivering ERP programs, leading complex procurements, and securing executive investment approval, apply now.
