We are seeking an experienced SAP Project Manager with strong expertise in SAP S/4HANA conversion, migration, and transformation programs. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record managing complex SAP implementations and S/4HANA conversion initiatives, coordinating cross-functional technical and functional teams, and ensuring successful delivery across scope, schedule, budget, quality, and risk.
Lead end-to-end SAP S/4HANA conversion and migration projects, from assessment and planning through execution, testing, cutover, go-live, and post-production stabilization.
Manage SAP ECC to S/4HANA conversion programs, including system conversion, data migration, integration, custom-code remediation, testing, and technical readiness activities.
Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans covering scope, milestones, dependencies, resources, deliverables, risks, issues, and budgets.
Coordinate SAP technical and functional workstreams including Basis, ABAP, Security, Finance, Supply Chain, Procurement, Manufacturing, and integration teams.
Work closely with SAP Basis and infrastructure teams on S/4HANA system landscape planning, environment readiness, upgrades, migrations, performance, and production cutover.
Oversee data migration activities, including data extraction, transformation, cleansing, validation, reconciliation, and migration execution.
Coordinate custom code analysis and remediation activities to ensure existing SAP developments are compatible with the S/4HANA target environment.
Manage integration activities across SAP and non-SAP applications using APIs, middleware, interfaces, IDocs, RFCs, and other integration technologies.
Establish and manage testing strategies, including unit, system integration, regression, performance, security, and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
Lead cutover planning and execution, including dress rehearsals, migration sequencing, downtime planning, rollback procedures, go-live readiness, and hypercare.
Identify and proactively manage project risks, technical issues, dependencies, and change requests, escalating critical items to executive stakeholders as required.
Partner with business stakeholders, technical teams, SAP leadership, vendors, and system integrators to ensure alignment on project objectives and deliverables.
Manage project governance, including Steering Committee meetings, status reporting, RAID logs, executive dashboards, resource planning, and milestone tracking.
Ensure project deliverables comply with applicable security, regulatory, quality, audit, and organizational standards.
Drive Agile/Waterfall project methodologies as appropriate and facilitate project planning, sprint/release planning, status meetings, and stakeholder reviews.
The ideal candidate is a Senior SAP Project Manager / SAP Program Manager who combines strong project leadership with enough SAP technical depth to manage S/4HANA conversion and migration teams effectively.
SAP Project Management + S/4HANA Conversion + Migration + SAP Technical Architecture + Cutover/Go-Live + Risk Management + Aerospace & Defense.