Senior SAP Project Manager

Job Summary
We are looking for  an experienced Senior SAP Project Manager to lead complex SAP implementation, upgrade, and transformation initiatives. The successful candidate will be responsible for end-to-end project delivery, stakeholder management, governance, risk management, and ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget, and in accordance with agreed quality standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, execution, monitoring, and successful delivery of SAP projects from initiation through project closure.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans, schedules, resource plans, budgets, and governance frameworks.
• Ensure project delivery within approved scope, timeline, budget, and quality expectations.
• Manage project risks, issues, dependencies, and change requests, ensuring appropriate mitigation and resolution plans are implemented.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for clients, sponsors, executive stakeholders, and project teams.
• Drive project governance activities, including steering committee meetings, executive updates, and project status reporting.
• Coordinate and manage internal teams, external vendors, implementation partners, and third-party stakeholders.
• Monitor project performance and proactively address delivery challenges to ensure project objectives are achieved.
• Facilitate decision-making and conflict resolution among stakeholders while maintaining project momentum.
• Ensure compliance with established project management methodologies, governance standards, and organizational processes.
• Mentor and provide guidance to project team members and junior project managers when required.
• Promote continuous improvement and best practices in SAP project delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related field.
• Minimum of 8-10 years of experience managing SAP projects, preferably in large-scale enterprise environments.
• Proven experience leading end-to-end SAP implementation, rollout, upgrade, or enhancement projects.
• Experience with SAP S/4HANA implementation and/or migration projects is highly preferred.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, and leadership skills.
• Experience managing cross-functional teams, vendors, and third-party partners.
• Project management certification such as PMP, PRINCE2, or SAP-related certifications is an advantage.

 Preferred Experience

• SAP S/4HANA Greenfield, Brownfield, or RISE with SAP projects.
• Experience managing multi-module SAP implementations (e.g., FI/CO, MM, SD, PP, PM, EWM, SuccessFactors, Ariba, or other SAP solutions).
• Experience working in consulting, system integrator, or enterprise transformation environments.