Project Manager

Position: SAP S/4HANA Project Manager
Experience: 12+ Years

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced SAP S/4HANA Project Manager to lead the end-to-end delivery of a large-scale SAP transformation programme. The successful candidate will manage the complete project lifecycle, including planning, governance, delivery, testing, cutover, go-live and hypercare, while managing multiple functional and technical workstreams.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end SAP delivery across Prepare, Explore, Realize, Deploy and Run phases in line with agreed scope, schedule and budget.
• Act as the primary point of contact for the project sponsor and steering committee.
• Establish and manage project governance, steering committee meetings, reporting and escalation processes.
• Own the integrated project plan, critical path and dependencies across Finance, HR, Procurement, Technical and Data Migration workstreams.
• Manage project risks, issues, change requests, scope and variations.
• Lead cross-functional teams including Functional Leads, Technical/Basis, Data Migration, Security & Authorisations, Testing and Organisational Change Management.
• Manage subcontractors and third-party vendors where required.
• Monitor resource utilisation, effort, milestones, invoicing and project commercials.
• Ensure deliverables meet contractual acceptance criteria and project quality gates.
• Lead SIT, UAT, regression testing, cutover and deployment planning.
• Manage go-live readiness, go/no-go preparation and post-go-live hypercare and stabilisation.
• Ensure compliance with Singapore public-sector and defence security requirements, including IM8 or equivalent client-mandated standards.
• Ensure appropriate handling of restricted/classified data and compliance with data residency requirements.
• Provide regular project status updates to C-level, government and/or defence stakeholders.

Required Experience

• Minimum 12+ years of SAP delivery experience.
• At least 5+ years in SAP Project Management / Programme Management roles.
• Proven experience leading at least two full-lifecycle SAP S/4HANA implementations end-to-end.
• Strong understanding of SAP Finance, HCM and Procurement processes, sufficient to manage and challenge functional design decisions.
• Experience managing SAP integration, data migration, security/authorizations and testing workstreams.
• Strong experience in cutover, go-live and hypercare management.
• Experience managing large, complex, multi-workstream SAP programmes.
• Proven experience working with government, public-sector or defence organizations is highly preferred.
• Experience working with restricted/classified information and security-cleared project teams is strongly preferred.
• Experience presenting to and managing C-level executives, project sponsors and steering committees.

Methodology & Certifications

Mandatory

• Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business or related discipline.
• PMP or PRINCE2 Practitioner certification – current and valid.
• SAP Activate Project Manager certification.
• Strong knowledge of SAP Activate methodology and project governance.

Preferred

• SAP S/4HANA certification in a functional or technical area.
• Agile/Scrum certification such as PSM or SAFe.
• Security certifications such as CISSP, CISM or ISO 27001 Lead Auditor.