LATAM Project Manager (Temporary 1 year)

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Diageo is undertaking a global transformation through the Voyager program. Phase 1 is a platform upgrade from ECC to SAP S/4HANA, impacting over 12,000 users across 100+ markets. The program initially aims to deliver a successful SAP S/4 HANA launch to be followed by a business transformation in later phases.

Diageo is therefore seeking a Voyager Deployment Project Manager who has excellent market and partners leadership capabilities to successfully deliver SAP S/4 Hana solutions in Diageo's fast-paced environment for Phase 1 of the programme. They will have strong multi-functional knowledge of processes and solutions as well as market knowledge for the region assigned to the role i.e Africa / Europe / NAM / LAC / AP.

• Handle the regional plan, including deployment and business readiness; provide key inputs into cutover, testing, data, and training PMs
• Track and report progress, deliverables, and indicators, including governance dashboards, critical path timelines, stage-gates, and RAID logs
• Support risk mitigation, proactively flagging slippages or cross-stream impacts to programme leadership
• Ensure documentation, decisions, and updates are centrally gathered and audit-ready
• Act as key contact point for regional business owners, tech leads, and deployment teams
• Drive readiness reviews and governance updates for the region, ensuring alignment with global programme objectives

• Analytical and structured programme manager, able to consolidate complex regional inputs
• Good communicator, bridging between central programme leadership and local market teams
• Interested party management and influencing skills, ensuring senior leaders and local teams stay aligned
• Resilient and adaptable, able to handle deployment pressures and shifting priorities
• Problem-solving approach, raising risks early with practical mitigation

• Confirmed background in project or programme management for ERP or large-scale business transformation
• Good understanding of regional business processes and operational complexities
• Experience working with multi-country interested parties and navigating diverse regulatory or market contexts
• Familiarity with cutover planning, testing, and hyper care
• Track record of multi-functional interested party engagement

• Deep knowledge of SAP technical and functional architecture, data model, and emerging SAP capabilities, including integrating SAP solutions
• Several full cycle implementation experience required - ECC and SAP S/4
• Leverage business process knowledge & proficiency for FP&A and ensure business requirements and solution meeting standards
• Excellent knowledge if cross-stream impacts in MM, SD and other SAP modules
• Experience working with 3rd party applications in the financial planning tools
• Competency in strategic design thinking with strong capabilities across S/4 HANA architecture
• Good understanding of SaaS, Cloud hosting and Integration technologies (including integrations with Salesforce.com)
• Understanding of software development lifecycle with experiences of Agile and Waterfall Methodologies.
• Design and implementation of S/4 HANA solutions to meet business requirements and best standards.
• Competency in designing, building, testing and deploying the SAP solution components required for successful integrations to SAP and non-SAP systems
• Effective project scoping and delivery