SAP GxP Validation & Compliance Lead – SAP S/4HANA Transformation
Contract | UK | Mostly Remote | Life Sciences
We are supporting a life sciences business on a major greenfield SAP S/4HANA transformation and are looking for an experienced SAP GxP Validation & Compliance Lead to join the programme on a client-side contract basis.
This is a key leadership role at the very start of a broader business transformation covering process, technology, and operating model. The programme is high-profile, high-impact, and strategically important to the organisation's future.
The successful consultant will take ownership of the validation strategy, governance, and compliance approach across the programme, while also helping shape a broader enterprise validation framework for the future.
Key responsibilities
* Lead GxP compliance and validation across the SAP S/4HANA transformation programme
* Define and establish the validation strategy, framework, and governance model
* Partner with internal stakeholders and the SI to ensure the programme is delivered in a validated and inspection-ready way
* Oversee validation deliverables, documentation, review, approvals, and sign-off
* Ensure appropriate validation controls are embedded across business design, testing, deployment, and release
* Drive the right testing and compliance approach from a GxP perspective
* Use the programme as a catalyst to help build a more mature future-state validation capability internally
What we are looking for
* Strong experience leading GxP / validation / CSV on SAP S/4HANA programmes
* Background operating in regulated life sciences environments
* Strong understanding of validation strategy, governance, testing oversight, and audit readiness
* Ability to work client-side and engage confidently with programme leadership, quality/compliance stakeholders, and implementation partners
* Comfortable building structure and good practice in an environment where validation maturity is still evolving
* Able to balance hands-on delivery with strategic framework design
Role details
* Initial 6-month contract with strong likelihood of extension
* Programme expected to run for c. 3 years
* Primarily remote
* Occasional travel to UK sites
* ASAP start, ideally within 1 month
This is an excellent opportunity to join a major transformation at an early stage and play a key role in defining how GxP compliance and validation will work for the business going forward.
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