Senior SAP PMO Project Leader (Remote)

AiQualTest LLC

City of Middletown (NY)

Hybrid

USD 140,000 - 190,000

Full time

7 days ago

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Job summary

PA Turnpike is seeking an experienced Program Manager to lead Wave 2 SAP S/4HANA enhancements across multiple IT projects. You will coordinate internal/external staff, manage dependencies, risk, and budgets, and ensure alignment with strategic priorities.

The role requires PMP, 10+ years in project management, vendor leadership, and expert use of MS Project or Project Online. Remote work with one week onsite monthly in Middletown, PA, and strong communication across IT and business stakeholders.

Qualifications

The ideal candidate will have a minimum of ten (10) years of expertise in project/project management of projects of various size and subject matter, including integration, scope, schedule, communication, vendor, and risk planning and management.
The candidate must have experience managing high profile subject matter vendors within the on-prem and cloud landscape.
Experience with Enterprise Business Solutions, specifically SAP/ERP projects as a Project Manager.
Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification.
Experience with multi-year projects.
Strong skills with leadership, conflict management, and negotiation.
Must have expert level knowledge and extensive experience in creating and maintaining integrated plans in MS Project and or MS Project online.
Excellent written and oral communication, and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

Manages and coordinates the activities of internal and/or external staff involved in multiple IT projects of varying complexity.
Develops and maintains project artifacts as required using PA TURNPIKE or other established project management standards, procedures, templates, and methodologies.
Builds and manages the detailed integrated project plan and schedule that captures all task level detail with deliverables, milestones, cross-functional dependencies, etc. while mapping the critical path.
Estimates and maintains cost plan(s) during all phases of the project.
Plan and schedule resources efficiently by ensuring that the right resources are allocated and available to the right project activities at the right time.
Forecasts and enables resource capacity planning in a dynamically changing business environment. It is critical to forecast and get real-time foresight into project resourcing so that the project can take corrective actions ahead of time.
Establishes project governance framework with a structured approach to govern the project activities. This framework must have well-defined roles, responsibilities, escalation paths, and decision-making processes.
Coordinates with business owners and other analysts to define and refine the project scope.
Performs project management duties through the entire project lifecycle, including initiating, planning, executing, monitoring, and controlling, and closing.
Conducts lessons learned sessions during and after projects to identify recommendations for improvement.
Develops and maintains a productive working relationship with technology staff, business owners, project sponsors, vendors, and key clients.
Coordinates all project activities with System Integrator Project Managers including interrelated projects within the PA TURNPIKE landscape.
Manages all project artifacts including signoffs.
Adheres to the PA TURNPIKE PMO Playbook and referenced artifacts.