SAP Project Manager

Responsibilities:

The Project Manager is responsible for the overall management of standard implementation and industry solution projects throughout their lifecycle  

Tasks: 

• Participate in the project planning activities and manage the execution of projects according to plan.
• Manage relationships with project stakeholders, keeping stakeholders informed of progress and issues in order to manage expectations on all project requirements and deliverables.
• Manage and communicate a clear vision of the project’s objectives, and motivate the project team to achieve them; create a project environment that enables peak performance by team members.
• Proactively identify changes in work scope and ensure appropriate planning measures are taken with internal and external stakeholders to reassess and amend the scope of work requirements, budget, and timeline.
• Manage the financial aspects of the project: budgeting and estimate to actual variance.
• Analyze risk, establish contingency plans and identify trigger events and responsibilities for initiating mitigating action.
• Determine what constitutes successful closure for all parties. Gain acceptance and sign-off by all parties when the closure is attained.
• Proactively manage project stakeholder satisfaction to position and secure customer reference and success stories.
• Ensure proper use of project management methodology, standards, tools, processes, and procedures.
• Coach to clarify assignments and deliverables to project team; review the quality of work and manage the integration of team members’ work; provide performance input to project team members’ functional management.
• Maintain work-life balance for the team – ensure breaks at defined milestones for leave, training, etc.
• Performance appraisal of the team members.

Special Knowledge:

• Substantial knowledge in project management methodology and experience in managing projects

Reporting to:

• Steering Board

corresponding customer role: 

• Customer Project Manager.

Education & Qualification

• 5+ years of project management experience in project implementations using formal project management methodology, techniques, and tools.
• Demonstrated experience in team-building and leading teams.
• PMP certification is an asset.
• SAP Activate certification C_ACT_2016 SAP Activate Project Manager
• Agile Project Management