SAP Project Manager

Devfi; Virginia (MN); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Devfi, Inc. is hiring a SAP Delivery Manager (ERP) for life sciences. This 100% remote role requires deep SAP S/4HANA expertise, PLM delivery experience, and a strong grasp of GxP validation across CSV and compliant processes.

You will lead end-to-end SAP implementations for pharma/biotech clients, coordinating across global teams and ensuring quality from design through go-live. You will drive architecture decisions, manage data migration, and govern complex integrations across PLM, ERP, MES,

Qualifications

• 15+ years delivering SAP solutions with 3+ years leading end-to-end delivery as a manager.
• Deep functional grounding in S/4HANA across life sciences modules PP/PI, QM, MM, EWM, SD, PLM.
• Delivery experience in pharma/biotech/medical devices or other GxP-regulated industries with a practical grasp of CSV and GAMP 5.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end SAP solution design across engagement requirements, fit-gap, design, configuration, RICEFW build, integration and cutover.
• Chair design authority: enforce standard-first approach and maintain coherence across workstreams.
• Lead PLM-ERP-MES integration, data migration and lifecycle management from R&D to manufacturing and submission.
• Oversee validation and release: CSV, GxP, EU Annex 11, 21 CFR Part 11 with a client-approved validation strategy.
• Lead blended teams of consultants and client staff; manage plan, risk, dependencies and reporting to sponsors.

Skills

SAP S/4HANA

PLM

CSV/GxP understanding

Regulatory validation

Change management

Stakeholder management

Agile & V-model

Data migration

Global delivery

English proficiency

Job description

SAP Delivery Manager (ERP) - Life Sciences

Devfi, Inc. |

100% remote Role

About Devfi

Devfi, Inc is an SAP services partner to life sciences and pharmaceutical companies. We deliver S/4HANA implementations for global pharma manufacturers, CDMOs, biotech and medical device clients across the Globe.

Our clients operate under FDA, EMA and MHRA,GxP oversight. Every system we touch is validated and every change is auditable that standard is why they choose a specialist partner over a generalist.

What you'll do

Solution design and build

• Own the end-to-end solution across the engagement requirements, fit-gap, functional and technical design, configuration, RICEFW build, integration and cutover.
• Chair design authority: adjudicate design decisions, enforce standard-first over custom development, and keep the solution coherent across workstreams rather than locally optimised.
• Lead PLM solution delivery specification and recipe management, formulation, BOM and routing lifecycle, engineering change management (ECR/ECO), DMS and product compliance - keeping the product data thread intact from R&D through tech transfer into manufacturing and submission.
• Design and govern integration across the PLM-ERP-MES boundary and into LIMS, QMS, WMS and serialisation, including interface specification, error handling and reconciliation.
• Own the data agenda: master data design, migration approach, cleansing, load sequencing and reconciliation evidence.

Quality, validation and release

• Deliver to GxP requirements CSV, GAMP 5, EU Annex 11, 21 CFR Part 11 with validation strategy and traceability agreed with client QA before build starts, not retrofitted after.
• Own the test strategy end to end: unit, SIT, UAT, PQ, regression and performance, with defect triage and release criteria you personally sign off.
• Lead cutover, dress rehearsals, go-live and hypercare, with rollback positions agreed in advance.
• Stand behind the solution in client audits and regulatory inspections.

Team and delivery discipline

• Lead blended teams of Devfi consultants, client staff and offshore resources - setting estimation, design review and code review standards.
• Run plan, risk, dependency and scope management, and report progress honestly to client sponsors and IT leadership.
• Coach consultants and functional leads; contribute reusable design patterns, accelerators and delivery playbooks back into the practice.

What we're looking for

• 15+ years delivering SAP solutions, 3 of them leading end-to-end delivery as a delivery, solution or Program manager.
• Deep functional grounding in S/4HANA across the life sciences modules PP/PP-PI, QM, MM, EWM, SD, PLM.
• SAP PLM delivery experience specification management, recipe development (SAP RD), DMS, engineering change management, product compliance and how PLM objects flow into the ERP core.
• Delivery experience in pharma, biotech, medical devices or another GxP-regulated industry, with a practical grasp of CSV and GAMP 5: you can challenge a validation plan, not just approve one.
• Proven ownership of a full lifecycle requirements through hypercare on at least [two] end-to-end implementations.
• Integration and data migration experience across a complex application landscape.
• Fluency in both V-model and Agile delivery, and the judgement to know which the change and the regulator require.
• Stakeholder management to executive level, including the ability to defend a design decision under pressure.
• Willingness to travel to client sites or Devfi offices; excellent written and spoken English.