SAP Project Manager (S/4 HANA Transformation)
About the Role
Job Summary:The SAP S/4HANA Project Manager plays a critical role in leading, orchestrating, and successfully delivering enterprise-wide SAP S/4HANA transformation projects (including new implementations and global rollouts) to support Bosch Mobility Aftermarket’s strategic business goals. This individual collaborates closely with executive steering committee, cross-functional business stakeholders, functional consultants, and technical teams to ensure the seamless execution of all project phases—from scoping and design through to cutover and hyper-care—delivering robust, scalable solutions on time and within budget.Roles & Responsibilities:Project Planning & Scoping: Define project scope, objectives, milestones, and master project plans in partnership with solution architects and business stakeholders.Methodology Execution: Apply the SAP Activate Methodology across all phases—Discover, Prepare, Explore, Realize, Deploy, and Run.Resource & Budget Management: Acquire & allocate cross-functional project resources, manage budgets, track operational costs, and control project burn rates.Risk & Issue Mitigation: Maintain and monitor risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies and resolving bottlenecks before they impact project delivery.Stakeholder Engagement: Facilitate governance meetings, steering committee updates, and clear communication loops between executive leadership, business process owners, and technical teams.Quality Gate Management: Oversee quality assurance criteria, system testing phases (system integration tests and user acceptance tests), and sign-offs across key Quality Gates using tools like SAP Solution Manager or ALM.Cutover & Go-Live Strategy: Coordinate detailed cutover plans, data migration tasks, hyper-care support transition, and post-go-live issue resolution. People Management: Strong people management skills to steer the project team towards successful results. Required Skills & Qualifications:Education: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Business Administration, Engineering, or a related field.Experience:10+ years of overall IT/SAP ecosystem experience.Minimum of 3–5 full-lifecycle SAP S/4HANA implementation or rollout projects managed in a leadership capacity.Experience in leading global SAP S/4 HANA implementations.Certifications (Preferred):Project Management Professional (PMP)SAP Activate Project Manager CertificationAgile & Scrum methodologyTechnical Knowledge: Strong foundational understanding of core SAP modules (e.g., SD, MM, FICO, EWM, PP) and technical architecture associated with S/4HANA.Tool Proficiency: Experience with OTALM, SAP Solution Manager, JIRA, Power BI, SAP BTPSoft Skills: Exceptional leadership, conflict resolution, change management, and executive-level communication abilities, strong analytical and problem-solving skills.Experience in global SAP S/4 HANA implementations.By choice, we are committed to a diverse workforce-EOE/Protected Veteran/DisabledLanguage Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English, including ability to effectively communicate with internal and external customersMust be able to work in rapidly changing environment, while maintaining a positive attitude and providing exemplary customer serviceCRL (Child Raising Leave) benefit is available up to 6 monthsDaycare/Creche facility available at specified locations [Koramangala & Adugodi in Bangalore]