Vice President of Transformation
Location: UK or US Based
Purpose of Role
Weir’s Global Transformation Programme will establish the core business platforms and ways of working that will power the company for the next decade. The VP Transformation is Weir’s most senior business-side leader for enterprise, technology-led transformation, accountable for end-to-end outcomes and ensuring changes are embedded, adopted, and value-realisingat scale beyond go-live. This role exists to translate Board-approved transformation ambition into sustained enterprise performance — aligning strategy, operating model, process,dataandtechnology, sothat new platforms and architectural changes materially transform how Weir works and delivers value.
Key Responsibilities
1. Enterprise Transformation Leadership: Own overall enterprise transformation outcomes and the enterprise value case for S/4HANA+ and related architecture change; sponsor programme delivery through a dedicated Programme Director.
2. Transformation Office Leadership: Lead an enterprise Transformation Office that integrates business, technology, data, and change into a single outcomes-led transformation system during the programme and beyond.
3. Outcomes, Adoption & ValueRealisation: Ensure the transformation delivers sustained business outcomes (not just system delivery) through adoption, performanceimprovementandbehaviouralchange at scale; define measurable benefits, trackrealisation, remove adoption barriers and sustain value through the post-go-liveoptimisationrunway.
4. Programme Sponsorship & Delivery Guardrails: Provide executive sponsorship and oversight of the multi-year, multi-wave programme; set delivery guardrails (pace, quality expectations, dependency visibility, escalation rules) and assure effective governance and RAID cadence.
5. Business Readiness & Cutover-to-Stabilisation: Assure business readiness at each stage (Prepare, Design, Build, Deploy, Run) and partner to deliver cutover-to-stabilisationoutcomes including business continuity,hypercarepriorities, adoptionmetricsand value acceleration.
6. Executive & Board Governance:Operateas a core member of the S/4HANA+ executive leadership and steering structure; provide clear, outcome-focused reporting to Group Executive and Board committees, ensuring high-quality decision material, cleartrade-offsandtimelyescalation.
7. Stakeholder Leadership & Operating Model Evolution: Build trust-based relationships with CFO, CIO,CPOand Divisional Presidents;mobilisesenior business ownership of process/product decisions and change adoption; lead operating model redesign whererequiredto shift from localoptimisationto enterprise platforms and standard processes.
8. Partner & Commercial Leadership: Provide executive oversight of strategic partners critical to the transformation (including SAP RISE and the Systems Integrator), ensuring deliveryremainsaligned to outcomes, fit-to-standard and governance; oversee major commercial matters and ensure vendor performance and remediation actions are transparent at executive level.
9. Post Go-live Roadmap & Continuous Improvement: Shape and govern the post-go-live product/platform roadmap (SAP releases, integration changes, security, data/analytics),prioritisingchange demand by enterprise value; build enduring transformation capability beyond the programme.
10. Safety First:Demonstrate100% commitment to our zero harmbehavioursin support of our drive towards developing a world class safety culture.
Job Knowledge / Education and Qualifications
11. Enterprise-scale transformation leadership:Demonstratedexperience leading large-scale, multi-year ERP or enterprise technology transformations (c. £100m+) with accountability for end-to-end outcomes and value case delivery.
12. SAP S/4HANA transformationexpertise: Senior leadership in SAP S/4HANA transformations (or equivalentTier1 ERP / enterprise technology).
13. Post go-liveoptimisation: Proven accountability forpost go-liveoptimisationincludinghypercare, adoption, benefitsrealisationand continuous improvement.
14. Executive stakeholder leadership: Strongtrack recordoperating across federated, multi-businessorganisationswith limited direct line control, engaging C-suite and Board stakeholders and aligning leaders to enterprise standards.
15. Commercial and partner leadership: Proven experience working with global system integrators and complex commercial/contractual frameworks; financially literate acrossOpex/Capex control and trade-offs.
16. Leadership mindset: Leads with gravitas,clarityand pace; thrives in ambiguity,complexityand intensity; challenges constructively; takes ownership; models enterprise thinking over divisionaloptimisation.
17. Strongly preferred: Experience in global, asset-heavyor industrial environments (e.g., manufacturing, mining, engineering, energy) and transformation enabled by data,analyticsand AI.
What we offer
18. At Weir, we are proud to providerewardon a basis which is fair and attractive, including a competitive benefits package. Through our ‘We are Weir’ framework, we focus on the importance of our people and the contribution they make to our organisation.
19. Health & Wellbeing: We have built a Health and Wellness framework focusing on Culture & Leadership, Safety & Environmental, Mental Wellbeing, Physical Wellbeing, DigitalWellbeingand Financial Wellbeing.
20. Grow your Own Way: Everything moves fast in the dynamic world of Weir, creating opportunities to take on new challenges, explore new areas, learn, progress and excel — with the support and freedom to tailor your career.
21. Be You and Belong: Weir is a welcoming, inclusive place, where everyone's contribution isrecognisedand all employees are encouraged to innovate, collaborate and be themselves.
We are Weir!
Founded in 1871, Weirengineerssolutions that improve safety,efficiencyand sustainability – helping to provide the essential resources needed by a growing world. We are a global family. We are proud of our unique blend of talent,technologyand culture. We are here to inspire you to do the best work of your life!
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