HR Project Manager - SAP SuccessFactors

Virtuthinko W. L; Manama; On-site; BHD 18,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Virtuthinko W. L seeks an HR Project Manager to lead end-to-end SAP SuccessFactors initiatives, ensuring alignment with business strategy and regulatory requirements. You will coordinate with HR, IT and stakeholders to gather requirements, drive design, data migration, and secure successful go-live.

You will oversee testing, change management, and post-go-live support, ensuring governance, risk control, and continuous improvement across the HRMS landscape.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering HRMS projects, preferably SAP SuccessFactors.
• Ability to translate business needs into functional specifications.
• Strong governance, risk, and change management capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of SAP SuccessFactors initiatives across initiation, design, build, testing, deployment and post-go-live support.
• Collaborate with HR, IT and business stakeholders to gather, validate and prioritize requirements and ensure alignment with HR operating models.
• Oversee data migration, system configuration, and environment readiness while ensuring security, privacy and regulatory compliance.
• Coordinate with IT teams to ensure seamless integration with core systems and manage interfaces and data flows.
• Lead change management activities: adoption plans, stakeholder engagement and training.
• Oversee testing cycles (SIT/UAT) and manage defects, deployment readiness and go-live planning.

Skills

SAP SuccessFactors

Project management

HRMS knowledge

Stakeholder management

Change management

Tools

SAP SuccessFactors

Job description

The HR Project Manager is responsible for leading the end-to-end delivery of SAP SuccessFactors (HRMS) initiatives, ensuring alignment with the Group's business strategy, regulatory requirements, and digital HR goals.

Responsibilities

1. 1. Project Leadership & Delivery
   • Develop and execute comprehensive project plans covering all phases: initiation, design, build, testing, deployment, and post-go-live support.
   • Manage scope, timeline, budget, and resources to ensure successful delivery within agreed constraints.
   • Establish governance structures, including steering committees and status reporting.
2. 2. Business & Functional Alignment
   • Collaborate with HR including Payroll, Finance, Strategy, ePMO, IT and business stakeholders to gather, validate, and prioritize requirements.
   • Ensure system design aligns with HR operating models, policies, and workforce strategies.
   • Translate business needs into functional specifications and oversee solution design.
3. 3. SAP SuccessFactors Implementation Oversight
   • Lead implementation across relevant modules (e.g., Employee Central, Performance & Goals, Payroll, Recruitment, Learning, Compensation).
   • Ensure best-practice configuration and adherence to SAP standards.
   • Oversee data migration, system configuration, and environment readiness.
4. 4. Integration & Technology Coordination
   • Coordinate with IT teams to ensure seamless integration with core systems (e.g., Core Banking, Finance GL, attendance and identity & access systems).
   • Manage interfaces, data flows, and system dependencies.
   • Ensure system security, data privacy, and compliance with internal IT policies.
5. 5. Change Management & Adoption
   • Develop and execute change management strategies to support user adoption.
   • Follow the bank’s Technology Change management process.
   • Lead communication plans, stakeholder engagement, and training programs.
   • Ensure smooth transition from legacy systems to SuccessFactors.
6. 6. Testing & Quality Assurance
   • Oversee SIT, UAT, and regression testing cycles.
   • Ensure defects are tracked, prioritized, and resolved.
   • Validate system readiness prior to go-live.
7. 7. Risk, Issue & Compliance Management
   • Identify and mitigate project risks, particularly related to HR data, compliance, and payroll impacts.
   • Ensure adherence to labour laws, data protection regulations, and audit requirements.
   • Manage issue resolution and escalation processes.
8. 8. Vendor & Stakeholder Management
   • Manage relationships with SAP, implementation partners, and third-party vendors.
   • Ensure deliverables meet agreed SLAs and contractual expectations.
   • Act as the primary point of contact for senior stakeholders.
9. 9. Post-Go-Live Support & Continuous Improvement
   • Oversee hyper-care support and stabilization post-deployment.
   • Gather user feedback and drive continuous system enhancements.
   • Ensure knowledge transfer and capability building within HR and IT teams.
10. 10. IT Project Manager General Roles & Responsibilities:
    • Lead end-to-end delivery of IT projects from initiation through closure, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
    • Define project scope, goals, deliverables, and success criteria in collaboration with stakeholders.
    • Develop and maintain detailed project plans, schedules, and resource allocations.
    • Manage project budgets, forecasts, and financial tracking to ensure cost control.
    • Establish and enforce project governance frameworks, standards, and methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid).
    • Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks, issues, and dependencies proactively.
    • Drive stakeholder engagement and communication across business, IT, and executive levels.
    • Coordinate cross‑functional teams, including developers, architects, vendors, and business users.
    • Ensure effective change management processes to support smooth adoption of new systems and processes.
    • Oversee requirements gathering, validation, and traceability throughout the project lifecycle.
    • Manage vendor relationships, contracts, and service delivery against agreed SLAs.
    • Ensure quality assurance through structured testing phases (SIT, UAT, performance testing).
    • Monitor project progress and provide regular status reports, dashboards, and executive updates.
    • Facilitate decision‑making and resolve conflicts to keep projects on track.
    • Ensure compliance with organizational policies, security standards, and regulatory requirements.
    • Oversee system integration efforts and ensure alignment with enterprise architecture.
    • Drive continuous improvement by identifying lessons learned and implementing best practices.
    • Support data migration, system cutover, and go‑live planning activities.
    • Lead post‑implementation reviews and ensure successful transition to operations/support teams.