SAP S4/HANA Senior Project Manager (Public Cloud)

IBM Consulting is hiring a Senior Project Manager to lead end-to-end SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition implementations. The role owns delivery from preparation through hypercare, including project governance, scope, schedule, budget, risk, customer satisfaction, and executive reporting.

Responsibilities:

• Create and own the implementation project in SAP Cloud ALM using the SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition – Implementation Activate roadmap, including timeboxes, project roles, team assignments and quality gates
• Import scope from the Digital Discovery Assessment (DDA) into Cloud ALM (Solution Process Scope, Manage Scopes) and keep the process scope as the single source of truth
• Set up system groups and deployment plans so upcoming SAP releases are tracked against the project timeline
• Drive the Cloud ALM and Central Business Configuration (CBC) integration so configuration status syncs automatically to project deliverables
• Use Cloud ALM dashboards and analytics to run weekly status reviews and steering committee reporting to customer and partner executive sponsors
• Mobilize the project: coordinate system provisioning through SAP for Me with the customer IT Contact, and onboard users through SAP Cloud Identity Services
• Build the core team (Lead Configuration Expert, line-of-business configuration experts, integration, data migration and organizational change management), sizing each line of business by the volume of business processes in scope
• Plan, schedule and run the Fit-to-Standard workshop program in the starter system, ensuring the right customer process owners attend
• Drive completion of the Business Driven Configuration Questionnaire (BDCQ) and manage requirements and gaps in the Cloud ALM Requirements app
• Enforce scope discipline: steer gaps to standard, key-user extensibility or side-by-side extensions on SAP BTP / Business AI Platform, never to modifications
• Protect irreversible early decisions (group ledger scenario, fiscal year variant, group currency, organizational structure in CBC) with documented customer sign-off before each is saved
• Manage sprint-based configuration and the transport path from CBC to Development to Test to Production
• Coordinate the integration, extensibility, data migration (Migration Cockpit), security and business role design workstreams
• Own the test strategy and its execution in Cloud ALM Test Management: test cases, test plans, tester assignment, defect tracking and formal UAT sign-off before Deploy
• Plan around the February and August SAP releases, including the 6-week advance notice, the Test system upgrading about 3 weeks before Development and Production, and regression testing with the Test Automation Tool
• Lead cutover planning, go-live readiness assessments, hypercare, and handover to support or AMS
• Partner with organizational change management to keep training, communications and end-user adoption on track
• Own project financials: budget, estimate at completion (EAC), forecasting, margin, invoicing milestones and resource utilization
• Identify, document and negotiate change orders, and manage scope against the statement of work
• Escalate risks early with recommendations and actively manage RAID logs (risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies)
• Support account growth by identifying follow-on phases, rollouts and AMS opportunities

Requirements:

• 15+ years of SAP experience: including at least 7 years leading SAP implementation projects as a Project or Program Manager
• SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition (GROW with SAP): at least 1 full-cycle implementation as Project Manager, from Prepare through go-live. If you do not have Public Cloud delivery experience, you must have led at least 1 full-cycle SAP S/4HANA RISE with SAP (Private Cloud Edition) implementation as Project Manager, and show a working understanding of clean core and fit-to-standard delivery
• SAP Cloud ALM: hands-on experience setting up and running projects, including roadmaps, scope, tasks, requirements, test management and reporting. Experience limited to Solution Manager does not qualify
• SAP Activate: expert knowledge of the methodology, phases, quality gates and deliverables
• Public Cloud operating model: solid working knowledge of Central Business Configuration and its scoping lock points, the 3-system landscape, the 3 extensibility tiers (key-user in-app, developer in-app, side-by-side), and SAP-managed release cycles and upgrade testing
• Financial management: proven record of managing budget, EAC, margin and change orders on fixed-fee or time-and-materials engagements
• Team leadership: experience leading blended onshore and offshore teams of 15 or more consultants across several workstreams
• Executive presence: able to run steering committees and handle difficult conversations with VP and C-suite stakeholders
• Several Public Cloud go-lives, including multi-country or phased rollouts
• SAP certification: SAP Certified Associate – SAP Activate Project Manager, and/or an SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition certification (PMP, PgMP or PRINCE2 certification)
• Experience with SAP Signavio Process Navigator, SAP Integration Suite, the Migration Cockpit, and test automation (Test Automation Tool or Tricentis)
• Industry experience in manufacturing, distribution, professional services or building materials
• Experience with the IBM consulting delivery model or large-firm project governance