SAP Project Manager

SAP Project Manager (SAP SAC Planning)

Location: Open to US Resources

Industry: Pharmaceutical / Life Sciences

Employment Type: Contract or Full-Time

Experience Required: 10-12+ Years

Certification: PMP Preferred

Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced SAP Project Manager to lead and deliver strategic SAP Planning initiatives for a global organization within the pharmaceutical industry. The ideal candidate will have a strong background managing complex SAP projects, with specific experience overseeing SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) Planning implementations and a solid understanding of enterprise planning and performance management processes.

This role requires a proven leader who can successfully manage project planning, execution, stakeholder engagement, risk management, and cross-functional delivery teams across business and technology organizations. Experience with legacy SAP BPC Planning environments and transformation programs is highly desirable.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of SAP Planning projects, ensuring successful execution within scope, budget, and timeline.
• Manage SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) Planning implementation initiatives from project initiation through post-production support.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, schedules, resource plans, budgets, and status reporting mechanisms.
• Coordinate business stakeholders, SAP functional teams, technical resources, system integrators, and third-party vendors.
• Facilitate requirements gathering, project workshops, steering committee meetings, and executive status reviews.
• Proactively identify project risks, issues, dependencies, and mitigation strategies.
• Drive project governance, change management, and communication activities across all levels of the organization.
• Ensure project deliverables meet business objectives, quality standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Support testing, training, data migration, and deployment activities associated with SAP Planning solutions.
• Manage stakeholder expectations and provide clear, concise communication throughout the project lifecycle.

Required Qualifications

• 10-12+ years of project management experience leading enterprise technology implementations.
• Proven experience managing SAP projects in complex global environments.
• Hands-on experience delivering SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) Planning projects.
• Strong expertise in project planning, execution, budgeting, scheduling, and resource management.
• Excellent verbal, written, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience working with both business and IT leadership teams.
• Strong understanding of Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid project delivery methodologies.
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams and cross-functional teams simultaneously.

Preferred Qualifications

• Pharmaceutical, Life Sciences, Healthcare, or BioTech industry experience.
• Experience implementing SAP SAC Planning solutions for Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), budgeting, forecasting, and enterprise performance management.
• Knowledge of SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation) Planning solutions and legacy planning environments.
• PMP (Project Management Professional) certification.
• Experience managing global or multinational SAP transformation programs.
• Familiarity with SAP S/4HANA and Finance planning processes.

Desired Skills

• Executive stakeholder management
• Program and project governance
• Risk and issue management
• Budget and financial management
• Resource planning
• Change management
• Vendor management
• Cross-functional leadership
• Strategic planning
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities

Why Join Us?

This is an opportunity to lead a high-impact SAP Planning transformation initiative within a leading pharmaceutical organization. You will work with senior business and technology leaders while driving the implementation of next-generation planning capabilities using SAP Analytics Cloud.

If you are a results-driven SAP Project Manager with SAC Planning expertise and a passion for leading complex enterprise transformations, we would love to hear from you.