Program manager- SAP/ Applications

• Define and manage overall program roadmaps, scope, governance structures, milestones, and delivery plans.
  
• Establish effective program governance and ensure alignment across multiple projects and workstreams.
  
• Track overall program performance and provide clear management reporting on delivery progress, risks, issues, and key decisions.
  
• Lead end-to-end delivery of SAP and application implementation and transformation programs.
  
• Ensure projects and programs are delivered within agreed scope, schedule, budget, and quality expectations.
  
• Coordinate activities across project phases, including planning, design, build, testing, deployment, and implementation.
  
• Manage multiple projects, workstreams, and dependencies to ensure successful delivery of overall program objectives.
  
• Apply appropriate delivery methodologies, including Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid approaches.
  
• Serve as a key interface between business stakeholders, IT teams, project teams, and senior management.
  
• Work closely with stakeholders to define program objectives, requirements, priorities, and expected outcomes.
  
• Lead governance and Steering Committee meetings and provide clear executive-level program updates.
  
• Manage stakeholder expectations and ensure alignment between business objectives and delivery priorities.
  
• Manage program budgets, financial tracking, cost management, and resource forecasting.
  
• Monitor financial performance and ensure effective utilization of project resources.
  
• Track project/program financials and delivery milestones.
  
• Identify and proactively manage Risks, Assumptions, Issues, and Dependencies (RAID) across the program.
  
• Manage program escalations and drive timely resolution of delivery issues.
  
• Proactively identify potential scope, schedule, resource, and delivery risks and establish appropriate mitigation plans.
  
• Manage scope changes and ensure appropriate impact assessment and governance.
  
• Lead and coordinate cross-functional teams across business, functional, and technical areas.
  
• Manage and optimize resources across multiple projects and workstreams.
  
• Coordinate onsite and offshore/global delivery teams.
  
• Provide leadership, guidance, and support to project managers, functional leads, technical leads, and delivery teams.
  
• Work with internal and external partners/vendors to ensure alignment with overall program objectives.
  

Requirements

• Strong project and program management experience.
  
• Proven experience managing large-scale SAP and/or enterprise application implementation or transformation programs.
  
• Strong end-to-end program delivery experience.
  
• Experience in program strategy, planning, and governance.
  
• Experience managing scope, schedule, budget, and quality.
  
• Experience in stakeholder and executive management.
  
• Experience in risk, issue, and dependency management.
  
• Experience in budget and resource management.
  
• Strong governance and reporting skills.
  
• Experience in cross-functional team leadership.
  
• Experience managing multiple projects/workstreams and globally distributed teams.
  
• Strong customer-facing, communication, negotiation, and escalation management skills.
  
• Experience with Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid delivery methodologies.
  
• Bilingual proficiency in Japanese and English.
  

• Experience managing SAP S/4HANA or other enterprise application transformation programs.
  
• Experience with SAP implementation methodologies such as SAP Activate.
  
• Experience managing global delivery models, including onsite and offshore teams.
  
• Experience managing third-party vendors and implementation partners.
  
• Experience with large-scale business and technology transformation programs.
  
• PMP, PgMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent Project/Program Management certification is preferred.