Senior Consultant implementing SAP Master Data Governance solutions at Wavestone. Collaborating with clients to optimize data processes and strategies in a hybrid work environment.
About the role
- Leads enterprise Middle Office Change Control Hub, driving client change governance and managing change processes. Ensures transparency, risk management, and compliance standards while collaborating with cross-functional teams.
Responsibilities
- Own the enterprise Middle Office Change Control Hub and orchestrate Client Change Monthly Business Reviews across business units and regions
- Operate the MO Change Control Hub (CCH): Establish and maintain change policies, intake criteria, triage, prioritization, and approval workflows (CAB/ARB/SteerCo as applicable)
- Ensure changes meet risk, compliance, security, data privacy, and audit standards; maintain evidence for internal/external audits
- Run a transparent prioritization model balancing customer impact, risk, value, and capacity; coordinate release calendars and blackout periods
- Maintain change risk registers, dependency maps, and mitigation plans across products, processes, and regions
- Lead readiness checks (UAT, training, comms, support model), verify success criteria, and execute post‑implementation reviews
- Own the CCH toolset; drive workflow automation, dashboards, and data quality
- Define and iterate on change policies, SLAs, templates, and playbooks; run root cause analysis on change failures
- Own the end‑to‑end MBR calendar, agenda, and standards; align with QBR/OKR cycles and executive routines
- Build an integrated business view (financials, customer, operations, risk, people); craft concise, decision‑oriented narratives
- Track KPIs/OKRs, targets vs. actuals, variances, drivers, and recovery plans; ensure ownership and follow‑through
- Produce board‑level and C‑suite‑ready decks/briefs; standardize templates and quality bars across BUs/regions
- Record decisions, risks, and actions from each MBR; drive accountability and status tracking to closure
- Foster a culture of disciplined change, transparency, and data-driven decision‑making
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Operations, Engineering, or related; Master’s or MBA preferred
- 10+ years in PMO/Change Management/Business Operations roles
- 4+ years of experience in managing teams
- Global matrix experience
- Demonstrated ownership of enterprise‑level change governance and executive business reviews
- Strong grounding in one or more—ITIL/ITSM, Prosci/ADKAR, Lean/Six Sigma, OKRs, Agile/Scaled Agile (SAFe)
- Advanced in PowerPoint/Slides, Excel, Power BI/Tableau; experience with change/portfolio tooling (e.g., Change, Jira/Confluence)
- Operational Rigor: Governance design, process engineering, metrics, controls, and audit readiness
- Executive Communication: Crisp narrative, data storytelling, and board‑quality materials
- Analytical Acumen: Forecasting, variance analysis, scenario planning, benefits realization
- Stakeholder Influence: Aligns diverse senior leaders; navigates trade‑offs with clarity and diplomacy
- Risk Mindset: Identifies systemic risks early; drives mitigations and contingency plans
- Change Leadership: Drives adoption, readiness, and sustained behavioral change
- People Leadership: Coaching, feedback, talent development, and inclusion
Benefits
- Hybrid working model – split between working from home and working from the office
- Employee savings plan
- Multisport card
- Premium life insurance package
- Gold medical package for employees and their families (partner and children)
- Additional holidays – Birthday Day Off, 3rd and 5th year anniversary Day Off, Managers Day Off
- International operating environment
- Language classes
- Soft skills trainings
- Technical workshops
- Development sessions with a mentor
- Diversity of opportunities across a range of challenging and highly complex activities
- Networking groups and committees
- Variety of well-being programs
- Paid days off to volunteer time to company-driven initiatives or organizations of choice
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