Snr Project Manager : SAP RISE

Job Title :
Snr Project Manager : SAP RISE
Job  : 90632
Location :
Calgary, Alberta

What you will be doing:
Delivery Leadership

Own the full project lifecycle from initiation through deployment and stabilization.

Build and maintain detailed project schedules; manage critical paths; enforce milestone discipline.(Time critical use technology to save time but not thought process.)

Maintain budget performance within defined tolerances; track burn rates and financial variances.

Govern scope tightly through structured change control processes with quantified impacts.

Ensure all deliverables meet acceptance criteria, compliance requirements, and operational readiness standards.

Critical Thinking & Decision Support

Evaluate requirements, estimates, and solution options using objective analysis.

Challenge assumptions from vendors, technical teams, and stakeholders to ensure feasibility and accuracy.

Conduct scenario modeling (best case, realistic, worst case) to support informed decision-making.

Distinguish root causes from symptoms when issues arise; recommend actionable, data-driven solutions.

Risk, Issue & Escalation Management

Identify risks early and maintain a living RAID log with clear owners and mitigation strategies.

Quantify impacts of risks and issues on delivery outcomes; elevate with clarity and solution options.

Drive proactive dependency management across architecture, development, QA, security, and operations.

Technical & Cross-Functional Coordination

Work closely with technical teams to validate designs, integration approaches, and deployment plans.

Ensure alignment across architecture, development, QA, Dev Ops, cybersecurity, and operations.

Translate technical constraints into business impacts and decision options for leadership.

Stakeholder & Vendor Management

Provide transparent, concise reporting with RAG status, quantified impacts, and recommended actions.

Manage vendor performance against SOWs, SLAs, and KPIs; enforce accountability for deliverables.

Facilitate executive steering committees and ensure alignment across business units.

What you must have:

Experienced in SAP RISE and in helping enterprise-wide ERP system migration.

Critical Thinking and Decision Support as a normal practice. i.e. Ai is not doing the work for you and you are able to correctly challenge project assumptions based on your experience.

High levels of demonstrable Project awareness, especially around project mitigations, risks and issues.