Project Manager - SAP

Location: Hybrid

Employment Type: Full-Time, Permanent

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced and results-driven Technical Project Manager to lead the planning, coordination, execution, and successful delivery of complex enterprise technology projects.

The ideal candidate will have strong experience managing SAP, SAP Ariba, SAP S/4HANA, ERP implementation, systems integration, and enterprise technology transformation projects. The role requires a strong understanding of both technical and business requirements, with the ability to coordinate multidisciplinary teams, manage stakeholders, control project risks and dependencies, and ensure projects are delivered within agreed scope, timelines, budgets, and quality standards.

Key Responsibilities

1. Project Planning & Delivery

* Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans covering scope, deliverables, timelines, milestones, resources, dependencies, risks, and success measures.

* Lead projects from initiation and planning through implementation, deployment, go-live, post-implementation support, and closure.

* Define project objectives, deliverables, roles, responsibilities, governance structures, and delivery milestones.

* Coordinate project activities to ensure delivery within approved timelines, budgets, quality standards, and business requirements.

* Monitor project progress and proactively identify and resolve issues that may impact delivery.

* Ensure project deliverables are completed, reviewed, approved, and formally handed over in line with agreed requirements.

* Coordinate project activities across technical, functional, business, and operational teams.

2. Technical & SAP Project Coordination

* Coordinate projects involving SAP, SAP Ariba, SAP S/4HANA, ERP, enterprise applications, and systems integration.

* Demonstrate a strong understanding of SAP environments and their application within complex enterprise organisations.

* Coordinate activities relating to business requirements, solution design, configuration, integration, testing, data migration, deployment, and post-implementation support.

* Work closely with SAP functional and technical consultants to ensure solutions meet approved business and technical requirements.

* Coordinate system integration activities involving SAP Ariba, SAP S/4HANA, and other enterprise applications.

* Monitor implementation activities and ensure alignment with approved project plans and technical requirements.

* Coordinate User Acceptance Testing (UAT), deployment readiness, go-live activities, and post-go-live support.

* Identify technical dependencies and ensure appropriate coordination between technical workstreams.

3. Stakeholder & Team Management

* Communicate project objectives, requirements, progress, risks, issues, decisions, and dependencies to relevant stakeholders.

* Manage stakeholder expectations and maintain alignment between business requirements and technology solutions.

* Coordinate cross-functional teams comprising business users, technology teams, consultants, vendors, and implementation partners.

* Facilitate project meetings, workshops, status meetings, and technical discussions as required.

* Ensure clear communication and timely resolution of project-related issues.

* Build and maintain effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

4. Project Governance, Risk & Reporting

* Establish and maintain appropriate project governance, reporting, documentation, and control mechanisms.

* Prepare and present project status reports, dashboards, progress updates, and management reports.

* Identify, assess, document, and manage project risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, and constraints.

* Develop and implement mitigation and contingency plans to minimise project risks and delivery challenges.

* Manage project change requests and ensure changes to scope, timelines, budgets, or deliverables are properly assessed, approved, documented, and communicated.

* Escalate critical risks, issues, and decisions promptly, providing clear recommendations for resolution.

* Maintain accurate project documentation, including project plans, RAID logs, action trackers, decision logs, and status reports.

5. Budget, Resource & Vendor Management

* Support project budgeting, cost tracking, resource planning, and financial monitoring.

* Monitor project expenditure and ensure effective utilisation of approved resources.

* Coordinate internal project resources, external consultants, vendors, implementation partners, and service providers.

* Monitor vendor and implementation-partner deliverables against agreed project requirements, timelines, and service levels.

* Support project-related procurement and contractual activities where required.

* Ensure resources are appropriately allocated to support successful project delivery.

6. Quality, Compliance & Continuous Improvement

* Ensure project activities comply with organisational policies, procedures, governance requirements, and applicable industry standards.

* Maintain complete, accurate, and accessible project documentation.

* Conduct project reviews and lessons-learned sessions following major project milestones and completion.

* Identify opportunities to improve project delivery processes, methodologies, and practices.

* Promote the effective use of project management tools, methodologies, and frameworks.

* Support change management, user adoption, training, and business-readiness activities where required.

* Ensure appropriate quality assurance and project controls are maintained throughout the project lifecycle.

Qualifications & Experience

* Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related discipline.

* A postgraduate degree or relevant professional qualification is an added advantage.

* 7-10 years of relevant professional experience, with at least 4-5 years of hands-on project management experience delivering enterprise technology or SAP-related projects.

* Demonstrable experience managing SAP implementation, upgrade, transformation, or integration projects.

* Strong working knowledge of SAP S/4HANA and SAP Ariba.

* Experience managing ERP implementation, enterprise applications, systems integration, procurement, supply chain, finance, or business transformation projects.

* Experience working with multidisciplinary teams comprising business users, technology teams, SAP consultants, vendors, and implementation partners.

* Experience within oil & gas, energy, financial services, telecommunications, or other large and complex corporate environments is an added advantage.

* Professional certification such as PMP, PRINCE2, Agile, or equivalent is required or highly desirable.

Required Competencies

* Strong understanding of SAP, SAP Ariba, and SAP S/4HANA environments.

* Strong knowledge of project management methodologies, frameworks, tools, and best practices.

* Proven ability to manage project scope, schedules, budgets, resources, risks, issues, dependencies, and change controls.

* Strong understanding of ERP implementation lifecycles and enterprise technology transformation.

* Knowledge of systems integration, testing, data migration, deployment, and post-implementation support.

* Strong project governance, reporting, documentation, and stakeholder-management capabilities.

* Proficiency in project management and reporting tools, including Microsoft Project, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, and relevant collaboration platforms.

Behavioural Competencies

* Strong leadership and team-coordination skills.

* Excellent stakeholder-management and relationship-building abilities.

* Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.

* Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills.

* Ability to manage multiple projects, priorities, and competing deadlines.

* Strong attention to detail and organisational skills.

* High level of professionalism, integrity, accountability, and discretion.

* Ability to work effectively across technical and non-technical teams.

* Strong ownership mindset with a focus on delivery, quality, and business outcomes.