Accountabilities
You will lead and coordinate complex SAP S/4HANA projects, ensuring that workstreams, resources, budgets, timelines, and deliverables remain aligned with organizational objectives and established project management standards. Your responsibilities will include:
- - Lead multiple concurrent IT project workstreams of varying complexity, coordinating internal teams, external resources, vendors, and system integrators.
- - Manage the complete project lifecycle, including initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, controlling, and closure.
- - Develop, maintain, and oversee integrated project plans and schedules, including task-level activities, milestones, deliverables, dependencies, and critical paths.
- - Establish and maintain project governance frameworks, defining roles, responsibilities, escalation procedures, and decision-making processes.
- - Develop and monitor project cost plans, budget estimates, and financial forecasts throughout the project lifecycle.
- - Plan and allocate project resources, monitor availability and capacity, and forecast future resource requirements across concurrent workstreams.
- - Identify, assess, mitigate, and monitor project risks, issues, dependencies, and potential schedule impacts.
- - Work with business owners, analysts, technical teams, and project sponsors to define, refine, and manage project scope.
- - Coordinate activities with system integrator project managers and stakeholders across interconnected SAP platforms and enterprise applications.
- - Manage project documentation, deliverables, approvals, signoffs, and other required project artifacts in accordance with established standards.
- - Maintain effective relationships with technology teams, business stakeholders, executive leadership, vendors, and key clients.
- - Monitor project progress and maintain accountability for milestones, deliverables, budgets, and resource commitments.
- - Conduct lessons‑learned sessions throughout and after project delivery, identifying opportunities for continuous improvement.
- - Ensure compliance with established PMO methodologies, procedures, templates, governance requirements, and applicable IT standards.
- - Support onsite implementations, stakeholder workshops, and system issue resolution as required.
Requirements
The ideal candidate is an experienced project management professional with a strong background in enterprise SAP/ERP implementations and the ability to coordinate complex, multi‑year initiatives. You should combine technical understanding with financial oversight, vendor management, and effective communication across business and IT teams.
- - At least 10 years of project management experience overseeing projects of varying size, complexity, and subject matter.
- - Demonstrated experience managing SAP/ERP projects within enterprise business solutions environments.
- - Proven experience leading complex, multi‑year projects involving multiple workstreams, business stakeholders, technical teams, and interconnected systems.
- - Experience managing high‑profile vendors, system integrators, and external service providers across on‑premises and cloud environments.
- - Expert‑level proficiency in developing and maintaining integrated project plans using Microsoft Project and/or Microsoft Project Online.
- - Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
- - Experience managing enterprise‑wide SAP S/4HANA implementations, enhancements, or modernization initiatives.
- - Familiarity with complex, cloud‑based, multi‑tiered, multi‑client SAP environments and interconnected enterprise applications.
- - Knowledge of SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC), SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP), SAP Datasphere, and SAP Service and Asset Manager (SSAM).
- - Experience coordinating integrations between SAP and enterprise platforms such as SAP SuccessFactors, ServiceNow, Microsoft Dynamics 365, OnBase, Qlik Sense, AgileAssets, and financial or benefits systems.
- - Strong understanding of formal project governance frameworks, enterprise PMO standards, integrated scheduling, resource capacity planning, and project cost forecasting.
- - Excellent leadership, conflict resolution, negotiation, organizational, and coordination skills.
- - Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to deliver stakeholder presentations and executive‑level reports.
- - Ability to manage competing priorities, navigate complex technical and business dependencies, and maintain accountability for project outcomes.
- - Ability to work effectively in a remote environment while attending onsite activities in Middletown, Pennsylvania, approximately one week per month.
- - Availability for additional onsite attendance when required for implementations, stakeholder meetings, or system issues.
- - Ability to reach a project facility within three hours when emergency onsite support is needed.
Benefits
- - Competitive compensation.
- - Comprehensive medical, dental, prescription, and vision insurance.
- - 401(k) retirement savings plan.
- - Short‑term and long‑term disability coverage.
- - Group life insurance.
- - Generous paid time off (PTO) package.
- - Paid holidays.
- - Work‑life balance support and encouragement to use available time off.
- - Primarily remote work arrangement, with approximately one week of onsite work per month in Middletown, Pennsylvania.
- - Support for continuing education, professional development, and industry certifications.
- - Opportunities for career growth within a growing technology services organization.
- - Employee‑focused workplace culture built around collaboration, mutual respect, and professional development.
- - Company‑sponsored events and activities throughout the year, including an annual gala, golf events, and team barbecues.