Senior SAP S/4HANA Project Manager

Elite Group; Dubai; On-site; AED 420,000 - 780,000; Full time

Job summary

Elite Group in Dubai seeks an experienced Senior SAP S/4HANA Project Manager to lead a complex enterprise transformation across the full implementation lifecycle—from discovery and solution design to go-live and stabilization.

You will own end-to-end delivery, manage scope, schedule, budget, and resources, and coordinate across Finance, Sales, Procurement, Inventory, Automotive, and Aftersales while governing SIT/UAT, data migration, cutover, and go-live readiness.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of SAP programme or project-management experience.
• At least three end-to-end SAP S/4HANA implementations.
• Strong experience in UAT, data migration, integrations, cutover, go-live, and hypercare.
• Proven ability to manage large system integrators, vendors, senior stakeholders, and cross-functional teams.
• Automotive, dealership, aftersales, SAP VSS, or Proaxia VSS experience is highly preferred.
• PMP, PRINCE2, SAP Activate, or an equivalent certification is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Take end-to-end ownership of the SAP S/4HANA programme, including scope, schedule, budget, resources, risks, dependencies, and delivery quality.
• Lead discovery, fit-to-standard workshops, solution design, realization, testing, data migration, cutover, go-live, and stabilization.
• Coordinate delivery across Finance, Sales, Procurement, Inventory, Automotive, Aftersales, and Service processes.
• Govern SIT, UAT, end-to-end testing, data cleansing, mock migrations, reconciliation, business readiness, training, and operational handover.
• Manage system integrators, vendors, business process owners, and internal technology teams, ensuring clear accountability and timely closure of risks and issues.
• Oversee integrations between SAP and CRM, contact-centre, middleware, document-management, payment, and other enterprise platforms.
• Provide clear project reporting and lead governance meetings, steering committees, cutover command centres, and hypercare activities.
• Ensure all business, functional, technical, data, and operational requirements are completed before recommending go-live.

Skills

SAP S/4HANA

Project management

Stakeholder management

Governance

UAT

Data migration

Integrations

Cutover

Go-live

Hypercare

Education

PMP, PRINCE2 or SAP Activate certification

Job description

We are looking for an experienced and hands-on Senior SAP S/4HANA Project Manager to lead a complex enterprise transformation programme across the full implementation lifecycle—from discovery and solution design through realization, testing, data migration, cutover, go-live, hypercare, and stabilization.

Key Responsibilities

• Take end-to-end ownership of the SAP S/4HANA programme, including scope, schedule, budget, resources, risks, dependencies, and delivery quality.
• Lead discovery, fit-to-standard workshops, solution design, realization, testing, data migration, cutover, go-live, and stabilization.
• Coordinate delivery across Finance, Sales, Procurement, Inventory, Automotive, Aftersales, and Service processes.
• Govern SIT, UAT, end-to-end testing, data cleansing, mock migrations, reconciliation, business readiness, training, and operational handover.
• Manage system integrators, vendors, business process owners, and internal technology teams, ensuring clear accountability and timely closure of risks and issues.
• Oversee integrations between SAP and CRM, contact-centre, middleware, document-management, payment, and other enterprise platforms.
• Provide clear project reporting and lead governance meetings, steering committees, cutover command centres, and hypercare activities.
• Ensure all business, functional, technical, data, and operational requirements are completed before recommending go-live.

Required Experience

• 12+ years of SAP programme or project-management experience.
• At least three end-to-end SAP S/4HANA implementations.
• Strong experience in UAT, data migration, integrations, cutover, go-live, and hypercare.
• Proven ability to manage large system integrators, vendors, senior stakeholders, and cross-functional teams.
• Strong programme governance, risk management, problem-solving, and recovery capabilities.
• Automotive, dealership, aftersales, SAP VSS, or Proaxia VSS experience is highly preferred.
• PMP, PRINCE2, SAP Activate, or an equivalent certification is preferred.

The ideal candidate must be a decisive and delivery-focused leader who can quickly assess the programme, establish control, and take full accountability for successful delivery.