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Job Title: SAP Project Manager / SAP Engagement Manager
Location: Newark, CA
Experience: 15 Years
Role Overview
We are seeking an experienced SAP Project Manager / Engagement Manager to lead large-scale, cross-functional SAP programs from initiation through post–go-live support. This role requires strong project governance, deep SAP functional understanding, and the ability to manage global delivery teams while ensuring end-to-end business process integration across SAP modules.
The ideal candidate brings a balance of strategic oversight and hands-on leadership, with proven success delivering complex SAP implementations within scope, schedule, and budget.
Key Responsibilities
Project & Program Management
- Lead end-to-end SAP implementation and enhancement projects across multiple modules.
- Develop and maintain detailed project plans, including scope, milestones, dependencies, schedules, and budgets.
- Define and track milestones using work breakdown structures (WBS), critical path analysis, and dependency mapping.
- Manage project financials, including cost estimation, forecasting, and budget control.
- Identify project risks, issues, and dependencies; define and execute mitigation strategies.
- Manage change requests with proper governance, impact analysis, and documentation.
- Conduct regular status reviews and provide clear reporting to senior leadership.
Cross-Functional SAP Leadership
- Lead cross-functional design and integration discussions across SAP modules such as MM, SD, PP, FI/CO, EWM, QM, PM, IBP, and TM.
- Ensure end-to-end 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.
- Validate functional design documents, configuration deliverables, and WRICEF specifications.
- Identify and manage cross-module dependencies and resolve functional conflicts.
Stakeholder & Delivery Management
- Work closely with business leaders, solution architects, technical teams, and external vendors.
- Lead requirement workshops, fit-gap analysis sessions, and solution demos.
- Ensure effective stakeholder communication across global delivery teams.
- Support business process harmonization, standardization, and template rollouts.
Technical & Go-Live Readiness
- Coordinate with ABAP, BASIS, PI/PO, BTP, and integration teams for holistic delivery.
- Oversee WRICEF development lifecycle and ensure alignment with integrated process design.
- Lead cross-functional readiness for testing, cutover, data migration, and go-live.
- Provide post-go-live support and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
- Identify opportunities for process optimization using SAP best practices and innovations (S/4HANA, BTP, Fiori, AI/ML).
Required Qualifications
- 10 years of SAP project management experience, including full lifecycle implementations.
- Strong understanding of SAP functional modules (FI/CO, MM, SD, PP, WM/EWM, etc.).
- Proven experience managing large, complex SAP programs using a global delivery model.
- Experience in Manufacturing, Automotive, or similar industries.
- Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
- Hands-on experience with both Agile and Waterfall delivery methodologies.
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Business, or related field.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with SAP S/4HANA migration or greenfield implementation.
- PMP, SAP Project Management, or related certifications.
- Experience integrating SAP with third-party systems.
- Advanced degree is a plus.