SAP Vistex Project Manager

Description Remote Our client is seeking an experienced SAP Vistex Project Manager to lead critical Vistex initiatives within the broader SAP S/4HANA Modernization Program. This role will drive planning, coordination, and execution across Vistex Recharge, chargebacks, customer rebates, calculation buckets, IP-to-bucket conversion, SAP integration dependencies, testing readiness, cutover, and business stakeholder alignment. The ideal candidate combines recent, hands-on Vistex implementation leadership with strong enterprise project management discipline, executive communication skills, and the ability to apply a business lens to complex delivery decisions.

Due to client requirements, applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance. Rate: $55.00 to $65.00/hr. w2

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of Vistex initiatives across business, technology, and partner teams.
• Build and maintain an integrated project plan, milestones, dependencies, critical path, and resource needs.
• Manage scope, schedule, budget, RAID items, decisions, and executive status reporting.
• Drive governance forums, working sessions, status reviews, and timely escalation and resolution.
• Lead Vistex implementation, upgrade, migration, remediation, stabilization, and enhancement activities.
• Coordinate delivery across rebates, chargebacks, pricing agreements, incentive programs, Recharge solutions, calculation buckets, and IP-to-bucket conversion.
• Ensure Vistex plans and milestones align with the SAP S/4HANA modernization roadmap and enterprise go-live needs.
• Drive clear ownership, sequencing, entry and exit criteria, and closure of delivery gaps.
• Partner with business leaders, SAP functional teams, integration teams, data teams, vendors, and system integrators.
• Facilitate decision-making and translate technical issues into business impact, options, and recommendations.
• Build alignment across stakeholders with different priorities and maintain accountability for commitments.
• Manage vendor performance, deliverables, dependencies, and escalations.
• Identify cross-workstream risks and dependencies affecting testing, mock cycles, data validation, cutover, and go-live.
• Create mitigation and recovery plans, monitor them to closure, and escalate early when leadership intervention is required.
• Coordinate SIT, UAT, regression testing, defect management, mock conversion activities, and production readiness.
• Support cutover planning, deployment, hypercare, stabilization, and transition to ongoing operations.

Experience Requirements

• 10–12+ years of project or program management experience, including significant SAP delivery experience.
• Recent leadership of an end-to-end Vistex implementation, upgrade, or major transformation.
• Experience with Vistex rebates, chargebacks, pricing, incentive administration, Recharge, or calculation bucket capabilities.
• Working knowledge of SAP ECC and SAP S/4HANA, including Order-to-Cash and Finance integration points.
• Experience with integrated planning, RAID management, testing, cutover, go-live, and hypercare.
• Ability to lead cross-functional, global, and vendor-supported teams in a complex enterprise environment.
• Executive communication, facilitation, problem-solving, and decision-driving skills.
• Ability to operate independently, bring structure to ambiguity, and maintain a bias toward execution.
• Preferred: industry experience in pharmaceutical, healthcare, life sciences, or distribution.
• Preferred: experience supporting a large-scale SAP S/4HANA transformation.
• Preferred: direct experience with Vistex or a recognized Vistex implementation partner.
• Preferred: PMP, Agile, Scrum, or comparable professional certification.

Education Requirements