Senior SAP Project Manager

Job description, responsibilities and duties

The Senior SAP Project/Program Manager for SAP is part of the project and integration team. You lead the delivery of internal and outsourced SAP BI projects/projects from project initiation to transition to operations in order to deliver projects on time and within budget and to meet the desired business objectives. The project relies on your input and the project benefits from your organizational talent.

Task and Responsibilities:
• Establish project plan and initiate project mobilization by confirming project objective, scope, estimate, resources, roles, and responsibilities for projects or programs with high complexity
• Defines and manages risks of project and establishes relevant strategies
• Monitor and control execution of project though Analysis, Design, Build, Test and Release with regards to schedule and progress, scope and objectives and budget utilization
• Provide leadership and decision-making support by establishing project governance
• Perform project reporting including overall performance of the program and project completion documentation
• Ensure escalations where necessary
• Support development of processes and functional concepts and implementation, in close coordination with the business departments and IT

Required Education, Experience and Knowledge/Skills:

Education:
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in business informatics, business administration / similar area
• Certification in Project Management

Experience:
• More than 10-15 years of experience in SAP BI project management activities
• Profound experience in SAP BI
• Excellent knowledge of project controlling terms
• Intercultural experience

Technical Skills:
• Superior understanding of Microsoft (MS) tool landscape and expertise in MS PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Project, Planner, Teams, Sharepoint online
• Profound knowledge in current SAP BI technologies like S4/HANA, SAP Analytics Cloud
• Knowledge about SAP Solution Manager
• Must be business fluent in the English language, German as an option

Non-Technical Skills:
• Must have a strong structured way of working and thinking as well as organizational skills
• Must have strong analytical capabilities
• Strong leadership and communication skills
• Creative solution finding
• Must work solution oriented
• Must be an excellent team player
• Must be capable of taking initiative, with a firm understanding of the final goal to be achieved
• Must demonstrate the ability to communicate and work in a multi-cultural environment
• Must possess the ability to collaborate remotely in a global team
• Must have a record of being capable of working independently
• Must be capable of working in highly demanding, time critical assignments

Required education, skills and personality requirements

Required education
University education (Bachelor's degree)
University education (Master's degree)
Postgraduate (Doctorate)

Language skills

We offer

• Adjustable standing desk as a standard
• MSDN license for each developer with prepaid access to AZURE
• Free access to PLURALSIGHT – the WBT platform
• Team building program - 2 days adventure offsite meeting for all employees every year, Christmas party, extra budget for team building events
• Participation on world famous IT conferences like Microsoft IGNITE for best employees
• Wide project portfolio in healthcare domain and job rotation within company (Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence, Healthcare IT services, …)
• Training and development program (business and product trainings, e-learning, language courses, soft skills trainings,…)
• Health program (contracted wellness providers, sport centers, salary reimbursement in case of illness)
• Retention program (work anniversary, life anniversary, additional pension plan, employee loans)
• Family care program (subsidy for newborns, maternity leave, kindergardens, summer camps)