Beschreibung
Mode of Hiring: FreelancingJOB ID: SK+TAF_JD_CISMFG_DC -NW-SAP_ProgramManager
Duration - 6 Months plus extension possible
Work location: Stuttgart, Germany
Language- German (Good to have)
The rate will be discussed
Working condition: Onsite (Remote till lockdown)
Technical skills (Required - Mandatory):
15 plus years’ experience managing programs involving SAP Basis transformations & operations.
Experience in managing large scale, multi-dimensional, complex programs for clients.
Experience in large SAP Basis programs, across estimating, planning, scoping, issue and risk management.
Strong understanding in SAP BASIS across ABAP, Java, Oracle and HANA.
Experience in managing SAP transformation programs – SAP on Cloud, Large scale implementation/ migration programs, S/4HANA conversions.
At least 8 years in project management role.
PMP certification or equivalent.
Technical skills (Required - Nice to have):
Expertise in Cloud Technologies.
SAP Basis certifications
People skills:
• Program governance
• Client management
• Resource management
• People management
Soft skills
• Create deep client impact
• Drive innovation
• Business acumen
• Execution excellence
• Build organizational talent.
Expert:
• SAP Basis Program Management: Actively engage and manage the team to deliver high quality service meeting client expectations: design & implement Landscape Strategy, availability/ capacity planning, Backup & Recovery Strategy, System Installations & Upgrades and System operations functions. Manage on time implementation of project deliverables and provide escalation support. Drive innovation in SAP Basis area. Ensure adherence to OEM recommendations and roadmaps.
• Program governance: Develop and carry out detailed program management plan; secure sign-offs with program sponsors. Sets up implementation mechanisms in order to ensure that defined process is followed by the program team while executing various activities.
• Business Planning: Review and provide inputs to account plans specific to delivery capabilities, execution of delivery plan as given in the account plan.
• Proposals: Lead large proposals, provide guidance, review (mainly solution, estimation, financial modeling, project plan and risks) and approve proposals in the system in order to ensure a win.
• Client management: Identify relationship needs, explore relationship opportunities and formulates action plans. Contributes to definition of business case and program charter alignment in order to build and strengthen client relationships.
• Contract and vendor management: Identify the contract parameters that have material impact to program deliveries. Prioritizes the parameters and sets up controls to proactively identify contract adherence issues. Identify key partners both within and outside of contracts who have material impact to the program. Build formal and informal partnerships in order to ensure program dependencies are coordinated and executed and economic objectives of the contracted program are met.
• Program change management: Receive change requests, facilitate impact analysis, schedule change control meetings, tracks the change requests and ensures relevant documents are updated in order to close the change requests.
• Scope management: Coordinate with track owners, seeks inputs, compiles and constructs scope document including hard and soft commitments. Secure signoff from all the relevant stakeholders. Establish downstream and upstream traceability. Conduct scope review on periodic basis. Escalate items with low requirement stability in order to ensure the program delivers on defined scope.
• Resource management: Receives FTE requirement estimates from individual tracks and compiles onboarding artifacts. Executes onboarding process, updates and provides timely inputs to supporting units.
• People management: Enables ongoing competency development of team. Implements coaching and mentoring frameworks within the program and personally spends adequate time on coaching and mentoring the next level of employees. Enables cross vertical/unit integration of teams.
• Transition: Review the transition plan and closely track the transitions
If you are interested please share your CV to
With best regards
Shilpa Krishnamurthy
Recruiter
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