IT Project Manager

Certis; Singapore; On-site; SGD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading firm in project management in Singapore is seeking a Project Manager to lead SAP transformation initiatives. The successful candidate will have 3 to 6 years of experience in project management, ideally within ERP environments. Key responsibilities include planning project workstreams, stakeholder communication, governance reporting, and risk management. A Bachelor's degree and proficiency in MS Project and JIRA are essential.

Qualifications

• 3 to 6 years of project management experience, preferably in ERP or SAP projects.
• Strong working knowledge of project management tools.
• Excellent communication skills to influence senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning and execution of SAP project workstreams.
• Serve as primary contact for stakeholders, facilitating communication.
• Manage project governance and prepare status reports.
• Identify and mitigate project risks and issues.
• Manage project budgets and resource allocation.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

ERP implementation

Risk management

Cross-functional team leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field

Tools

MS Project

Smartsheet

JIRA

SAP Solution Manager

Job description

Role Summary

We are seeking a skilled and experienced Project Manager to lead critical workstreams within our organization’s group-wide SAP Transformation and Implementation program. This role requires a hands‑on project management professional who can drive cross‑functional teams, ensure delivery to scope, schedule, and budget, and effectively manage risks and stakeholder expectations across a complex ERP environment.

This is a career‑defining opportunity to contribute to a high‑visibility, strategic transformation initiative aimed at modernizing our core business systems and processes through SAP S/4HANA.

Key Responsibilities

Project Planning & Execution

• Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of assigned SAP project workstreams, sub‑projects and functions (e.g., Finance, Supply Chain, HR, Technical Integration).
• Develop and manage detailed project plans, timelines, milestones ensuring on time, on budget, and in scope deliverables across project workstreams.
• Coordinate activities across work streams, business units, technical teams, systems integrators, and third‑party vendors.
• Identify/ facilitates conflict resolution early and clears roadblocks to restart stalled deliverables, ensuring issues are closed in a timely manner.

Stakeholder Management

• Serve as the primary point of contact for project stakeholders, facilitating communication between business and technical teams.
• Keeps project stakeholders involved and informed by seeking input, highlighting risks and mitigation strategies, and delivering accurate and timely updates.
• Engage with senior leadership to provide regular updates, elevate issues, and ensure alignment with strategic goals.

Governance & Reporting

• Ensure adherence to project governance, standards, and methodologies as defined by the PMO.
• Prepare and present high‑quality status reports, risk logs, and decision documentation to Steering Committees and Program Boards.

Risk, Issue & Change Management

• Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate project risks and issues.
• Manage scope changes through formal change control processes and maintain traceability of requirements.
• Conduct post‑implementation evaluations and present lessons learned to leadership so that learnings can be re‑applied.

Team Leadership & Coordination

• Manage cross‑functional project teams, ensuring accountability, engagement, and high performance.
• Facilitate workshops, design sessions, and stakeholder interviews as needed.

Budget & Resource Management

• Track project budgets, forecasts, and actuals in collaboration with Finance.
• Manage resource allocation, onboarding, and performance tracking of internal and external project contributors.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.
• 3 to 6 years of project management experience. Experience in large‑scale ERP or SAP implementation projects would be an advantage.
• Strong working knowledge of project management tools (e.g., MS Project, Smartsheet, JIRA, SAP Solution Manager).
• Good understanding of sales, procurement and/or finance end‑to‑end processes.
• Ability to simplify complex information and processes into clear, concise points that enable effective decisions and actions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with the ability to influence senior stakeholders.