Role Overview:

We are seeking an elite, industry-recognized transformation pioneer for the role of Associate Director - Business Process Transformation. This executive leadership position requires an extraordinary professional with 20+ years of deep domain experience in enterprise process engineering, specifically leveraging the SAP Signavio suite to diagnose, architect, and optimize highly complex business workflows.

As a core champion of continuous improvement, the ideal candidate must also hold a senior Lean Six Sigma certification and demonstrate a masterful track record of utilizing Minitab, JMP, or equivalent analytical applications to resolve systemic operational bottlenecks. You will own the global process architecture roadmap, establish robust center-of-excellence frameworks, and serve as a trusted advisor to C-suite and business unit leaders to drive efficiencies.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Strategic Signavio Enterprise Leadership:

- Platform Orchestration: Serve as the global enterprise architect and product owner for the full SAP Signavio suite, including Signavio Process Manager, Process Intelligence, Process Insights, Journey Modeler, and Governance/Collaboration Hub.

- Large-Scale Transformation: Drive process-led transformation roadmaps supporting critical enterprise programs, such as SAP S/4HANA migrations, cloud transitions, and global shared-service harmonizations.

- Process Mining & Analytics: Architect advanced end-to-end data pipelines and SQL-driven metrics within Signavio Process Intelligence to map deep process realities, identify structural leakage, and uncover cross-functional inefficiencies across People Processes, Supply Chain Processes, and Finance Processes.

- Platform Governance: Design, maintain, and enforce global BPMN 2.0 / DMN 1.2 modeling methodologies, repository administration setups, approval workflows, and compliance guardrails.

2. Lean Six Sigma & Quantitative Analytics:

- Root-Cause Resolution: Spearhead complex, high-stakes operational improvement portfolios using a data-driven DMAIC/DFSS framework.

- Statistical Application: Apply comprehensive statistical methods using dedicated toolsets like Minitab, JMP, or SigmaXL to isolate real variance and control risk.

- ROI Validation: Partner with finance and operations to build granular ROI assessment models and value tracking systems, directly linking Six Sigma interventions to P&L improvements.

3. Practice Growth & Stakeholder Management:

- Executive Influence: Act as the strategic liaison between business champions, IT leaders, and Enterprise Architecture groups to translate technical process mining outputs into executive-level action items.

- CoE Capability Building: Mentor, train, and scale an elite team of Senior Process Analysts, Data Engineers, and Six Sigma practitioners, building reusable analytics accelerators and modeling frameworks.

- Thought Leadership: Champion a hyper-collaborative, data-centric cultural shift across global business lines to ensure digital adoption rates soar above standard baselines.

Required Qualifications & Skills:

- Experience: 20+ years of professional experience in digital transformation, business consulting, and operational excellence, with an extensive, demonstrable focus on deploying SAP Signavio environments to solve matrixed enterprise challenges.

Certifications:

1. Lean Six Sigma Black Belt or Master Black Belt is mandatory.

2. SAP Certified Associate - Business Process Consultant or equivalent advanced Signavio credential.

Technical Mastery:

1. Deep proficiency with Six Sigma analytical software alongside advanced SQL and data architecture capabilities.

2. Strong familiarity with modern Enterprise Architecture and Digital Adoption suites.

- Education: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related quantitative field.

- Soft Skills: Exceptional negotiation, storytelling, and change-management skills with the presence to influence global C-level stakeholders.