SAP Project Manager

The SAP Project Manager is responsible for planning, executing, and delivering SAP implementation or transformation projects (preferably S/4HANA) within scope, timeline, and budget. This role involves stakeholder management, team leadership, risk mitigation, vendor coordination, and ensuring adherence to SAP Activate or equivalent project methodologies.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end SAP projects, including blueprinting, realization, testing, deployment, and hyper care.
• Ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to required quality standards.
• Prepare and maintain project plans, schedules, RAID logs, and status reports.
• Manage project governance, steering committees, sign-offs, and documentation.
• Coordinate with business stakeholders, IT leadership, functional consultants, developers, and integration teams.
• Facilitate workshops, requirement gathering sessions, and solution design reviews.
• Manage internal and external resources (partners, vendors, contractors).
• Identify project risks early and implement mitigation strategies.
• Manage scope, change requests, and project dependencies.
• Ensure compliance with the organization’s PMO processes and best practices.
• Provide weekly project status updates to CIO/IT Director/Steering Committee.
• Track project KPIs, deliverables, and team performance.
• Ensure proper documentation: BRD, FSD, SDD, test scripts, cutover plans, and SOPs.

Required Skills & Experience:

• 10+ years of SAP experience, including at least 4–6 years in Project/Program Management.
• Led a minimum of 2 full-cycle SAP implementations (preferably S/4HANA).
• Strong knowledge of PM methodologies (PMP/Prince2 certification preferred).
• Excellent stakeholder communication, conflict resolution, and presentation skills.
• Hands-on experience with project tools (JIRA, MS Project, Azure DevOps, or similar).
• Proven ability to manage multi-module, multi-vendor SAP landscapes.

Preferred Qualifications:

• SAP S/4HANA certification or understanding of RISE with SAP implementations.
• Experience in manufacturing, construction, real estate, or logistics industries.
• Understanding of cloud hosting, integration platforms, and Industry 4.0 technologies.
• Ability to manage transformation programs involving SAP and 3rd-party systems.

Work Conditions: On-site, Contract
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Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates