SAP S/4 HANA Project Manager

Job Tittle :- SAP S/4 HANA Project Manager

2 Manager references required

Local to Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area Hybrid

Key Responsibilities:

•         Lead the planning, execution, monitoring, and successful closure of complex SAP initiatives, including the SAP S/4HANA upgrade from 1909 to 2023/2025 and migration to SAP RISE.

•         Serve as the primary Project Manager, partnering closely with the implementation partner's Project Manager to ensure alignment, accountability, and successful delivery.

•         Manage cross-functional delivery teams, including IT teams, business SMEs, testing teams, and third-party vendors, to achieve high-quality project outcomes.

•         Develop and maintain the project plan, resource strategy, delivery approach, governance framework, and key milestones in alignment with the approved business case and project charter.

•         Identify project risks proactively, develop and execute mitigation strategies, and escalate concerns before they become critical issues.

•         Drive delivery performance and execution against approved scope, schedule, budget, and quality objectives.

•         Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including executive sponsors, business leaders, IT leadership, and implementation partners.

•         Proactively manage scope, schedule, budget, and resource changes, assessing impacts on project objectives, business operations, and contractual commitments.

•         Escalate issues appropriately and drive timely resolutions to minimize business disruption and project delivery impacts.

•         Ensure adherence to project governance standards, delivery methodologies, and organizational policies, including compliance with Bioventus SDLC, SOX GMP/GAMP practices, and the PM Guidebook.

•         Manage project risks, assumptions, dependencies, decisions, and interrelated workstreams across multiple projects and operational initiatives.

•         Facilitate effective decision-making by providing clear recommendations, impact assessments, and resolution options to project stakeholders.

•         Coach and mentor project team members to foster accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and high performance.

•         Lead project status reporting and executive communications, clearly articulating progress, priorities, risks, issues, decisions, and changes to project plans.

•         Drive successful project closure, including completion of deliverables, stakeholder acceptance and sign-off, operational readiness, cutover planning, hypercare support, and knowledge transfer.

Education, Experience & Qualifications

•         Bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems (MIS), Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, or a related field required; advanced degree preferred.

•         8+ years of project management experience with at least one full implementation of SAP s4 HANA programs and projects, may include leading SAP S/4HANA upgrades, cloud migrations (including SAP RISE)

•         Proven success leading complex cross-functional initiatives, including multiple full lifecycle implementations, upgrades, migrations, and transformation programs.

•         Hands-on functional knowledge of one or more SAP modules (e.g., Finance, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Procurement, Sales, or Quality Management) is preferred.

•         Experience with SAP Activate methodology and standardized project delivery frameworks.

•         Strong experience managing project scope, schedule, budget, resources, risks, issues, dependencies, and stakeholder expectations throughout the project lifecycle.

•         Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams, drive accountability, and coordinate activities across business, IT, implementation partners, and third-party vendors.

•         Experience working with distributed global teams across multiple time zones, including hybrid, remote, and offshore delivery models.

•         Experience managing enterprise software implementations and upgrades, including SAP, Workday, reporting and analytics platforms, Learning Management Systems (LMS), JIRA, Kinaxis, IQVIA services, or similar business applications.

•         Functional experience supporting Finance, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and other business process transformation initiatives.

•         Working knowledge of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) processes, controls, and associated project deliverables.

•         Working knowledge of Computer System Validation (CSV) requirements and experience delivering projects within regulated environments such as medical devices, healthcare, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or other regulated industries.

•         Proficiency with project management and collaboration tools, including Smartsheet, SharePoint, Microsoft Project, Microsoft 365, and related solutions.

•         Strong analytical, problem-solving, decision-making, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to navigate complex and rapidly changing project environments.

•         Ability to manage multiple priorities and projects simultaneously while maintaining attention to detail and delivery excellence.

•         Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal supervision while providing leadership, direction, and guidance to project teams.

•         Experience contributing to strategic planning, roadmap development, and the execution of enterprise transformation initiatives.

•         Excellent verbal, written, presentation, and executive communication skills.

•         PMP, SAP Project Management, or other relevant project management certifications are preferred.