Sr Tech Project Manager

Brightstar Lottery; Providence (RI); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) Savings Plan

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time off

Job summary

Brightstar Lottery is seeking a Senior Project Manager, SAP S/4HANA Transformation, to lead planning, execution and delivery of the ERP program. This hybrid role is located in Providence, RI, coordinating stakeholders, IT leadership, SIs, and partners to meet schedule and budget targets.

The candidate will drive end-to-end transformation across Finance, Procurement, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and Operations, with a strong emphasis on governance, risk management, and organizational readiness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, IT, Engineering, Supply Chain, or related field.
• 10+ years of project/program management experience, incl. 5+ years with SAP ERP initiatives.
• Proven success delivering at least one full lifecycle SAP S/4HANA implementation, upgrade, or migration.
• Expertise in ERP processes, cross-functional integrations, and enterprise project methods.
• Fluency in Italian; English communication required.
• Leadership of large, dispersed teams, SI/partners, and offshore resources.
• Strong executive communication, negotiation, and risk management.
• Experience reading and communicating in English is required.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end SAP S/4HANA transformation across Finance, Procurement, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and Operations.
• Create project plans, schedules, budgets, resource models, and governance structures.
• Coordinate workstreams and dependencies across global business and technical teams.
• Oversee design, data migration, testing, training, cutover, deployment, and stabilization.
• Facilitate steering committee meetings, workshops, and executive decisions.
• Monitor program finances, vendor contracts, milestones, risks, and scope.
• Drive organizational readiness and business adoption for ongoing support.

Skills

Project management

SAP ERP

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Executive communication

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/IT/Engineering

Master's degree (advantage)

PMP certification

Tools

SAP S/4HANA

SAP ECC

SAP Ariba

SAP Analytics Cloud

SAP Activate

Job description

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Requisition ID: 19703

Brightstar is an innovative, forward-thinking global leader in lottery that builds on our renowned expertise in delivering secure technology and producing reliable, comprehensive solutions for our customers. As a premier pure play global lottery company, our best-in-class lottery operations, retail and digital solutions, and award-winning lottery games enable our customers to achieve their goals, fulfill player needs and distribute meaningful benefits to communities. Brightstar has a well-established local presence and is a trusted partner to governments and regulators around the world, creating value by adhering to the highest standards of service, integrity, and responsibility. Brightstar has approximately 6,000 employees. For more information, please visit www.brightstarlottery.com .

Overview

As a Senior Project Manager, SAP S/4HANA Transformation, you will support Brightstar Lottery's global ERP transformation by leading the planning, execution, and delivery of SAP S/4HANA implementation and migration initiatives. You will connect business stakeholders, IT leadership, system integrators, and external partners to deliver strategic outcomes on schedule and within budget. This role will be located hybrid in Providence, Rhode Island.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end SAP S/4HANA transformation initiatives across Finance, Procurement, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and Operations.
• Establish comprehensive project plans, schedules, budgets, resource models, success criteria, and governance structures.
• Coordinate interconnected workstreams, dependencies, and resources across global business and technical teams.
• Oversee process design, system integration, data migration, testing, training, cutover, deployment, and stabilization activities.
• Facilitate steering committee meetings, design workshops, status reviews, executive communications, and solution decisions.
• Monitor program finances, vendor contracts, milestones, risks, issues, scope, and overall program health.
• Drive organizational readiness, stakeholder alignment, business adoption, and transition to ongoing support operations.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

What You'll Bring

Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Technology, Engineering, Supply Chain, Finance, or a related field.

Minimum of 10 years of project or program management experience, including at least five years managing SAP ERP initiatives.

Demonstrated success leading at least one full lifecycle SAP S/4HANA implementation, upgrade, or migration.

Expertise in enterprise project management methodologies, ERP business processes, and cross-functional integrations.

Fluency in written and spoken Italian, including facilitating meetings, workshops, training, and presentations.

Proven leadership of large, geographically dispersed teams, system integrators, consulting partners, and offshore resources.

Strong executive communication, negotiation, facilitation, decision-making, risk management, and issue-resolution skills.

Ability to read, write, and communicate effectively in English is required

What Will Make You Stand Out

Master's degree in a relevant discipline.

Certification in PMP, SAP Activate, Agile, Scrum, or a comparable methodology.

Background leading SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANA transformation programs.

Familiarity with SAP Ariba, SAP Business Technology Platform, SAP Analytics Cloud, and related SAP solutions.

Exposure to multinational manufacturing, distribution, pharmaceutical, life sciences, or consumer products organizations.

Success managing global business transformation and process harmonization initiatives.

Physical Requirements

Travel domestically and internationally up to 30–50% based on business needs.

Participation in global workshops, testing events, deployments, governance meetings, and stakeholder sessions.

Flexibility to collaborate across multiple time zones and support international project teams.

Success Profile

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At Brightstar, we consider a wide range of factors in determining compensation, including background, skills, experience, and work location. These factors can cause your compensation to vary. The estimated starting compensation range is $74,961 - $164,800. The actual pay offered may end up being higher or lower. The Company will comply with all local pay requirements and collective bargaining agreements, where applicable.

Base pay is only one part of our Total Rewards program. Sales roles may be eligible for commission payments, while other roles are eligible for discretionary bonuses. In addition, we offer employees a 401(k) Savings Plan with Company contributions, health, dental, and vision insurance, life, accident, and disability insurance, tuition reimbursement, paid time off, wellness programs, and identity theft insurance. Note: programs are subject to eligibilityrequirements.

Immigration sponsorship is not available for this role.

All Brightstar employees have a role in information security. Annual training will be assigned and required as appropriate.

Nearest Major Market: Providence
Nearest Secondary Market: Rhode Island