SAP Project Manager

Astek Middle East; Al Jubayl; On-site; SAR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Astek Middle East is seeking an experienced SAP Project Manager to lead SAP and ERP delivery initiatives in a enterprise setting. You will coordinate planning, governance, delivery execution and go-live readiness across business stakeholders, SAP teams, partners and vendors.

The role demands strong SAP lifecycle knowledge, multi-workstream delivery, and proven capability to manage scope, timelines, budget and quality while working onsite in Jubail.

Qualifications

• 5–10 years of enterprise application delivery experience.
• Experience delivering SAP ECC and/or SAP S/4HANA projects.
• Onsite work in Jubail, Saudi Arabia and strong stakeholder engagement.
• Familiar with SAP Activate or equivalent ERP delivery methodology.
• Proven governance, scope, risk, budget and vendor management.

Responsibilities

• Lead SAP project planning and governance with charters, schedules and budgets.
• Coordinate SAP functional, technical, data, testing and security teams.
• Manage requirements, designs, integrations and data migration plans.
• Oversee SIT, UAT, regression, performance and security testing.
• Plan go-live, cutover, hypercare and stabilization activities.
• Maintain RAID logs, decision records and status reporting to executives.
• Monitor partner deliverables, changes and knowledge transfer.
• Prepare dashboards and weekly/steering committee updates.
• Coordinate user training and operational handover to support teams.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

SAP delivery

Communication

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems / CS / Engineering / Business

Tools

SAP ECC

SAP S/4HANA

SAP Activate

ABAP/Fiori basics

Job description

We are looking for an experienced SAP Project Manager to lead and coordinate SAP and ERP delivery initiatives in an enterprise environment.

The successful candidate will oversee project planning, governance, delivery execution and go-live readiness, ensuring effective coordination between business stakeholders, SAP functional teams, technical teams, implementation partners and vendors.

This role requires a strong understanding of SAP implementation and delivery lifecycles, including requirements management, solution design, testing, data migration, cutover, go-live and post-implementation stabilization.

The ideal candidate combines structured project management capabilities with practical experience delivering SAP ECC or SAP S/4HANA projects, managing multiple workstreams and driving delivery within agreed scope, timelines, budget and quality standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead SAP project planning and governance, including project charters, work breakdown structures, integrated schedules, budgets, resource plans, milestones and workstream responsibilities.
• Coordinate SAP functional teams, ABAP/Fiori developers, Basis and security teams, integration specialists, data teams, testing teams, business process owners, infrastructure, cybersecurity and implementation partners.
• Manage requirements, fit-to-standard outcomes, process designs, functional and technical specifications, integrations, custom developments, roles, data objects and requirements traceability.
• Control release scope, sprint and deployment plans, system environments, transports, dependencies, defects and configuration/development readiness.
• Plan and govern System Integration Testing (SIT), User Acceptance Testing (UAT), regression testing, performance testing, security testing and data reconciliation.
• Manage data migration activities, mock loads, reconciliation, cutover planning, interface freezes, rollback arrangements, go-live command centres and stabilization.
• Monitor implementation partner deliverables, estimates, change requests, acceptance criteria, commercial milestones and knowledge transfer.
• Maintain risk, assumption, issue and dependency (RAID) logs, decision registers, action trackers, change controls, quality findings and approval records.
• Prepare project dashboards, weekly status reports, steering committee presentations, release-readiness updates and executive decision papers.
• Coordinate user training, change communications, operational handover, hypercare, transition to application maintenance and support teams, project closure and benefits tracking.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, Finance, Supply Chain or a related discipline.
• 5–10 years of relevant experience in enterprise application delivery, including management of SAP projects or major SAP workstreams.
• Demonstrated experience delivering SAP ECC and/or SAP S/4HANA implementations, upgrades, rollouts or migrations.
• Experience coordinating multiple SAP delivery dimensions, such as functional processes, custom development, integrations, data migration, security, testing and cutover.
• Strong knowledge of SAP Activate or a comparable ERP delivery methodology.
• Proven project planning, governance, scope, risk, dependency, budget, vendor and quality management capabilities.
• Experience coordinating implementation partners and managing cross-functional business and technical stakeholders.
• Strong communication, workshop facilitation, problem-solving and executive reporting skills.
• Professional English communication and documentation skills.
• Willingness and ability to work onsite in Jubail, Saudi Arabia.

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP or PRINCE2 certification.
• SAP Activate certification or relevant SAP delivery certifications.
• Experience in manufacturing, steel, metals or other industrial and asset-intensive environments.
• Experience managing multi-vendor SAP programmes or complex enterprise implementations.

What Success Looks Like

• SAP projects and releases delivered against approved scope, timelines and quality criteria.
• Clear governance, accurate project reporting and effective management of risks and dependencies.
• Controlled testing, data migration, cutover and go-live activities.
• Successful transition to operational support, with complete documentation and knowledge transfer.