SAP Deployment Project Manager

Temporary work opportunities align well with people who are looking for career flexibility and less traditional ways of working, but at the same time are people driven to deliver amazing work in high-profile situations. Magnit Direct Sourcing is a service offered by Magnit Global that provides top talent directly to industry leading clients who have flexible temporary assignments that work on a variety of projects and unlock opportunities for exciting work.

As a temporary contractor, you’ll be employed by our Managed Service Provider, Magnit Global, who manages most of our temporary contract hiring. You will not be employed by Diageo.

This temporary assignment will be working with Diageo. Diageo is the world’s leading premium drinks company with an outstanding collection of brands, such as Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff, Baileys, Captain Morgan, Tanqueray, and Guinness. With over 200 brands in 180 countries and a global network of entrepreneurial individuals, our teams blend a diverse range of experience, knowledge, and skills. We connect customers and consumers to our iconic products and create innovate experiences that bring people together to celebrate life.

Visit Diageo’s global responsible drinking resource, Drink IQ, for information, initiatives, and ways to share best practices. Celebrating life, every day, everywhere.

With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, we’re the world’s leading premium drinks company. Bring your passion and use your curiosity as you explore, collaborate, and innovate to build brands consumers love. Together with passionate people from all over the world, you’ll test new ideas, learn and grow, and unlock a brighter, more exciting future.

Join us to create a career worth celebrating.

Our Digital and Technology (D&T) team are innovators, delivering ground‑breaking solutions that will help shape the future of our iconic brands. Technology touches every part of our business, from the sourcing of sustainable ingredients to marketing and development of our online platforms. We utilise data insights to build competitive advantage, supporting our people to deliver value faster.

Diageo is undertaking a global transformation through the Voyager program. Phase 1 is a platform upgrade from ECC to SAP S/4

HANA, impacting over 12,000 users across 100+ markets. The program initially aims to deliver a successful SAP S/4 HANA go‑live to be followed by a business transformation in later phases. Diageo is therefore seeking a Voyager Deployment Project Manager who has excellent market and stakeholder leadership capabilities to optimally deliver SAP S/4 Hana solutions in Diageo’s fast‑paced environment for Phase 1 of the programme.

They will have strong cross‑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.

Our D&T team includes some of the most talented digital professionals in the industry. Every day, we come together to push boundaries and innovate, shaping the digital solutions of tomorrow. Whatever your passion, we’ll help you become the best you can be, creating career‑defining work and delivering breakthrough thinking.

To lead the Voyager programme deployment engagement and readiness for North America.

• Manage the regional plan, including deployment and business readiness; provide key inputs into cutover, testing, data, and training PMs
• Track and report progress, deliverables, and KPIs, 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 captured 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

• Proven background in project or programme management for ERP or large‑scale business…