SAP Project Manager

We have an immediate need for a German speaking SAP Project/Service Manager.

The Project Manager may be asked to assists during the Opportunity Management Phase of the customer engagement by providing input into the proposal or completing specific proposal deliverables - especially in the area of delivery model, project structure, organization, scoping, estimation and risk assessment.

The Project Manager has ability to manage projects that require coordination of work between various parties like third party sub-contractors, SAP Custom Development, SAP Global Consulting Delivery, SLO, Cloud Delivery (including HEC), CoE, and SAP Support organization.

Key Areas of Responsibility and Tasks

Opportunity Management
Define appropriate delivery model for customer project as a composition of pre-defined services, on-site and/or remote delivery
CR Scope and estimate
Determine required resources for CR/New Projects
Understand and be able to deliver according to the SAP delivery models - eg ability to engage local, near-shore and off-shore teams for most efficient delivery of project, ability to coordinate project delivery across organizational boundaries including participation of SAP ecosystem partners.
Assess, document and communicate risk for the engagement
Position SAP delivery methodology - SAP Activate in the engagement

Delivery
Conduct project planning activities and manage the execution of projects according to plan (Opportunity Management, Initiating to closing)
Manage relationship with project stakeholders, including internal and external clients, keeping stakeholders informed of progress, risks and issues in order to manage expectations on all project requirements and deliverables.
Manage and communicate a clear vision of the project's objectives, and motivate the project team to achieve them; create a project environment that enables peak performance by team members.
Ensure proper use of methodology, tools and procedures
Ensures proper governance is in place to best meet project objectives
Balance the trade-off of the triple- constraint (time, cost and scope) to realize the expected business value.
Experience in delivering SAP Time and Material (T the ability to work well with people from different disciplines with varying degrees of technical experience; competence in clear concise and tactful communication with senior management, clients, peers and team members.