SAP RISE Project Manager -- EX62845914042

Compunnel Inc.; Salisbury (NC); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Compunnel Inc. seeks an experienced SAP Project Manager to lead large-scale SAP transformation initiatives, focusing on ECC to S/4HANA migrations within the SAP RISE program.

You will drive end-to-end delivery, governance, and cross-functional coordination across Finance, Supply Chain, Procurement, Manufacturing, and more. The role requires 8+ years in SAP project management, proven experience with SAP RISE migrations, and strong stakeholder management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 8+ years of SAP project management experience.
• 5+ years leading SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANA transformation projects.
• Proven experience managing at least one full lifecycle SAP RISE implementation or migration.
• At least one completed migration to SAP RISE.
• Strong understanding of SAP Activate methodology.
• Experience managing budgets exceeding $5M and geographically distributed teams.
• Demonstrated success leading complex ERP transformation initiatives in enterprise environments.
• Excellent stakeholder management and executive communication skills.
• Strong knowledge of SAP ECC, SAP S/4HANA, SAP RISE, SAP Cloud solutions, data migration methodologies, and SAP integration technologies.
• Experience with public cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud.
• PMP (Project Management Professional) Certification.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end SAP S/4HANA transformation and migration initiatives utilizing the SAP RISE framework.
• Develop and manage project plans, timelines, budgets, resource allocation, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Drive program governance, steering committee meetings, executive reporting, and stakeholder communications.
• Manage multiple workstreams including Finance, Supply Chain, Procurement, Manufacturing, Sales, and Technical teams.
• Ensure project milestones, deliverables, and quality standards are achieved.
• Lead SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANA migration strategy, planning, execution, and cutover activities.
• Coordinate system conversions, greenfield, brownfield, or selective data transition approaches.
• Oversee readiness assessments, custom code remediation, business process redesign, and system integration activities.
• Manage data migration planning, testing, validation, and reconciliation efforts.
• Ensure compliance with SAP best practices and SAP Activate methodology.
• Act as the primary liaison between business stakeholders, SAP partners, system integrators, and technical teams.
• Facilitate executive-level communication and decision-making regarding project risks and issue resolution.
• Manage SAP RISE vendors, consulting partners, and third-party implementation resources.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, security, compliance, and cloud operations teams.
• Identify, evaluate, and mitigate project risks, dependencies, and roadblocks.
• Drive organizational change management, user adoption, training, and communication strategies.
• Oversee testing cycles including SIT, UAT, regression, and performance testing.
• Lead go-live planning, cutover execution, hypercare support, and project stabilization.
• Establish project governance frameworks and reporting structures.
• Monitor project KPIs, budget performance, resource utilization, and overall program health.
• Ensure compliance with PMO standards, audit requirements, and corporate governance policies.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Executive communication

Program governance

Leadership

Risk mitigation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Administration, or a related field

Job description

We are seeking an experienced SAP Project Manager to lead large-scale SAP transformation initiatives, with a primary focus on migrating SAP ECC environments to SAP S/4HANA through the SAP RISE program. The role requires extensive experience delivering complex ERP implementations and transformations, managing cross-functional teams, coordinating business and technical stakeholders, and ensuring successful project execution from planning through post-go-live support. The successful candidate will have experience with SAP architecture, business processes, cloud transformation strategies, SAP Activate methodology, and ECC to S/4HANA migration programs, including at least one migration to SAP RISE.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end SAP S/4HANA transformation and migration initiatives utilizing the SAP RISE framework.
• Develop and manage project plans, timelines, budgets, resource allocation, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Drive program governance, steering committee meetings, executive reporting, and stakeholder communications.
• Manage multiple workstreams including Finance, Supply Chain, Procurement, Manufacturing, Sales, and Technical teams.
• Ensure project milestones, deliverables, and quality standards are achieved.
• Lead SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANA migration strategy, planning, execution, and cutover activities.
• Coordinate system conversions, greenfield, brownfield, or selective data transition approaches.
• Oversee readiness assessments, custom code remediation, business process redesign, and system integration activities.
• Manage data migration planning, testing, validation, and reconciliation efforts.
• Ensure compliance with SAP best practices and SAP Activate methodology.
• Act as the primary liaison between business stakeholders, SAP partners, system integrators, and technical teams.
• Facilitate executive-level communication and decision-making regarding project risks and issue resolution.
• Manage SAP RISE vendors, consulting partners, and third-party implementation resources.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, security, compliance, and cloud operations teams.
• Identify, evaluate, and mitigate project risks, dependencies, and roadblocks.
• Drive organizational change management, user adoption, training, and communication strategies.
• Oversee testing cycles including SIT, UAT, regression, and performance testing.
• Lead go-live planning, cutover execution, hypercare support, and project stabilization.
• Establish project governance frameworks and reporting structures.
• Monitor project KPIs, budget performance, resource utilization, and overall program health.
• Ensure compliance with PMO standards, audit requirements, and corporate governance policies.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 8+ years of SAP project management experience.
• 5+ years of experience leading SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANA transformation projects.
• Proven experience managing at least one full lifecycle SAP RISE implementation or migration.
• At least one completed migration to SAP RISE.
• Strong understanding of SAP Activate methodology.
• Experience managing budgets exceeding $5M and geographically distributed teams.
• Demonstrated success leading complex ERP transformation initiatives in enterprise environments.
• Excellent stakeholder management and executive communication skills.
• Strong knowledge of SAP ECC, SAP S/4HANA, SAP RISE, SAP Cloud solutions, data migration methodologies, and SAP integration technologies.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with public cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud.
• PMP (Project Management Professional) Certification.