The SAP Project Manager is responsible for planning, executing, and delivering SAP implementation projects, ensuring alignment with business objectives, scope, budget, timeline, and quality requirements. The role manages cross-functional teams, system integrators, business stakeholders, and third-party vendors throughout the project lifecycle.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end SAP implementation and transformation projects.
- Develop and maintain project plans, budgets, resource plans, and governance processes.
- Manage project scope, schedule, risks, issues, dependencies, and change requests.
- Ensure successful execution across all project phases.
Stakeholder Management
- Act as the primary liaison between business stakeholders, SAP implementation partners, and IT teams.
- Facilitate project steering committee, status meetings, and executive reporting.
- Drive decision-making and issue resolution with functional and technical teams.
- Manage SAP implementation partners, consultants, and third-party vendors.
- Track vendor deliverables and adherence to contractual commitments.
- Coordinate internal and external project resources.
Governance & Risk Management
- Establish project governance, reporting, RAID management, and project controls.
- Identify project risks and implement mitigation strategies.
- Ensure compliance with organizational standards and project management methodologies.
Testing & Deployment
- Oversee SIT, UAT, cutover planning, and go-live readiness activities.
- Coordinate business readiness, training, and change management efforts.
- Support stabilization and hypercare activities post go-live.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or related field.
- PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent project management certification preferred.
- Minimum 7-10 years of IT project management experience.
- Experience managing at least 1-3 full-cycle SAP implementations.
- Strong understanding of IT and SAP project methodologies.
- Experience working with system integrator partners.