Sr. IT Project Manager, Data Engineering & Analytics

Our client is seeking a results-driven Senior IT Project Manager with over 10 years of experience delivering large-scale, multi-phase projects, particularly in Data Engineering Analytics, and SAP ecosystems. Recognized for executive-level consultation, strategic project delivery, and robust change management skills. Expertise in SAP S/4HANA implementation, business process optimization, and aligning technical initiatives with organizational goals.

Specific Responsibilities:

• Manages highly complex, multi-phase projects across all areas of the global organization
• Assist in the development of business cases
• Identify project stakeholders and their project roles
• Collaborate with project sponsors and process owners to establish KPIs and success metrics
• Create and own project charters, project plans, operational hand-off plans, and closure reports
• Accountable for change management, training and testing plans
• Create and maintain effective communication plans to ensure frequent, accurate, and timely stakeholder updates
• Responsible for regular updates to Executives, Leadership committees and project stakeholders through status reporting and project reviews
• Deliver assigned projects on time and on budget
• Take strong ownership of the business outcomes that result from project execution

Reporting Lines

Role reports to Director, IT PMO

Required Skill Set:

• Proven experience in designing, building, and optimizing data pipelines integrating SAP S/4HANA (and related modules) with Google BigQuery, ensuring clean core principles, scalable architecture, and efficient data modeling for analytics and reporting
• Analytics & Business Intelligence: Driving data-driven decision-making through advanced reporting and visualization.
• SAP Expertise: Comprehensive knowledge of SAP S/4HANA, integration strategies, and end-to-end lifecycle management.
• Project Delivery Excellence: Proven track record of delivering projects on time and within budget.
• Stakeholder Management: Executive-level communication, negotiation, and collaboration.
• Change Management: Leading organizational training and process adoption for sustained outcomes.
• Business Process Integration: Experience with supply chain, consumer products, and manufacturing industries.
• Skills include strong business acumen, future-thinking, strategic, tactical, accountable, collaborative, and proactive
• Extensive experience understanding and managing complex and/or multi-year projects

Required Qualifications & Experience:

• Minimum 10 years experience as a SAP/IT Project Manager
• Experience using Power BI for reporting
• Experience with SAP BW migrations
• Experience using MS Projects for project management tasks
• Excellent oral, written and communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• SAP experience, S4/Hana preferred
• University Computer Science or Business Commerce degree or equivalent experience
• Experience in supply chain for consumer products, fashion or manufacturing industry preferred
• ScrumMaster experience, preferred
• PMP Certification, preferred
• Experience with Jira and Confluence for project management is a plus
• BA experience is a plus