SAP Project Manager

About the role

The Senior SAP Project Manager will lead and deliver complex SAP programs across legacy SAP ECC and next-generation SAP S/4HANA landscapes. This role requires proven experience managing large-scale SAP ECC environments, as well as successfully planning and executing S/4HANA conversions or migrations.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the R2R practice vision, growth roadmap, and service offerings, across the core process areas of SAP Finance (Universal Journal, General Ledger), CO-PA, Project Systems, Asset Accounting, Group Reporting & Consolidation, Treasury, FP&A, RAR, RE-FX, integration with OTC (Order to Cash), P2P (Procure to Pay), and other upstream/downstream processes.
• Country specific localizations.
• Lead RFP responses, Solution proposals, estimations, and client presentations.
• Conduct value discovery workshops with CFOs and Finance leadership teams.
• Contribute to the building of our Pre-Configured Accelerators and AI solutions.
• Create a pitch for their move from ECC to S/4.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to CFOs, Controllers, and Finance Transformation leaders.
• Lead executive steering committees and transformation governance forums.
• Manage and optimize live S/4HANA environments with focus in SAP R2R area.
• Oversee end-to-end SAP initiatives-from roadmap definition and business case development through execution, stabilization, and value realization.
• Partner closely with business stakeholders, IT leadership, system integrators, and global teams to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery while minimizing business disruption.
• Provide strong governance, risk management, and executive communication across multi-workstream programs, ensuring alignment to enterprise transformation objectives, SAP best practices, and industry standards.
• Drive change in complex, matrixed environments with a balance of hands-on SAP program leadership, stakeholder management, and change management.

Requirements

• Must have good experience managing ECC 6.0 environment specifically focused on the R2R area.
• Must have multiple full-lifecycle SAP S/4HANA implementation or conversion projects.
• Preferred Solution Manager exposure.
• Proven experience with SAP Activate or ASAP methodology.
• Strong Microsoft skills, including PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Microsoft Project, and Visio.
• Experience as a Project Manager having managed full SAP life cycle projects.
• Strong project management skills, including risk management, budgeting, and negotiation, usually with PMP or similar certification.
• Experience as an Overall Integration Manager or Solution Architect role on mid-to-large projects.
• Proficiency in Agile and Waterfall methodologies.

Skills

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Auto industry experience desired.
• Communication skills: strong presentation/communication skills/facilitation skills (oral and written).
• Business process analysis and design experience: strong business analysis skills; process mapping; business process design and implementation.
• General consulting skills, including team facilitation, business case development, and business assessment/strategy.
• Project management: led medium to large teams of 5-50 resources (both consulting and client employees).
• Experience interacting with clients and building business relationships.
• Demonstrated problem-solving skills and critical thinking skills.

Benefits

• Not specified.

Pay

• Not specified.

Schedule

• Not specified.