SAP Project Manager

SAP Project Manager
Location : Minneapolis, MN or Denver, CO as a backup location
SAP Project Manager x2
12+ months
Minneapolis, MN (onsite 3x week)- possibility to flex to 2 days a week

Top skills:

1. SAP Experience: 7-10 years of experience with SAP, including the ability to speak the SAP lingo and understand technical aspects such as ABAP. Experience working in large matrixed environments or with major software packages like Oracle, SAP, and Workday. These skills and qualifications are essential for the Project Manager III role to ensure successful project execution and effective team collaboration.
2. AWS Experience: Proficiency in AWS, with a preference for candidates who have both SAP and AWS experience.
3. Strong Communication Skills: Ability to communicate effectively with various stakeholders, including internal teams and external vendors. Strong collaboration skills to work cross-functionally with different teams.
4. Project Management and Technical Skills: Project Management: Experience managing projects with a budget of 2-5 million dollars.

Project Overview: The project is technical in nature and involves upgrading SAP S/4 HANA through AWS to the commercial cloud. Additionally, it includes contracting for cybersecurity in the cloud. The project duration is 22 months, with the majority of AWS work completed in the first 6 months.

Responsibilities:

• Managing Integrations: The project manager will be responsible for managing over 170 integrations.
• Coordination with Vendors: Approximately 65 vendors will be involved, and the project manager will need to coordinate with them to resolve any issues that arise during the upgrade.
• Ensuring Timelines: The project manager will ensure that timelines for integration and environment setups are met.
• Collaboration: The role involves collaborating with internal and external teams to achieve project goals. Responsibilities:
• Technical Aspect: David is responsible for the technical aspect of the project, including all integrations.
• Integration Management: Fixing issues during the upgrade and managing the integrations effectively.
• Vendor Coordination: Working with vendors to ensure smooth integration and addressing any problems that occur. This comprehensive scope highlights the technical and managerial responsibilities of the project manager in ensuring the successful upgrade and integration of SAP S/4 HANA through AWS.

Day to day:

A typical day for the Project Manager III involves:

• Coordinating Meetings: The project manager will organize and lead meetings to track the status of various integrations. This involves checking in with different teams and stakeholders to ensure progress is on track.
• Finding Out Status of Integrations: Regularly updating and monitoring the status of the 170+ integrations to identify any issues or delays.
• Keeping Track of Timelines: Ensuring that all timelines are met, especially since there is a Systems Integrator (SI) involved that expects certain milestones to be achieved at specific times.
• Managing a Large Team: Overseeing a team of 100-150 people, including architects, ABAP resources, managers, and AWS technical resources. This requires strong leadership and coordination skills to keep everyone aligned and focused on project goals.
• Coordination Piece: The project manager will play a crucial role in coordinating between different teams and vendors, ensuring smooth communication and collaboration. In essence, the role involves a lot of "herding cats," meaning managing multiple moving parts and ensuring that all aspects of the project are progressing as planned.

Required skills:

• Experience in large matrixed corporate environments or midsize companies with similar project work. Experience managing projects with a budget of 2-5 million dollars.
• SAP Experience: 7-10 years of experience with SAP, including the ability to speak the SAP lingo and understand technical aspects such as ABAP.
• AWS Experience: Proficiency in AWS, with a preference for candidates who have both SAP and AWS experience.
• Strong Communication Skills: Verbal and Written Communication: Ability to communicate effectively with various stakeholders, including internal teams and external vendors.
• Collaboration: Strong collaboration skills to work cross-functionally with different teams. Have to be a leader. Strong organization. Excellent communication, Strong collaboration, Leadership and ability to drive projects.
• Project Management and Technical Skills: Project Management: Experience managing projects with a budget of 2-5 million dollars.
• Technical Tools: Proficiency in Microsoft Project, SharePoint, ServiceNow, and Teams.
• Process and Coordination: Process Building: Ability to build and manage processes, particularly for Rachel's role, which involves gathering information and coordinating with different teams.
• Coordination: Strong coordination skills to manage integrations and ensure timelines are met. Experience in Large Matrixed Environments: Relevant Background: Experience working in large matrixed environments or with major software packages like Oracle, SAP, and Workday. These skills and qualifications are essential for the Project Manager III role to ensure successful project execution and effective team collaboration.

Nice to have:

• Jira
• PMP certification