Job Title

SAP Project Manager S/4HANA Implementation (8?10 Years Experience)

Location

PAN India

Role Summary

We are looking for an experienced SAP Project Manager to lead endtoend S/4HANA implementation programs, driving planning, execution, governance, and delivery excellence. The ideal candidate has strong functional knowledge of S/4HANA, understands integration and data migration complexities, and brings proven experience managing large multistream SAP projects in enterprise/global environments. This role requires leadership, stakeholder management, risk mitigation, and the ability to orchestrate cross-functional teams to deliver high-value business outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

Project Leadership & Delivery

• Lead full lifecycle S/4HANA implementation?from discovery, design, build, testing, migration, cutover, to hypercare.
• Prepare and manage project plans, timelines, resource allocations, budgets, and milestones.
• Establish robust governance frameworks, steering committee updates, and project communication structures.
• Drive project delivery methodologies (Activate, Agile, or Hybrid), ensuring strict adherence to deliverables.

Stakeholder & Team Management

• Act as primary liaison between business leadership, SAP functional teams, technical teams, and vendors.
• Facilitate design workshops, solution walkthroughs, and decision-making forums with key stakeholders.
• Manage internal and external resources, ensuring optimal productivity and accountability.
• Work closely with CXOs, IT leadership, business process owners, and PMOs.

Scope, Risk & Issue Management

• Define and manage project scope, deliverables, and change control processes.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks, dependencies, and blockers.
• Drive structured issue resolution, escalation management, and decision logs.

Financial & Contract Management

• Manage project budgets, forecasts, cost tracking, and vendor invoicing.
• Supervise vendor contracts, SOWs, and ensure alignment with delivery expectations.

Technology & Process Oversight

• Ensure alignment of the solution architecture with SAP best practices and enterprise standards.
• Oversee integration, data migration, security, custom development, and testing activities.
• Monitor readiness for cutover, golive, and hypercare, ensuring smooth transition to operations.

Quality & Compliance

• Enforce SAP Activate methodology, project documentation standards, and audit readiness.
• Drive quality gates, stage approvals, and ensure project KPIs are met.

Post-Go-Live & Operational Support

• Lead hypercare activities and ensure seamless handover to support teams.
• Facilitate post-implementation reviews and continuous improvement initiatives.

Must-Have Skills & Experience

• 8?10 years of overall SAP project experience.
• 4+ years in SAP Project/Program Management roles.
• Direct experience leading at least one full-cycle S/4HANA implementation.
• Strong understanding of S/4HANA modules, integration points, and business process design.
• Experience with SAP Activate methodology.
• Proven track record managing multi-stream, multi-vendor program environments.
• Strong experience in: 
• Project planning (MS Project/Jira/Smartsheet)
• Risk and issue management
• Steering committee communication
• Budget and financial control
• Vendor management
• Managing offshore/onshore delivery models
• Experience with data migration, testing cycles, and cutover planning.
• Solid understanding of cloud hosting for SAP (Azure/AWS/GCP) is a plus.

Good-to-Have Skills

• PMP, PRINCE2, Scrum Master, or SAP Activate Project Manager certification.
• Experience with global template rollouts.
• Familiarity with SAP BTP, integrations, API strategy, and modern SAP extensibility.
• Experience in regulated industries (finance, utilities, pharma, oil & gas).
• Exposure to change management, training strategy, and organizational readiness.

Soft Skills

• Excellent leadership, communication, and presentation skills.
• Strong problem-solving and conflict resolution capability.
• Ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.
• High level of ownership, accountability, and structured thinking.
• Ability to operate under pressure during critical milestones like cutover/go-live.