SAP Project Manager (SAP S/4HANA & JIRA)
Location: Dearborn, MI (Hybrid – 4 Days Onsite / 1 Day Remote)
Duration: Long Term, Contract Opportunity – W2 only
About the Role
We are seeking an experienced SAP Project Manager to lead and support a large-scale SAP S/4HANA ERP transformation initiative. This role is ideal for a project management professional with strong SAP program delivery experience and expert-level proficiency in JIRA, Agile methodologies, and enterprise release management.
The successful candidate will work across multiple product teams, business stakeholders, and technical workstreams to drive project execution, governance, risk management, release planning, and continuous delivery within a complex enterprise environment.
Key Responsibilities
SAP Program & Project Management
- Lead SAP implementation, upgrade, migration, and enhancement projects from initiation through deployment.
- Support strategic objectives of a large-scale SAP S/4HANA ERP transformation program.
- Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, resource allocations, budgets, and risk mitigation strategies.
- Manage scope, change requests, dependencies, and project governance activities.
- Maintain CRAID (Change Requests, Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Decisions) logs and drive resolution activities.
- Provide regular status updates and executive-level reporting to stakeholders and leadership teams.
Agile Delivery & JIRA Management
- Own and manage JIRA boards, workflows, dashboards, and reporting.
- Create and maintain Epics, Features, User Stories, Tasks, and Backlogs.
- Facilitate sprint planning, backlog refinement, retrospectives, and Agile ceremonies.
- Utilize JQL, automation, and dashboard reporting to drive project visibility and accountability.
- Partner with Product Managers and Product Owners to prepare teams for Program Increment (PI) Planning.
Release & Program Coordination
- Coordinate release management activities, testing cycles, cutover planning, training, and deployment readiness.
- Track production releases, incidents, major releases, and release-on-demand activities.
- Manage cross-functional and cross-system dependencies between SAP modules and legacy applications.
- Remove blockers, escalate risks, and ensure adherence to governance processes.
- Facilitate lessons learned sessions and successful transition to support operations.
Stakeholder Engagement
- Collaborate with business leaders, product teams, SAP functional consultants, developers, and third-party vendors.
- Support steering committee meetings and executive presentations.
- Drive alignment across multiple workstreams while balancing competing priorities and deadlines.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Administration, or a related field.
- 6+ years of overall IT experience.
- 3+ years of SAP project or program management experience.
- Experience managing SAP implementation, upgrade, migration, or support projects.
- Expert-level hands-on experience with JIRA, including:
- Board administration
- Workflow configuration
- JQL queries
- Dashboard creation
- Backlog management
- Confluence integration
- Strong understanding of Agile, Scrum, SAFe, Waterfall, and Hybrid delivery methodologies.
- Experience managing risks, dependencies, budgets, schedules, and executive reporting.
- Exceptional communication, leadership, organization, and stakeholder management skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- SAP S/4HANA implementation experience.
- PMP, PMI-ACP, Certified Scrum Master (CSM), or SAFe certification.
- SAP Activate or SAP module certification.
- Experience with:
- SAP FI/CO, MM, SD, PP, or HCM
- Power BI
- Power Automate
- JIRA Align
- JIRA Service Management
- Confluence
- ServiceNow
- Automotive or manufacturing industry experience.
- Experience working within large enterprise ERP transformation programs.
Desired Skills
- SAP ERP
- SAP S/4HANA
- Project & Program Management
- JIRA Administration
- Agile & SAFe Methodologies
- PI Planning
- Release Management
- Change Management
- Risk Management
- Stakeholder Management
- Confluence
- Governance & Executive Reporting
What Makes a Strong Candidate?
- Deep SAP project delivery experience combined with hands-on JIRA expertise.
- Proven success leading complex cross-functional initiatives in enterprise environments.
- Strong servant-leadership approach with the ability to influence without authority.
- Data-driven decision maker who leverages metrics and reporting to drive outcomes.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving environment with multiple priorities.
Work Arrangement: Hybrid, 4 days onsite in Dearborn, MI. Candidates must be able to work onsite regularly; fully remote is not available.
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