A career in IBM Consulting is rooted by long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe. You'll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio.
We are seeking a A highly experienced SAP Project Manager with 15+ years of expertise in delivering complex multi-module SAP programs across global enterprises. Skilled in orchestrating end-to-end project lifecycles managing multi-vendor delivery models and ensuring seamless integrations across SAP and non-SAP landscapes. Recognized for strong execution control risk mitigation and ability to drive successful cutovers testing cycles and phased deployments with precision.
As Senior SAP Project Manager - Complex Delivery & Governance your main responsibilities are:
- Lead full lifecycle delivery of SAP projects from initiation and design through build testing and deployment.
- Manage project planning scheduling budgeting and execution in alignment with enterprise PMO standards.
- Oversee multi-vendor delivery teams ensuring clear accountability and effective collaboration.
- Develop and execute integrated test strategies (SIT UAT regression performance) with strong business sign-off.
- Define cutover and release strategies for phased global rollouts ensuring business continuity.
- Provide transparent reporting governance updates and risk mitigation strategies to stakeholders.
- Partner with business leads to ensure readiness adoption and measurable benefits realization.
- 10+ years managing large-scale SAP projects including ECC S/4HANA BW/BI Ariba and SuccessFactors.
- Expertise in full project lifecycle delivery: design build testing (SIT UAT regression) cutover and go-live.
- Strong experience managing global delivery teams in onshore/offshore models.
- Proven skills in release management cutover planning and data migration strategies.
- Hands-on proficiency with PM tools such as SAP Solution Manager JIRA HP ALM Azure DevOps and MS Project.
- Strong knowledge of integration between SAP and non-SAP systems (APIs middleware EDI).
- Experience with Agile Hybrid and Waterfall delivery approaches.
- Exposure to multiple industries including manufacturing utilities energy retail and pharmaceuticals.
- Certifications: PMP® SAP Activate Project Manager (preferred but not required).
- Knowledge of ITIL processes and service management tools (ServiceNow).
- Fluency in multiple languages particularly French for working with SAP products