SAP Project Manager

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for setting the project plan and managing the execution of projects for all project activities throughout the project lifecycle
• Responsible for defining, planning, tracking, and managing the project, identifying key resources, and providing the direction they require to meet project objectives
• Engage with senior stakeholder team at a strategic level for developing and implementing relevant parts of the IT strategy
• Provides leadership to cross-functional teams responsible for delivering defined project outputs to time and project quality criteria.
• scoping, estimation, risk, and assessment area.
• Assess, document, and communicate risk for the engagement.
• Position SAP delivery methodology – SAP delivery models are activated in the engagement.
• Manage and communicate a clear vision of the project’s objectives.
• Ensure proper use of methodology, tools, and procedures.
• Balance the trade-off of the triple- constraint (time, cost, and scope) to realize the expected business value.
• Proactively identify changes in work scope and ensure appropriate planning measures are taken with internal and external stakeholders to reassess and amend the scope of work requirements, budget, and timeline.
• Analyze risk, establish contingency plans, and identify trigger events and responsibilities for initiating mitigating action.
• Escalate issues early about the project to account management or delivery management.
• Determine what constitutes successful closure for all parties. Gain acceptance and sign-off by all parties when the closure is attained.
• Position project management reviews with customers and effectively manage their deployment.
• Takes responsibility from time to time as team lead and supports respective line manager(s) in people development tasks.
• Accountable for managing regional contracts, developing and maintaining relationships with vendors

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Minimum of two end-to-end cycles implementation as well as in support projects.
• 5-7 years of project management experience in project implementations using formal project management methodology, techniques, and tools
• Technical & Consultant background is a plus.
• PMP/Prince 2 certification is an asset.
• SAP Activate is a plus.
• Agile project management understanding