Workstream Project Manager - Architecture & Technology

Job Title: Workstream Project Manager – Architecture & Technology & Solution
Division: Group
Remote

 

Purpose of Role

The Workstream Project Manager – Architecture & Technology & Solution is accountable for driving day-to-day delivery execution across the S4+ Architecture, Technology and Solution workstreams, ensuring that architecture decisions, technical delivery, solution design, platform readiness and cross-stream technology dependencies are planned, coordinated, tracked and delivered in line with the integrated programme plan.

This role supports delivery of the S4+ target architecture and solution backbone across SAP S/4HANA core, surrounding SAP solutions, non-SAP platforms, integration, environments, data, security, tooling, testing, cutover and transition to support. The S4+ programme will implement a single SAP S/4 system across Minerals, ESCO and Corporate, with a target of 90% standardisation across core business processes and alignment to SAP fit-to-standard best practice.

The role works closely with the Chief Architect, S4+ Tech Lead, Integration Lead, Tooling SME, Product Domain Architects, Deloitte, SAP, PMO, Data, Security, Testing and Change teams to ensure solution and technology delivery remains aligned, governed and on plan.

The role is critical to ensuring S4+ delivers a harmonised, operable and future-ready technology platform that supports Weir’s Product Operating Model and Global Product Domains. Global Product Domains provide ownership of global processes, the data that underpins those processes, and the platforms and systems that enable them

Objectives & Measurement - Key Responsibilities

Workstream Delivery & Execution

• Drive day-to-day delivery across the Architecture, Technology and Solution workstreams, ensuring activity progresses in line with the integrated programme plan.
• Maintain detailed workstream plans covering architecture, technical delivery, solution design, integration, tooling, environments, security, testing, cutover and hypercare readiness.
• Track workstream milestones, deliverables, dependencies, risks, issues, assumptions and decisions.
• Ensure clear ownership of deliverables across Weir, Deloitte, SAP and third-party delivery teams.
• Coordinate delivery activity across architecture forums, technical working groups, design authority meetings and programme governance.
• Identify delivery slippage early and work with accountable leads to define corrective action or recovery plans.
• Ensure Architecture, Technology and Solution workstream outputs are delivered within agreed scope, time, quality and budget parameters.

Architecture & Solution Governance

• Support the Chief Architect and S4+ Tech Lead in coordinating architecture and solution governance across the programme.
• Track design decisions, architecture actions, open risks, technical assumptions and escalation items through the appropriate governance forums.
• Support preparation of materials for the Design Authority, Technical Working Group and related architecture governance meetings.
• Ensure decisions are documented, owned, followed up and reflected in workstream plans.
• Help ensure solution decisions align with enterprise architecture, Clean Core principles, fit-to-standard guidance and future operating model requirements.
• Track exceptions, divergences from standard, open design points and unresolved cross-domain decisions.
• Support escalation of material solution or architecture conflicts with clear options, impacts and recommendations.

Technology Delivery Coordination

• Coordinate planning and delivery activity across technology components including S/4HANA core, SAP RISE, cloud infrastructure, environments, landing zones, integration, security, data platforms and wider SAP/non-SAP ecosystem dependencies.
• Work with the S4+ Tech Lead to ensure technology delivery plans are aligned to SAP Activate phases and programme milestones.
• Track technology readiness for build, system integration testing, user acceptance testing, performance testing, cutover rehearsals, go-live and hypercare.
• Ensure technical dependencies are visible and actively managed across data, integration, security, environments, testing and operational readiness.
• Support delivery governance between Weir, Deloitte, SAP, hyperscaler and other technology partners.
• Help ensure the S4+ solution is designed and delivered for scalability, resilience, supportability and future AI / automation readiness. The Board Paper identifies scalable cloud infrastructure, AI readiness, harmonised data and real-time analytics as key elements of the S4+ scope and future value.

Solution Design & Cross-Domain Alignment

• Coordinate delivery activity across solution design workstreams, ensuring functional, technical, data and integration activities remain aligned.
• Support end-to-end solution planning across value streams and Product Domains.
• Track solution design dependencies across domains such as Finance, Sales, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Service, Engineering, Data and Procurement.
• Ensure open design issues are captured, prioritised and escalated through the right decision forums.
• Support alignment between business process design, solution architecture, technical delivery and future-state operating model.
• Help ensure design activity supports harmonised global value streams rather than re-creating local or divisional fragmentation.
• Reinforce the programme’s move away from fragmented, local or point-solution decision-making towards a single integrated global operating model aligned to SAP S/4HANA and future digital capabilities.

Integrated Planning, Dependencies & RAID Management

• Own detailed planning and dependency management for Architecture, Technology and Solution workstream activities.
• Maintain workstream plans and ensure they are aligned with the overall integrated programme plan.
• Identify and manage dependencies across architecture, functional domains, integration, data, security, testing, tooling, change, infrastructure and supplier teams.
• Maintain accurate RAID logs and ensure risks and issues have clear owners, mitigations, due dates and escalation routes.
• Track cross-workstream dependencies and ensure blockers are escalated early.
• Support PMO reporting with accurate, evidence-based status updates.
• Ensure programme leadership has clear visibility of critical technology and solution risks that may impact timeline, cost, quality or readiness.

