ASAP Senior Project Management Lead (m/f/d)

Andritz; Graz; Hybrid; EUR 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working time model

Home office option

Parking spaces & public accessibility

Bike Leasing

Subsidized company restaurant

Various employee discounts

Job summary

JobsinAustria in Graz is seeking a Senior Project Management Lead (m/f/d) to drive End-to-End programme leadership and SAP rollouts across multiple entities and regions. The role demands senior executive ownership with a proven track record in complex SAP transformations and multi-country deployments.

You will steer governance, budgets, schedules, and benefits realisation while coaching senior PMs and aligning solution design, data migration, testing, and cutover with the broader programme.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of professional project and programme management experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead End-to-End Programme and Project Leadership.
• Lead SAP rollout programmes across multiple legal entities, countries and divisions.
• Own and improve SAP rollout frameworks, templates, and standards.
• Establish robust delivery governance, stage-gate models and escalation mechanisms.
• Prepare and lead Steering Committee meetings and translate delivery into insights.
• Coach and ensure best-practice project methodologies (hybrid: SAP Activate, waterfall, agile).
• Drive portfolio prioritisation and resource allocation across rollouts.

Skills

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Strategic thinking

Delivery control

Leadership presence

Financial acumen

Change and transformation leadership

Delivery governance

Mentoring leadership

Education

University degree in Business/Information Technology/Engineering

PMP/PRINCE2/IPMA/SAFe certifications

SAP Activate or SAP programme certifications

Tools

SAP Activate

SAP programme certifications

Job description

In the Group Information Technology department in Graz, we are looking for a Senior Project Management Lead (m/f/d).

Your Tasks

• End-to-End Programme and Project Leadership
• Lead complex SAP rollout programmes across multiple legal entities, countries, and business divisions.
• Manage large-scale rollouts, parallel deployments, and M&A integration projects with competing business priorities and complex dependencies.
• Assume full accountability for scope, budget, schedule, quality, and benefits realisation.
• Establish and enforce robust delivery governance, stage-gate models, and escalation mechanisms.
• Steering and Executive Management
  • Prepare for and lead Steering Committee meetings.
  • Translate complex delivery realities into clear, decision-ready management insights.
  • Act as leadership presence in critical or escalated situations, including timeline recovery, rollout issues, or organisational resistance.
• SAP Rollout and Transformation Expertise
  • Own and continuously improve SAP rollout frameworks, templates, and standards.
  • Lead deployments covering:
    • Multi-ERP legacy replacements
    • Blueprints and template rollouts
    • M&A integrations
    • Regional and global rollout factories
  • Ensure close alignment across solution design, data migration, testing, cutover, and hypercare workstreams.
• PMO and Project Management Excellence
  • Build and lead senior project management structures (PMO, rollout leads, and workstream project managers).
  • Coach and provide quality assurance to other project managers.
  • Ensure a consistent application of best-practice project methodologies (hybrid: SAP Activate, waterfall, and agile).
  • Drive portfolio prioritisation and resource allocation across competing rollouts and initiatives.
• Risk, Quality, and Financial Control
  • Proactively manage programme risks, dependencies, and organisational readiness.
  • Ensure financial discipline through budget tracking, forecasting, and cost optimisation.
  • Maintain delivery quality under pressure, particularly during:
    • Parallel go-lives
    • Concurrent internal projects
    • Time-critical regulatory or business deadlines

Profile description:

Your Profile

• 15+ years of professional project and programme management experience.
• 10+ years leading large SAP programmes (rollouts, transformations, and M&A).
• Proven delivery of multi-country, multi-ERP, and multi-stakeholder initiatives.
• A strong track record of executive-level programme ownership within complex organisations.
• Deep experience with SAP S/4HANA, RISE, or hybrid landscapes.

Leadership and Seniority

• Demonstrated ability to operate as a peer to senior executives.
• High resilience, authority, and composure in complex, demanding delivery environments.
• Strong people leadership across senior project managers and cross-functional leads.
• Recognised as a role model for project excellence.

Competencies and Skills

• Executive communication and decision facilitation
• Complex stakeholder and conflict management
• Strategic thinking combined with hands‑on delivery control
• Strong financial acumen for large programme budgets
• Change and transformation leadership
• Exceptional sense of ownership with a strong results‑oriented mindset
• Structured, analytical, and methodical
• Able to influence with or without formal authority
• Pragmatic, business‑oriented, and delivery‑focused
• Willingness to travel

Education and Certifications

• University degree in Business, Information Technology, Engineering, or a comparable discipline
• PMP, PRINCE2, IPMA, or SAFe certification is a strong advantage
• SAP Activate or SAP programme certifications are advantageous

We offer:

Our Offer

• Talent & leadership programs
• Flexible working time model
• Home office option
• Various employee discounts
• Subsidized company restaurant
• Parking spaces & public accessibility
• Bike Leasing

In Austria we are legally obliged to announce at least a gross monthly salary of € 4.918,43 for this position.

Depending on qualifications and professional experience we offer you a market-based salary.