Senior Project Manager – SAP S​/HANA Infrastructure & Platform

Senior Project Manager – SAP S/4

HANA Infrastructure & Platform Position Overview

A large global organization is seeking a Senior Project Manager to support a highly complex enterprise SAP S/4

HANA transformation. This role will provide project leadership across the SAP infrastructure, platform and Basis workstream, with responsibility for planning, governance, methodology, stakeholder alignment, change management, environment readiness, release execution, hypercare and transition into ongoing operations.

This is specifically a senior project management role
. It is not a Basis administrator, SAP architect or enterprise program-management position. The successful candidate must be an accomplished Project Manager who has led complex global SAP S/4

HANA initiatives and has prior experience managing SAP infrastructure and Basis teams within a project-delivery environment.

Approximately 80% of the role will focus on project planning, methodology, governance, playbooks, trackers, executive presentations, change management, stakeholder leadership and delivery execution. Approximately 20% of the role will involve coordinating SAP Basis system installation, environment builds, configuration activities and related technical dependencies.

The ideal candidate will bring strong project-management discipline, executive presence, self‑direction and the ability to establish structure within a large, matrixed global organization. They should understand SAP infrastructure and Basis activities well enough to ask informed questions, identify risks and hold technical teams accountable, but they do not need to serve as the hands‑on Basis engineer.

• Lead project delivery across the SAP infrastructure, platform and Basis workstream within a global SAP S/4
  
  HANA transformation.
• Develop and maintain integrated project plans, timelines, milestones, dependencies, critical‑path activities and delivery schedules.
• Build and implement project‑management playbooks, methodologies, governance processes and operating cadences.
• Establish clear decision‑making forums, escalation paths, reporting structures and accountability across the workstream.
• Create and maintain detailed project trackers, dashboards, status reports, executive presentations and decision‑support materials.
• Translate complex technical information into clear, concise and actionable updates for senior leadership.
• Coordinate SAP RISE environment planning and readiness across Sandbox, Development, QA, Pre‑Production and Production environments.
• Manage planning and execution activities related to environment builds, system installations, Basis configuration and production‑readiness milestones.
• Coordinate SAP Basis, infrastructure, platform, application, security, integration and operations teams.
• Manage dependencies across multiple SAP work streams, regions, environments and stakeholder groups.
• Lead release planning, cutover preparation, hypercare planning and transition into business‑as‑usual operations.
• Build and maintain release calendars, readiness trackers and environment deployment schedules.
• Identify, assess and mitigate project risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies.
• Lead corrective‑action planning when milestones, resources or deliverables are at risk.
• Facilitate project meetings, technical working sessions, leadership reviews, governance forums and executive updates.
• Drive stakeholder alignment, ownership and timely decision‑making across a large and highly matrixed global organization.
• Manage systems integrators, business integrators, vendors and third‑party delivery partners.
• Support organizational change activities, including stakeholder engagement, communications, operational readiness and training coordination.
• Assess project health and implement recovery plans or process improvements when needed.
• Capture lessons learned and continuously improve project‑management practices, tools, controls and governance.
• Take ownership of overall project outcomes and proactively remove obstacles affecting scope, schedule, quality or readiness.
• Work effectively with global stakeholders and leaders across multiple time zones.

• 10+ years of…