SAP Project Manager - Midwest MU

SAP
Hybrid remote in Downers Grove, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 4/20/2022 CLOSED ON 10/21/2022

Job Posting for SAP Project Manager - Midwest MU at SAP

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Summary

The Project Manager is responsible for the overall management of projects throughout their lifecycle. They are responsible for defining, planning, tracking, and managing the project, for identifying key resources and providing the direction they require in order meeting project objectives. The Project Manager provides leadership to cross-functional teams responsible for delivering defined project outputs to time, budget, and project quality criteria. They also ensure adherence to project management methodology practices, provide team coaching, evaluate the performance of team members, and reinforce the enterprise knowledge management through the collection and communication of lessons learned.


The Project Manager may be asked to assists during the Opportunity Management Phase of the customer engagement by providing input into the proposal or completing specific proposal deliverables - especially in the area of delivery model, project structure, organization, scoping, estimation and risk assessment.

The Project Manager has ability to manage projects that require coordination of work between various parties like third party sub-contractors, SAP Custom Development, SAP Global Consulting Delivery, SLO, Cloud Delivery (including HEC), CoE, and SAP Support organization.


Key Areas of Responsibility and Tasks

Opportunity Management

  • Define appropriate delivery model for customer project as a composition of pre-defined services, on-site and/or remote delivery
  • Scope and estimate the engagement
  • Determine required resources for the project
  • Understand and be able to deliver according to the SAP delivery models – e.g. ability to engage local, near-shore and off-shore teams for most efficient delivery of project, ability to coordinate project delivery across organizational boundaries including participation of SAP ecosystem partners.
  • Assess, document, and communicate risk for the engagement
  • Position SAP delivery methodology –SAP Activate in the engagement

Delivery

  • Conduct project planning activities and manage the execution of projects according to plan (Opportunity Management, initiating to closing…)
  • Manage relationship with project stakeholders, including internal and external clients, keeping stakeholders informed of progress, risks, and issues 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.
  • Ensure proper use of methodology, tools, and procedures
  • Ensures proper governance is in place to best meet project objectives
  • Balance the trade-off of the triple- constraint (time, cost, and scope) to realize the expected business value.
  • Experience in delivering SAP primed Fixed Price Projects (FPP) or Time and Material (T&M) engagements.
  • 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.
  • Escalate issues early about the project to account management or delivery management.
  • Determine what constitutes successful closure for all parties. Gain acceptance and sign-off by all parties when closure is attained.
  • Plan and execute formal Quality Gate process following the Q-Gate approach in SAP Activate methodology.
  • Proactively manage project stakeholder satisfaction to position and secure customer reference and success story.

Coaching & Mentoring

  • Position project management reviews with customers and effectively manages their deployment.
  • Mentor project teams to ensure implementation of enterprise project management methodology, standards, and processes.
  • Coach to clarify assignments and deliverables to project team; review quality of work and manage integration of team members’ work; provide performance input to project team members’ functional management.
  • Takes responsibility from time to time as team lead and supports respective line manager(s) in people development tasks

Knowledge Management

  • Maintain project documentation and updates to relevant knowledge management bases; analyze lessons learned and share with the organization’s project management community.
  • Participate in the development of project management best practices.

Industry and Solution Experience

  • Experience in the industry the customer belongs to (core processes and trends of the industry) is a plus
  • Proficient understanding of SAP solutions and of the consulting business processes and functions.
  • Knowledge of the strategic and operational issues of the project management business unit.
  • Proficiency with project management tools used in SAP.
  • A clear vision of what determines a successful project for the customer and for the enterprise.
  • Knowledge of and competency in project management processes including planning tasks, resource allocation, risk management, time management, financial management, HR management, quality management, monitoring and reporting, documenting and record keeping.
  • Adaptability and flexibility to manage deadline pressure, ambiguity, and change.
  • Ability to negotiate consensus amongst diverse groups and impact the activities of others not in own reporting structure.
  • Conceptual analytical thinking and decision-making skills.
  • Strong interpersonal skills: the ability to work well with people from different disciplines with varying degrees of technical experience; competence in clear concise and tactful communication with senior management, clients, peers, and team members.


Experience & Language Requirements


Functional Experience

  • 3 – 5 years of project management experience in project implementations using formal project management methodology, techniques, and tools.
  • Demonstrated experience in teambuilding and leading teams.
  • Demonstrated expertise in creating and maintaining project deliverables such as, project charter, project management plan, status reports, project timesheets, communications plan, budget, and schedule.
  • Demonstrated experience in managing issues, scope and quality while bring projects to successful completion within the cost and time requirements.


International Experience

  • Some international implementation experience is a plus


Management and Leadership Experience

  • Management experience in managing small to medium size teams or organizations
  • Management experience of medium size multilayered team is desirable
  • Management of remote resources (global delivery or distributed organization) is a plus
  • P&L of LoB in small to medium size organization is desirable
  • Cultural awareness and experience working across different cultures and nationalities
  • Strong leadership and people management skills are desirable
  • Experience leading in matrix organization without formal authority is a plus


Education

Required undergraduate university degree, preferably in commerce, engineering, information technologies or equivalent training and job experience


Professional Training & Certification

  • PMP certification and /or other industry and project management certifications an asset
  • PM Fundamentals class certification
  • Project Leadership Excellence (PLEX) or similar interpersonal skills course
  • SAP Activate certification incl. Agile Project Management, e.g. C_ACT2015 SAP Certified Associate - SAP Activate Project Manager (planned availability late Q1 2016)
  • Understanding of SAP Solution Manager


We build breakthroughs together

SAP innovations help more than 400,000 customers worldwide work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively. Originally known for leadership in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, SAP has evolved to become a market leader in end-to-end business application software and related services for database, analytics, intelligent technologies, and experience management. As a cloud company with 200 million users and more than 100,000 employees worldwide, we are purpose-driven and future-focused, with a highly collaborative team ethic and commitment to personal development. Whether connecting global industries, people, or platforms, we help ensure every challenge gets the solution it deserves. At SAP, we build breakthroughs, together.

We win with inclusion

SAP’s culture of inclusion, focus on health and well-being, and flexible working models help ensure that everyone – regardless of background – feels included and can run at their best. At SAP, we believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our company, and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realize their full potential. We ultimately believe in unleashing all talent and creating a better and more equitable world.
SAP is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provide accessibility accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with SAP and are in need of accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an e-mail with your request to Recruiting Operations Team: Careers@sap.com.
For SAP employees: Only permanent roles are eligible for the SAP Employee Referral Program, according to the eligibility rules set in the SAP Referral Policy. Specific conditions may apply for roles in Vocational Training.

EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability:

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability.

COVID-19 Considerations
We value the safety of each member of our community because we know we’re all in this together. In many locations, which may change over time, we’ve implemented a virtual hiring process and continue to interview candidates by video or phone.
SAP prioritizes employees returning to work in the office, if that makes sense for their team. All U.S. employees must be vaccinated to enter SAP offices or attend SAP events at this time. Therefore, we expect all candidates to be fully vaccinated or to be approved by SAP for a legally permitted exemption prior to commencing work at SAP.

Requisition ID: 334433 | Work Area: Consulting and Professional Services | Expected Travel: 0 - 30% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid

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