Senior SAP SuccessFactors Project Manager

Description

The Senior Project Manager will lead the end to end delivery of a strategic HR transformation project in which the client is implementing SAP SuccessFactors with an external implementation partner. This role requires prior experience managing SAP SuccessFactors (or similar SAP HCM) implementations, strong vendor management capabilities, and the ability to coordinate across complex business and technical environments.
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Key Responsibilities
Project Leadership & Delivery
• Lead the end to end delivery of a large, cross functional SAP SuccessFactors implementation to meet defined business objectives and value targets.
• Provide direction, leadership, and inspiration to project team members across HR, IT, business operations, and the vendor implementation team.
• Serve as the primary driver of project execution, ensuring alignment with project scope, timelines, deliverables, and quality expectations.
• Maintain project transparency and alignment with executive sponsors, business leaders, and technical stakeholders.
Vendor & Stakeholder Management
• Manage the external implementation vendor responsible for deploying SAP SuccessFactors, ensuring the vendor delivers according to contractual commitments, project timelines, and quality standards.
• Coordinate across internal business owners (HR, IT, Operations), technical teams, and the vendor to ensure requirements, integrations, and configurations meet the client’s needs.
• Act as a liaison between the vendor and internal IT, ensuring adherence to enterprise architecture, cybersecurity, and data governance standards.
• Lead stakeholder discussions to scope, estimate, prioritize, and plan phases of the SuccessFactors project.
Project Operations
• Drive all aspects of project planning and execution, including:
o Defining scope, functional acceptance criteria, and implementation milestones
o Building and maintaining schedule and resource plans
o Budget development, tracking, and forecasting
o Risk and issue identification, mitigation, and resolution
o Cross team communications and executive reporting
o Organizational readiness, training planning, and change adoption
• Coordinate matrixed teams consisting of internal employees, contractors, and third party vendor resources.
Solution Delivery & Business Readiness
• Oversee requirements gathering, solution design sessions, configuration validation, integrations, testing cycles (UAT, SIT), cutover planning, and go live readiness for SuccessFactors modules.
• Ensure alignment between SAP SuccessFactors deployment choices and broader enterprise HR/IT landscape.
• Support the development of training materials, communication plans, and change management activities required for a smooth adoption of the new HR system.
Governance, Process, and Documentation
• Ensure all project artifacts—including design documents, test plans, RACI, change controls, and project health metrics—are maintained to internal standards.
• Manage all aspects of vendor lifecycle activities, including RFP/RFQ processes, resourcing, performance management, and quality oversight.
• Contribute to improving internal PMO processes and project delivery methodologies.

 Enterprise Req Skills

Pmp,sap hr,sap

Top Skills Details

Required Experience
• 8+ years of experience managing complex IT projects, including multiple SAP SuccessFactors or major HRIS implementation projects.
• Proven success leading SAP related initiatives across functions—HR, IT, Finance, Operations—and ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture.
• Strong background in delivering IT projects involving both applications and infrastructure components.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple workstreams and teams in a matrixed environment.
• Advanced vendor management experience, including selection, onboarding, contract oversight, and performance management.
• PMP or equivalent Project Management certification.
• Bachelor\'s degree required.
Technical & Professional Skills
• Expertise managing projects involving SAP SuccessFactors modules such as Employee Central, Talent Management, Recruiting, Onboarding, Compensation, or Learning.
• Strong understanding of system integration approaches between SAP SuccessFactors and downstream HR/Payroll, Finance, and Identity systems.
• Proficiency with traditional project management tools (e.g., MS Project) and agile tools (e.g., Jira, Azure DevOps).
• Strong communication skills and ability to translate complex technical topics into business friendly explanations.
• Excellent presentation and executive level reporting skills.
• Experience managing budgets $500K–$10M+.
• Ability to negotiate competing priorities with diplomacy and business acumen.