SAP Project Manager (remote with some travel)

seeking an experienced SAP Project Manager to lead and coordinate a complex, enterprise-wide SAP S/4HANA enhancement initiative known as Wave 2. This initiative involves one of the Commission's core business applications, multiple interconnected systems, and numerous business and technical stakeholders.

The selected candidate will oversee project planning, execution, governance, resource allocation, budgeting, risk management, and stakeholder communication. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience managing large-scale IT and SAP/ERP projects, coordinating system integrators and vendors, and delivering complex initiatives across cloud and enterprise environments.

This role requires exceptional leadership, organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills, along with the ability to manage multiple concurrent workstreams and ensure alignment with business priorities and established PMO standards.

Current SAP Environment

The PA Turnpike operates a complex, cloud-based, multi-tiered SAP environment that includes:

SAP S/4HANA

SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC)

SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC)

SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP)

SAP Datasphere

SAP Service and Asset Manager (SSAM)

The environment integrates with several enterprise platforms and business systems, including SAP SuccessFactors, ServiceNow, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Qlik Sense, OnBase, SmartDocs, AgileAssets, Kahua, financial institutions, benefit providers, and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania systems.

Key Responsibilities

Lead and coordinate internal and external teams across multiple IT projects and workstreams.

Develop, maintain, and manage detailed integrated project plans, schedules, deliverables, milestones, dependencies, and critical paths.

Manage project scope, timelines, budgets, cost estimates, risks, issues, and change requests throughout the project lifecycle.

Establish and maintain project governance frameworks, including roles, responsibilities, escalation procedures, and decision-making processes.

Plan and optimize resource allocation, capacity planning, and resource forecasting.

Coordinate with business owners, technical teams, project sponsors, vendors, and system integrators to define requirements and align project objectives.

Manage project activities through initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, controlling, and closure.

Oversee vendor performance and manage relationships with key technology partners across on-premises and cloud environments.

Coordinate dependencies and schedules across SAP/ERP initiatives and related enterprise systems.

Maintain project documentation, status reports, approvals, signoffs, and other required PMO artifacts.

Monitor project progress and proactively identify risks, bottlenecks, dependencies, and opportunities for corrective action.

Provide regular project updates, executive-level reporting, and presentations to stakeholders.

Facilitate project meetings, decision-making sessions, and stakeholder communications.

Conduct lessons-learned sessions and implement recommendations for continuous improvement.

Ensure compliance with the PA Turnpike PMO Playbook, established project management standards, and applicable IT policies.

Required Qualifications

Minimum of 10 years of project management experience delivering IT projects of varying sizes and complexity.

Demonstrated experience managing enterprise-level projects involving scope, schedule, integration, communications, vendors, risks, and resources.

Hands-on experience managing SAP/ERP or enterprise business solutions projects.

Experience managing complex, high-profile vendors across cloud and on-premises environments.

Proven experience managing multi-year projects and multiple concurrent workstreams.

Expert-level proficiency in creating and maintaining integrated project plans using Microsoft Project and/or Microsoft Project Online.

Strong understanding of project governance, budget management, cost estimation, risk mitigation, and resource capacity planning.

Excellent leadership, conflict resolution, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.

Exceptional written and verbal communication, documentation, and presentation skills.

Ability to coordinate effectively with executive leadership, business stakeholders, IT teams, vendors, and system integrators.

Preferred Qualifications

Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.

Experience leading SAP S/4HANA implementation, enhancement, or transformation initiatives.

Familiarity with SAP BTP, SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP Datasphere, and SAP SuccessFactors.

Experience managing integrations across enterprise applications and third-party platforms.

Experience working within a PMO framework and following formal project governance standards.

Previous experience with public-sector organizations, transportation, infrastructure, or other complex enterprise environments.