SAP Activate Gate & Delivery Readiness Support

• Support SAP Activate-aligned planning and governance across Architecture, Technology and Solution workstreams.
• Track readiness against key phase gates, entry criteria and exit criteria.
• Ensure required evidence is collected and maintained for architecture, solution design, technical build, test readiness, deployment and hypercare.
• Support gate reviews by coordinating inputs from architecture, technology, integration, data, security, testing and partner teams.
• Identify gaps in readiness evidence and drive follow-up actions to closure.
• Help ensure workstream deliverables are audit-ready and aligned to programme governance expectations.
• Support the programme methodology, which combines SAP Activate alignment with agile ways of working and earlier system testing during design and build.

Tooling, Reporting & Delivery Controls

• Work with the Tooling SME and PMO to ensure Architecture, Technology and Solution workstream delivery is tracked in the agreed programme tools.
• Maintain accurate workstream reporting across plans, milestones, RAID, dependencies, decisions, actions and readiness status.
• Support the use of tools such as LeanIX, Signavio, SAP Cloud ALM, Tricentis, Jira, SharePoint and other programme repositories where relevant.
• Ensure delivery evidence, architecture artefacts, decision records and technical status updates are maintained consistently.
• Support traceability between architecture decisions, solution designs, backlog items, test evidence and delivery milestones.
• Provide clear and concise reporting for programme governance, workstream meetings and leadership updates.
• Help ensure reporting is focused on decisions required, delivery risks, blockers and forward-looking actions.

Partner & Supplier Coordination

• Coordinate workstream activity across Weir, Deloitte, SAP and other technology delivery partners.
• Track partner deliverables, assumptions, dependencies, risks and actions across Architecture, Technology and Solution workstreams.
• Ensure supplier inputs into plans, governance materials and readiness evidence are timely and accurate.
• Hold delivery partners accountable for agreed actions, milestones and outputs.
• Escalate supplier performance or quality issues with clear evidence and recommended interventions.
• Support the multi-party programme model, where Deloitte acts as Systems Integrator, SAP provides S/4 RISE products and hosting/support services, and wider partners contribute across technology, application and infrastructure delivery.

Testing, Cutover & Operational Readiness

• Coordinate Architecture, Technology and Solution readiness for testing cycles, cutover rehearsals, go-live and hypercare.
• Track technical and solution dependencies required for SIT, UAT, performance testing, integration testing and operational acceptance.
• Support readiness reviews covering environments, interfaces, data, security, tooling, defect management, monitoring and support processes.
• Ensure cutover dependencies across technology and solution workstreams are clearly captured and sequenced.
• Track technical cutover actions, risks, fallback considerations and hypercare readiness.
• Support transition planning into BAU / Product Domain ownership, ensuring supportability, knowledge transfer and operational processes are considered.
• Help ensure the solution is operable and sustainable beyond programme delivery, aligned to the Product Operating Model which is intended to become the standard way Weir governs and evolves business capabilities after go-live.

Knowledge, Skills, Capability and Experience

Essential

• Proven experience managing workstreams within large-scale ERP, SAP S/4HANA, technology or enterprise transformation programmes.
• Strong understanding of project and programme delivery disciplines including planning, governance, RAID management, dependency management, reporting and delivery controls.
• Experience coordinating architecture, technology, solution design or technical delivery workstreams.
• Ability to manage complex dependencies across functional, technical, data, integration, security, testing and partner teams.
• Experience working in a multi-party delivery model involving internal teams, Systems Integrators, SAP, hyperscalers and third-party vendors.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work confidently with architects, technical leads, workstream leads, PMO and senior programme stakeholders.
• Comfortable managing ambiguity, complexity and fast-moving delivery priorities.
• Strong communication skills and ability to translate technical delivery status into clear, decision-ready programme reporting.
• Experience tracking delivery against phase gates, milestones, readiness criteria and governance requirements.
• Ability to challenge unclear ownership, delivery gaps, missed actions or unmanaged dependencies constructively.
• Good understanding of ERP implementation lifecycles, ideally including SAP Activate or similar delivery methodologies.

Leadership Style Required

• Delivery-focused, structured and outcome-driven.
• Highly organised, proactive and comfortable operating across multiple technical and solution workstreams.
• Strong bias for action, follow-up and issue resolution.
• Able to create clarity from complexity and turn technical dependencies into manageable plans.
• Comfortable holding teams and partners accountable for deliverables, actions and evidence.
• Collaborative and pragmatic, with the ability to work across business, technology, architecture, PMO and supplier teams.
• Calm and resilient under pressure, particularly during design governance, testing, cutover and go-live readiness.
• Strong attention to detail while maintaining focus on programme-level outcomes.

Nice to Have

• Experience supporting SAP S/4HANA, SAP RISE or large-scale ERP transformation programmes.
• Familiarity with SAP Activate, Clean Core, fit-to-standard delivery and global template governance.
• Experience working with architecture or delivery tools such as LeanIX, Signavio, SAP Cloud ALM, Jira, Tricentis or Azure DevOps.
• Understanding of SAP and non-SAP enterprise landscapes, including integration, data, security, infrastructure and cloud environments.
• Experience supporting Design Authority, Technical Working Group or architecture governance forums.
• Familiarity with Product Operating Models, Product Domains or capability-based planning.
• Experience in manufacturing, engineering, mining, industrials or asset-intensive organisations.
• Relevant certifications such as PRINCE2, PMP, Agile, SAFe, SAP Activate, TOGAF or ITIL

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