SAP Project Manager - REMOTE - with occasional onsite in Middletown, PA.

*NOTE: W2 ONLY - REMOTE with occasional travel to Middletown, PA

*NOTE: W2 ONLY - REMOTE with occasional travel to Middletown, PA

*NOTE: W2 ONLY - REMOTE with occasional travel to Middletown, PA

Current SAP Environment:

Client operates a complex, cloud-based, multi-tiered, multi-client SAP environment that includes, but is not limited to, the following platforms and solutions:

• 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 SAP environment also supports numerous critical integrations with internal and external systems, including:

• SmartDocs: Vendor Portal
• SAP SuccessFactors: Recruiting, Onboarding, Employee Central (EC) Mini Master, and Compensation
• OnBase: Document Management
• AgileAssets: Signs, Tunnels, and Pavement/Road Asset Management
• ServiceNow: Change Management and Asset Tracking
• Qlik Sense: Data Analytics and Dashboarding
• Board: Operating Budget
• Microsoft Dynamics 365
• Kahua: Engineering Project Management
• Financial Institutions
• Benefit Providers
• Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

The selected candidate will perform the following duties:

• Manages and coordinates the activities of internal and/or external staff involved in multiple IT projects of varying complexity.
• Develops and maintains project artifacts as required using Clients or other established project management standards, procedures, templates, and methodologies.
• Builds and manages the detailed integrated project plan and schedule that captures all task level detail with deliverables, milestones, cross-functional dependencies, etc. while mapping the critical path.
• Estimates and maintains cost plan(s) during all phases of the project.
• Plan and schedule resources efficiently by ensuring that the right resources are allocated and available to the right project activities at the right time.
• Forecasts and enables resource capacity planning in a dynamically changing business environment. It is critical to forecast and get real-time foresight into project resourcing so that the project can take corrective actions ahead of time.
• Establishes project governance framework with a structured approach to govern the project activities. This framework must have well-defined roles, responsibilities, escalation paths, and decision-making processes.
• Coordinates with business owners and other analysts to define and refine the project scope.
• Performs project management duties through the entire project lifecycle, including initiating, planning, executing, monitoring, and controlling, and closing.
• Conducts lessons learned sessions during and after projects to identify recommendations for improvement.
• Develops and maintains a productive working relationship with technology staff, business owners, project sponsors, vendors, and key clients.
• Coordinates all project activities with System Integrator Project Managers including interrelated projects within the Clients landscape.
• Manages all project artifacts including signoffs.
• Adheres to the Clients PMO Playbook and referenced artifacts.

Desired Skillset/Minimum Experience:

• The ideal candidate will have a minimum of ten (10) years of expertise in project/project management of projects of various size and subject matter, including but not limited to integration, scope, schedule, communication, vendor, and risk planning and management.
• The candidate must have experience managing high profile subject matter vendors within the on-prem and cloud landscape.
• Experience with Enterprise Business Solutions, specifically SAP/ERP projects as a Project Manager.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification.
• Experience with multi-year projects.
• Strong skills with leadership, conflict management, and negotiation.
• Must have expert level knowledge and extensive experience in creating and maintaining integrated plans in MS Project and or MS Project online.
• Excellent written and oral communication, and presentation skills.