SAP Public Cloud Project Manager

With over 30 years of hands-on SAP transformation experience, HCLTech is recognized for delivering measurable business outcomes through deep industry expertise, innovative frameworks and a proven track record across complex global projects.

As an SAP Global Strategic Services Partner, we guide clients confidently through every stage of their SAP journey. We are also recognized by SAP as a RISE with SAP Validated Partner, SAP AppHaus Alliances Partner and a member of the ‘Next Level program’ for SAP BTP and SAP Business AI.We are currently hiring for an SAP Project Manager to join our growing team in Ireland.

Role Overview

The SAP Public Cloud Project Manager is responsible for the end-to-end delivery of SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud and SAP SuccessFactors implementation projects, following the SAP Activate methodology. The role owns project planning, governance, financials, risk management, and stakeholder engagement, ensuring on-time, on-budget delivery that meets agreed scope and quality standards.

The Project Manager acts as the primary point of accountability between the client, delivery teams, and SAP, driving Fit-to-Standard adoption, promoting a clean-core approach, and minimising custom development across both the ERP and Human Capital Management workstreams.

Key Responsibilities

• Project Delivery & Planning Own the full project lifecycle across all SAP Activate phases
• Discover, Prepare, Explore, Realize, Deploy, and Run. Develop and maintain integrated project plans (Level 1–3), covering workstreams, tasks, dependencies, milestones, and stage gates.
• Coordinate delivery across both S/4HANA Public Cloud (Finance, Procurement, Supply Chain) and Success
• Factors (Employee Central, Recruiting, Payroll, Performance & Goals) workstreams.
• Manage release cycles aligned to SAP’s quarterly Public Cloud upgrade cadence (e.g. 2505, 2508). Governance & Controls Establish and chair project governance forums (Steer
• Co, working groups, design authority). Manage stage gates with clear entry/exit criteria, and maintain the RAID log (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies). Own the change request process including impact assessment, approval, and baseline re-forecasting.
• Track project financials, resource forecasts, and budget-to-actuals.
• Fit-to-Standard & Scope Management Drive Fit-to-Standard workshops, promoting adoption of standard SAP best-practice processes.
• Manage scope and the RICEFW / extension backlog, ensuring extensions are justified and follow the clean-core / SAP BTP approach.
• Oversee process documentation and mapping (e.g. SAP Signavio) and requirements traceability.
• Stakeholder & Vendor Management Serve as the primary client-facing delivery contact, managing expectations and communications.
• Coordinate third-party vendors, SAP, and system integrator resources.
• Manage cutover, hypercare, and transition to support / Run phase.
• Testing & Quality Oversee the test strategy across unit, integration (SIT), and user acceptance testing (UAT). Ensure quality gates, data migration validation, and defect management are enforced.
• Required Skills & Experience Extensive project management experience, with a minimum of 3 full-cycle SAP implementations.
• Proven delivery experience with SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud and SAP Success
• Factors.
• Deep knowledge of the SAP Activate methodology and cloud (SaaS) delivery models.
• Strong grasp of integration architecture (S/4HANA ↔ Success
• Factors, SAP BTP, iFlows, APIs). Experience with SAP Cloud ALM (CALM) for implementation and monitoring.
• Experience with Signavio for Process Mapping and integration with CALM. Demonstrable experience managing project governance, budgets, RAID, and change control.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and leadership skills.
• Desirable

Qualifications

• SAP Activate Project Manager certification (C_ACTIVATE). PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent project management certification.
• Public sector / UK delivery experience (an advantage for public sector clients). Agile / hybrid delivery experience.
• Key Performance Indicators On-time, on-budget delivery against baselined plan.
• Adherence to Fit-to-Standard (minimised custom development). Stakeholder satisfaction and successful stage-gate approvals.
• Effective risk and issue mitigation with no critical escalations.
• HCL Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
• Applicants receive consideration for employment regardless of their race, colour, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, or status with regard to public assistance.
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