SAP Project Manager

Job Title: Senior IT Project Manager / Delivery Lead
Industry: Manufacturing
Location: Charlotte, NC (Remote, but must travel to Charlotte 1x p/month)
Shift: 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM ET; some weekend/after hours work required during go live events

Client Overview

This is a large, publicly traded materials science company, tens of thousands of employees worldwide, well over 15 billion dollars in annual revenue, with a 170 plus year history of inventing new glass, ceramic, and optical technologies. Operates across five major segments spanning optical communications, specialty materials, display technologies, environmental technologies, and life sciences. The company's work shows up in products most people use every day, from consumer electronics to automotive to medical devices. This role sits within one of their U.S. manufacturing or engineering operations.

Top 3 Skills

• SAP ECC platform experience across implementation, integration, data migration, and cutover planning
• Agile/Scrum delivery leadership, including Kanban based backlog and release management, with a Scrum Master or PMI-ACP certification
• Enterprise program governance and executive communication: RAID management, status reporting, financial tracking, and stakeholder alignment

What You'll Do

• Lead end to end delivery of an enterprise demand planning implementation using Agile, Scrum, and iterative product delivery practices
• Serve as a servant leader, removing blockers, enabling collaboration, and driving accountability across cross functional teams
• Own delivery planning, governance reporting, status updates, RAID management, and executive communications
• Coordinate business, IT, SAP ECC, implementation partner, and vendor teams to align execution across workstreams
• Drive backlog and workflow management through Kanban based delivery practices and support sprint and release planning
• Track project financials, delivery progress, risks, dependencies, and key milestones
• Support integration planning, data migration readiness, testing coordination, cutover execution, and go live planning
• Ensure adherence to SOX, regulatory, and enterprise governance requirements
• Provide executive level updates to senior leadership and maintain stakeholder engagement throughout delivery

What We Need From You

• 7+ years leading enterprise technology implementations as a Project Manager, Delivery Lead, or similar role
• Strong foundation in stakeholder management, governance and status reporting, executive updates, financial tracking, and vendor coordination
• Experience leading teams in Agile/Scrum environments with hands on Kanban board experience; Scrum Master certification or PMI-ACP required
• Experience with SAP ECC implementations, including integration, data migration, and cutover coordination
• Knowledge of demand planning in a manufacturing environment plus SOX/regulatory governance experience

Preferred / Bonus

• PMP certification
• Product Owner certification (CSPO or PSPO)
• First hand experience implementing Kinaxis Maestro Demand Planning
• Experience implementing complex SAP ECC solutions
• Hands on experience with Planview AgilePlace
• Experience presenting to and influencing senior leadership