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

ANDRITZ

Graz

Hybrid

EUR 54,000 - 67,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Job summary

ANDRITZ, Graz-based, seeks a SAP Senior Project Management Lead to drive end-to-end SAP rollouts and transformation programmes across multiple countries and entities. You will act as a trusted executive advisor and maintain delivery governance in high-stakes environments.

The role requires senior leadership, deep SAP expertise (S/4HANA, RISE, hybrid), and proven PMO excellence to manage complex budgets, timelines, and benefits realization.

Qualifications

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.
Deep experience with SAP S/4HANA, RISE, or hybrid landscapes.

Responsibilities

End-to-End Programme and Project Leadership across SAP rollouts.
Lead complex SAP rollout programmes across multiple entities and countries.
Own scope, budget, schedule, quality, and benefits realization.
Establish and enforce robust delivery governance, stage-gate models and escalation mechanisms.
Prepare for and lead Steering Committee meetings and translate delivery realities into insights.

Skills

Executive leadership

SAP project management

Stakeholder management

Budget management

Risk management

Education

University degree in Business, IT, Engineering, or equivalent

Tools

SAP Activate

MS Project

Job description

SAP Senior Project Management Lead (m/f/d) - ID 21867en_US

Graz

Every day, ANDRITZ continues to deliver successful innovative solutions to our customers globally. Why are we so successful? Because we are passionate and love what we do! We are at the forefront of future engineering tech-nologies, with solutions that ensure the success of our clients in key industries that are shaping the future of the world we live in.

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

The Senior Project Management Lead is accountable for the successful delivery of large-scale SAP rollouts and highly complex transformation programmes, including multi-country rollouts, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), carve-ins, blueprint implementations, legacy consolidations, and other in-ternal ERP initiatives.

This role requires exceptional seniority, leadership maturity, and delivery excellence, serving as:

Single point of accountability for critical SAP delivery programmes
Trusted advisor to executive leadership and steering committees
A stabilising presence in high-risk, high-complexity environments

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 man-agers).
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

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

Our Offer

Andritz AG offers a secure job in an innovative and international company with long-term development opportunities.