SAP Project Manager - Finance

Albano Systems, Inc. is seeking a Senior SAP Project Manager to lead strategic information and technology initiatives. The role manages end-to-end project delivery, including scope, schedules, budgets, governance, risks, financials, stakeholder alignment, and project closeout across cross-functional and geographically distributed teams.

Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end delivery of assigned projects within approved scope, schedule, budget, quality and business outcome expectations, coordinating cross-functional and geographically distributed teams. Typically manages 2-3 concurrent projects with individual budgets up to $10M
• Develop, maintain and execute the Project Management Plan, covering objectives, scope, delivery approach, governance, team structure, roles and resource requirements. Manage the schedule, milestones, deliverables, dependencies and critical path
• Partner with business and technology stakeholders to establish and sustain alignment on project objectives, priorities, requirements and expected outcomes
• Run project governance, including status reporting on standard CSL templates, steering committee engagement, decision management and escalation. Give stakeholders a transparent view of project health, progress, risks, decisions and required actions
• Lead risk, issue and dependency management, including mitigation planning, escalation and resolution. Track performance against measurable KPIs and act on variances before they affect delivery
• Manage project financials, including forecasting, accruals, budget tracking, variance analysis and reporting. Review the budget and plan with required stakeholders on a regular cadence and route any projected overrun through the exception process before it occurs
• Manage change requests and baseline adjustments through the required approvals, and keep project data, schedules, resource allocations, risks, issues and financials accurate and current in Clarity
• Meet I&T project management standards, governance frameworks, methodologies and data quality requirements, and maintain project documentation in the approved collaboration platforms
• Lead project closeout, including post-implementation review, lessons learned, benefits tracking and transition to operational support
• Other duties as assigned by supervisor

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree required, in a technical or business discipline
• 7+ years IT experience, including 5+ years managing IT projects end to end
• Experience delivering IT projects in a global, matrixed environment using formal project management methodology, techniques and tools (Jira, Clarity and CoPilot)
• Experience working in a GxP-regulated environment
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior management and other critical stakeholders
• Deep project and program management expertise, with a track record of leading complex initiatives to completion using Agile, Waterfall and hybrid approaches in a global, matrixed organization
• Builds trusted relationships across business and technology, manages expectations, resolves conflict and influences without direct authority
• Communicates complex information clearly and tailors it for audiences from delivery teams to executive leadership
• Understands business strategy, operating models, processes, technology capabilities and value drivers well enough to align project outcomes with enterprise priorities
• Navigates ambiguity, evaluates trade-offs, assesses risk and makes sound decisions on incomplete information
• Sets a tone of transparency and shared ownership across teams, and adapts delivery approaches, processes and ways of working as business needs change
• PMP, PMI-ACP or Six Sigma preferred
• Pharma, biotech or comparably regulated industry experience desirable