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About the Role
The Project Manager at SAP Adoption Services Center is responsible for overseeing projects initiated by SAP Market Units across various countries. They plan, track, and manage projects, identifying key resources and ensuring adherence to project management methodologies. The Project Manager provides leadership to cross-functional teams, delivering project outputs within specified time, budget, and quality criteria.
Key Responsibilities
* Manage relationships with internal and external stakeholders, keeping them informed of progress and issues, managing expectations, and ensuring stakeholder satisfaction regarding all project requirements.
* Communicate a clear vision of project objectives, motivating the project team to achieve them, and creating a project environment that enables peak performance.
* Conduct project planning activities and manage project execution according to plan through the project life cycle from Initiating to Close.
* Evaluate proper use of methodology, tools, procedures, and governance to best meet project objectives.
* Proactively identify changes in work scope and ensure appropriate planning measures are taken with stakeholders to reassess and amend the scope of work, budget, and timeline.
* Manage financial aspects of the project: budgeting and estimate to actual variance.
* Analyze risk, establish contingency plans, and identify trigger events for risk mitigating action.
* Escalate early about the project to account management or delivery management.
* Mentor project teams to ensure implementation of enterprise project management methodology, standards, and processes.
Requirements
* Proficient understanding of SAP solutions and consulting business processes and functions.
* Proficiency with project management methodologies and tools.
* Good understanding and experience in both traditional and Agile project management methodologies.
* A clear vision of what determines a successful project for the customer and for the enterprise.
* Adaptability and flexibility to manage deadline pressure, ambiguity, and change.
* Ability to negotiate consensus amongst diverse groups even outside the reporting structure.
* Conceptual analytical thinking and decision-making skills.
* Strong interpersonal and communication skills; ability to work well with people from different disciplines; effective communication with senior management, clients, peers, and team members.
Experience and Education
* Bachelor's Degree with a total of 8 to 12 years of professional experience.
* Minimum 3 years of project management experience in project implementations using formal project management methodology, techniques, and tools.
* PMP certification and/or other industry and project management certifications preferred.
* Demonstrated experience in team building and leading teams.
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