SAP Project Manager

Role & responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end SAP implementation, rollout, migration, upgrade, and transformation projects.
• Define project scope, objectives, deliverables, milestones, timelines, and success criteria.
• Develop and manage project plans, budgets, resource allocation, and delivery schedules.
• Coordinate cross-functional SAP teams including functional consultants, technical consultants, developers, architects, integration teams, and business stakeholders.
• Manage SAP S/4HANA, ECC, SAP BTP, integration, data migration, testing, and infrastructure workstreams as applicable.
• Drive project execution using SAP Activate, Agile, Scrum, or hybrid project methodologies.
• Manage project risks, issues, dependencies, assumptions, and mitigation plans.
• Establish project governance, steering committees, status reporting, and escalation mechanisms.
• Coordinate with business stakeholders to gather requirements, manage expectations, and ensure alignment between business objectives and SAP solutions.
• Manage external implementation partners, vendors, consultants, and system integrators.
• Monitor project progress against scope, schedule, budget, quality, and resource plans.
• Lead project phases including Discover, Prepare, Explore, Realize, Deploy, and Run where SAP Activate is used.
• Oversee testing, data migration, cutover, go-live, hypercare, and transition to support.
• Manage change requests and ensure appropriate impact assessment and approvals.
• Ensure project documentation, governance, compliance, and quality standards are maintained.
• Present project status, financials, risks, and key decisions to senior management and steering committees.
• Drive continuous improvement and ensure successful business adoption of SAP solutions

Preferred candidate profile

• 5 to 10 years of overall IT/SAP experience, with substantial experience managing SAP implementation or transformation projects.
• Proven experience managing end-to-end SAP S/4HANA or ECC projects.
• Experience leading large, complex, multi-location or multi-country SAP programs is preferred.
• Strong knowledge of SAP Activate, Agile/Scrum, Waterfall, and hybrid project management methodologies.
• Experience managing project scope, budget, timelines, resources, risks, dependencies, vendors, and stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of SAP functional and technical areas such as S/4HANA, Finance, Supply Chain, Procurement, Sales, Manufacturing, ABAP, Integration, Data Migration, and SAP BTP.
• Experience with Greenfield implementation, Brownfield conversion, SAP rollouts, upgrades, or cloud transformation.
• Strong understanding of SAP project lifecycle, governance, testing, cutover, migration, and go-live processes.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to interact with CXO-level executives.
• Strong leadership, negotiation, conflict-resolution, decision-making, and problem-solving capabilities.
• Experience managing system integrators, SAP partners, third-party vendors, and distributed teams.
• Familiarity with project management tools such as Jira, MS Project, Azure DevOps, SAP Cloud ALM, or equivalent platforms.
• PMP, PRINCE2, SAP Activate, or equivalent project-management certification is preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related discipline; MBA/M.Tech/MCA is an advantage.