SAP Project Manager / Cross-Functional Lead Onsite (Newark, CA)

Location: Newark, CA (Onsite & Hybrid 4 days/week)
Duration: Contract
Rate: Open / Flexible for the right candidate

Job Description

Lucid Motors is seeking an experienced SAP Project Manager / Cross-Functional Lead to drive delivery of complex SAP initiatives and ensure seamless integration across functional workstreams. This role will lead cross-module coordination, manage delivery schedules, and ensure business process alignment across S/4HANA implementations.

The ideal candidate has strong leadership experience across SAP modules, hands-on project management skills, and the ability to drive large, complex enterprise SAP programs in a global delivery model.

Key Responsibilities

Project Leadership & Delivery

• Develop and manage comprehensive SAP project plans, schedules, milestones, and budgets.

• Define delivery roadmaps, manage interdependencies, and track risks/issues across SAP workstreams.

• Drive milestone planning, resource loading, and delivery forecasting.

• Ensure project execution follows governance, quality standards, and timeline commitments.

Cross-Functional SAP Leadership

• Lead cross-module functional integration across SAP modules including MM, SD, PP, FI/CO, EWM, QM, PM, IBP, and TM.

• Ensure end-to-end business process alignment across Order-to-Cash, Procure-to-Pay, Plan-to-Produce, and Record-to-Report.

• Act as the single functional point of contact between business stakeholders and SAP workstreams.

• Identify process dependencies and resolve cross-functional conflicts.

Solution Design & Governance

• Conduct requirement workshops, fit-gap sessions, and solution walkthroughs.

• Validate functional designs, configuration documents, and WRICEF specifications.

• Oversee the WRICEF development lifecycle and ensure solution consistency across modules.

• Drive process standardization and harmonization.

Integration & Go-Live Readiness

• Collaborate with technical teams including ABAP, BASIS, PI/PO, BTP, and Integration teams to ensure holistic delivery.

• Lead cross-functional readiness for cutover, data migration, testing, and go-live activities.

• Track test execution, defect resolution, and deployment readiness.

Continuous Improvement

• Identify opportunities to optimize business processes using SAP best practices.

• Recommend improvements through automation, Fiori adoption, AI/ML capabilities, and S/4HANA innovations.

• Ensure solutions meet business objectives, quality standards, and compliance requirements.

Required Skills & Experience

• 10 years of SAP Project Management / SAP Program Leadership experience.

• Strong experience working in global delivery models.

• Deep understanding of SAP end-to-end processes across multiple modules.

• Proven ability to manage budgets, dependencies, and delivery timelines.

• Experience leading large cross-functional teams.

• Strong stakeholder communication and leadership skills.

• Solid experience with SAP S/4HANA implementations.

• Excellent problem-solving, conflict resolution, and decision-making skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in manufacturing or automotive environments (nice-to-have).

• Exposure to SAP innovations such as BTP, Fiori, AI/ML (plus).