SAP Program/ Project Manager

About the role

We are seeking an experienced SAP Project/Program Manager with strong Utilities industry experience to manage the engagement and work closely with our team. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of managing complex SAP programs, strong Utilities domain knowledge, and excellent stakeholder-management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage end-to-end SAP projects/programs within the Utilities industry.
• Own project delivery, timelines, scope, budget, risks, issues, and dependencies.
• Serve as the primary point of contact between the client, business stakeholders, SAP teams, and technical teams.
• Work closely with our team to establish project objectives, delivery plans, milestones, and governance.
• Manage cross-functional SAP teams across functional, technical, integration, data, infrastructure, and testing workstreams.
• Drive requirements, solution alignment, project planning, implementation, testing, deployment, and post-go-live activities.
• Lead project status meetings, steering committee meetings, governance reviews, and executive-level communications.
• Identify and proactively manage project risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, and change requests.
• Ensure effective coordination between onsite and offshore teams.
• Monitor project KPIs, deliverables, resource utilization, and overall program health.
• Manage vendors, implementation partners, and third-party stakeholders where applicable.
• Ensure adherence to project governance, quality standards, methodologies, and SAP best practices.
• Facilitate decision-making and resolve escalated project and delivery issues.
• Support business transformation initiatives and identify opportunities for process improvement.
• Ensure successful transition to production and stabilization/support teams.
• Provide regular executive reporting on program status, risks, financials, milestones, and key decisions.