SAP Technical Program Manager- Fulltime

Overview

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

• Proven experience delivering SAP ECC and SAP S/4HANA implementations or conversions
• Strong understanding of SAP modules and enterprise integration landscapes
• Experience managing large, multi vendor, multi geography SAP programs
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

Roles & Responsibilities

Responsibilities

We are seeking an experienced SAP Technical Program Manager to lead and deliver complex SAP technology programs, including SAP ECC and SAP S/4HANA transformations. This role is responsible for end to end program ownership, ensuring successful execution across multiple workstreams, vendors, and stakeholders while meeting business, technical, schedule, and budget objectives.

The ideal candidate combines deep SAP technical understanding with strong program management, governance, and executive communication skills.

Program Leadership & Delivery

• Own end to end delivery of SAP technical programs, including planning, execution, governance, and closure
• Lead multiple SAP workstreams such as S/4HANA implementation or conversion, integrations, data migration, testing, and cutover
• Develop and maintain integrated program plans, schedules, milestones, and dependency management
• Track and report program status, risks, issues, and dependencies to senior leadership and steering committees

SAP Technical Oversight

• Provide technical leadership across SAP ECC and SAP S/4HANA landscapes (Greenfield, Brownfield, and Conversion programs)
• Ensure SAP solution design aligns with enterprise architecture, scalability, performance, and compliance standards
• Oversee integration between SAP and non SAP systems
• Guide technical decision making in collaboration with solution architects and delivery teams

Stakeholder & Governance Management

• Act as the primary interface between business leaders, IT teams, SAP vendors, and system integrators
• Establish and run governance forums, program reviews, and executive status updates
• Prepare clear, executive ready communications and decision materials
• Drive alignment and resolve escalations across cross functional and multi vendor teams Risk, Quality & Change Management
• Proactively identify technical, operational, and delivery risks and implement mitigation strategies
• Ensure adherence to SAP delivery methodologies (e.g., SAP Activate) and enterprise PMO standards
• Oversee quality gates, testing governance, change control, and release readiness
• Support cutover planning, go live readiness, and post go live stabilization

Financial & Resource Management

• Manage SAP program budgets, forecasts, and financial tracking
• Oversee resource planning, vendor performance, and contract adherence
• Ensure delivery within approved cost, scope, and timeline constraints

Generic Managerial Skills, If any

Excellent Business Communication Skill

Excellent debugging and reverse engineering skills and problem-solving and analytical skills

Skills

Analysis Skills, Brownfield Redevelopment, Budget Management, Budgeting, Calendar Management, Change Control, Change Management, Communication Skills, Cross-Functional, Data Migration, Debugging Skills, Engineering, Enterprise Architecture, Forecasting, Geography, Information Technology & Information Systems, Leadership, Maintain Compliance, Problem Solving Skills, Program Planning, Project/Program Management, Quality Management, Regulatory Compliance, Resource Management, Reverse Engineering, Risk, Risk Management, SAP, SAP Administration, SAP ECC (fka SAP R/3 and SAP ERP), Status Reports, System Integration (SI), Technical Delivery, Technical Leadership, Vendor/Supplier Evaluation, Vendor/Supplier Planning

About the Company

Purple Drive