IT Mergers & Acquisitions Project Manager

Job Description

We help the world run better
At SAP, we keep it simple: you bring your best to us, and we'll bring out the best in you. We're builders touching over 20 industries and 80% of global commerce, and we need your unique talents to help shape what's next. The work is challenging – but it matters. You'll find a place where you can be yourself, prioritize your wellbeing, and truly belong. What's in it for you? Constant learning, skill growth, great benefits, and a team that wants you to grow and succeed.

The development center of SAP in Bulgaria plays a key role in the defining and developing of the SAP Business Technology Platform. With its more than 2000 professionals, SAP Labs Bulgaria also has strong contributions toward life-cycle management, user interface & user experience across the broader portfolio of SAP products and business applications. Most recently, SAP Labs Bulgaria expanded in the topics of artificial intelligence and cybersecurity. For its 25-year history, the company has established itself as a preferred employer in the IT sector in Bulgaria.

What you’ll build

We are seeking an IT Technology Services Specialist to join our M&A IT Team to support our M&A project and programs in Project Manager role.

This role involves supporting programs and initiatives as a Project Manager or PMO support capacity for the execution of SAP’s Post-Merger-Integration programs, Divestitures, Carve-outs, and Joint Ventures projects.
Key responsibilities include managing project or program activities such as status reporting, risk management, and handling small individual projects like to support authorization management, test coordination or cutover management.

The role also includes planning and tracking project timelines, collaborating with scrum teams, and facilitating meetings, workshops, and agile events. Additionally, it supports the orchestration of project delivery and ensures smooth communication between business stakeholders and delivery teams. There's also a focus on evolving program governance and building an internal knowledge platform to document our best practices.

The IT Technology Services Specialist will support our M&A IT team in managing the following tasks:

• Support our projects and initiatives the Program Office in Project Manager or Program Management Office Support roles
• Taking over responsibility for program management activities such as program status reporting or risk management
• Plan, track, and schedule project timelines, meetings, and milestones using appropriate tools
• Manage individual small projects like authorization management, test coordination, cutover management, data management, or continuous improvement initiatives
• Work with the scrum master and product teams to prepare agile events like sprint review meetings
• Support the orchestration of delivery, value flow and collaboration projects, including alignments with business stakeholders and delivery teams
• Organization, moderation, and follow up of meetings and workshops
• Encourage collaboration and communication between teams to help ensure strategy and execution alignment
• Support evolving our program governance, M&A processes, methods, templates, tools and stakeholder communication and build internal knowledge platform by creating or updating documentation and standards

What you bring

• Master or Diploma university degree (preferably in Business Administration, Engineering, Information technology or a related field) or equivalent training and job experience
• +3 years of professional experience, ideally in IT, IT Consulting, or IT Application Consulting (SAP technology)
• Up to 3 years of previous professional work experience in IT project management or management of strategic or transformational projects
• Excellent change, communication, and presentation skills
• Ability to drive customer focus, business acumen, and innovation
• Pronounced quality awareness, attention to detail, and ability to work independently
• Experience & interest in agile project management methodologies, ideally in Scrum or SAFe
• Experience & interest strategic or transformational projects like Mergers and Acquisitions

Where you belong

As part of SAP Corporate Processes and Information Technology (CPIT) organization, the Mergers & Acquisition IT CoE Team contributes to SAP's strategy by successfully delivering Post-Merger-Integration and Divestiture initiatives. We lead M&A IT projects and programs from strategy to execution. Committed to success and based on SAP standards and products, we innovate and enhance our methods and tools for efficiency and business growth.​ We are a great team of Project Managers, M&A Subject Matter Experts (technical & functional), and Architects. Our Mergers & Acquisition IT CoE Team is based in several locations in Europe and US.

Bring out your best
SAP innovations help more than four hundred thousand customers worldwide work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively. Originally known for leadership in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, SAP has evolved to become a market leader in end-to-end business application software and related services for database, analytics, intelligent technologies, and experience management. As a cloud company with two hundred million users and more than one hundred thousand employees worldwide, we are purpose-driven and future-focused, with a highly collaborative team ethic and commitment to personal development. Whether connecting global industries, people, or platforms, we help ensure every challenge gets the solution it deserves. At SAP, you can bring out your best.

We win with inclusion
SAP’s culture of inclusion, focus on health and well-being, and flexible working models help ensure that everyone – regardless of background – feels included and can run at their best. At SAP, we believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our company, and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realize their full potential. We ultimately believe in unleashing all talent and creating a better world.

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Requisition ID: 439594 | Work Area: Information Technology | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid