Project Manager Senior - GDH Engagement and Delivery America's

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 Organization

The Global Delivery Hub (GDH) is SAP’s global consulting organization within the Customer Success & Delivery Board Area. Its mission is to help customers successfully adopt SAP innovation—across solutions, methodologies, and delivery practices. GDH supports SAP’s Market Units (MUs) worldwide by providing the expertise, methodology discipline, and delivery capacity required to implement projects efficiently, with adherence to Clean Core principles, optimized effort and cost, and consistently strong business outcomes.

GDH is structured around Solution Areas, where deep functional expertise resides. Market Units may engage GDH Solution Areas directly or via the GDH Engagement & Delivery organization, which acts as a strategic delivery partner—bridging MUs and Solution Areas through project engineering (scope, solutioning, and delivery mix) and project governance. This ensures GDH’s contributions are fully aligned with MU expectations and integrated into the overall customer engagement.

Where You Belong

The GDH Engagement and Delivery America oversees the delivery of GDH-managed projects across America, ensuring that projects initiated by Market Units are executed with the highest standards of project management excellence.

We accountable for project governance, resource orchestration, risk and quality oversight, and delivery transparency across GDH America’s portfolio. Project Managers within this organization lead cross-functional delivery teams, driving outcomes to agreed scope, timelines, budget, and quality criteria.

Consistent adoption of SAP Activate, Clean Core practices, PM methodology standards, quality processes, and knowledge management is a must.

What This Role Is About (Project Manager Senior – T3)

The Project Manager Senior is a senior delivery leader within the GDH Engagement and Delivery America’s office, responsible for executing and safeguarding projects—typically multi-workstream S/4HANA or RISE with SAP transformations.

In this role, you will:

· Lead large, strategic SAP implementations using SAP Activate, ensuring methodical execution, Clean Core governance, and alignment with SAP’s integrated toolchain (Signavio, LeanIX, CALM).

· Act as the primary delivery authority representing GDH, engaging confidently with customer executives, SAP Market Unit leadership, and partner organizations.

· Drive end-to-end program governance, including scope adherence, risk & issue management, financial steering, stakeholder alignment, and Change Request management.

What you will do / build

· Lead Strategic SAP Projects

· Manage end-to-end delivery of complex SAP S/4HANA, RISE with SAP, and multi-workstream transformation projects using SAP Activate.

· Establish robust project governance, RAID management, scope and financial controls, and executive communication structures.

· Ensure adherence to Clean Core principles across processes, integration, extensibility, data, and operations.

· Support GDH Governance & Quality

· Participate in portfolio risk reviews, PMR cycles, and project escalation assessments.

· Reinforce methodology compliance, quality gates, documentation standards, and SAP Cloud ALM adoption across projects.

· Drive Financial & Commercial Outcomes

· Manage project financials including forecasting, margin, dilution, and change control.

· Support deal shaping and identify opportunities to position SAP services throughout the customer lifecycle.

What you bring

· Experience & Delivery Expertise

· 10+ years SAP project management experience with 5+ full SAP lifecycle implementations.

· Proven track record delivering high-complexity, multi-country, or multi-partner programs.

· Deep knowledge of SAP Activate, including phases, deliverables, workstreams, and governance checkpoints.

· Strong understanding of RISE with SAP, Clean Core governance, SAP S/4HANA Cloud (Public & Private), SAP BTP extensibility, and SAP Cloud ALM.

· Leadership & Soft Skills

· Excellent C-level communication, negotiation, and escalation management skills.

· Ability to lead virtual teams across multiple regions and partner landscapes.

· Strong analytical, commercial, and financial management capabilities.

· Certifications (Preferred)

· SAP Activate Project Manager Certification (C_ACT_2403)

· PMP®, PRINCE2®, Agile/Scrum certifications

· SAP S/4HANA or LoB certifications

What makes you successful in this role

· You deliver predictable, high-quality project outcomes

· You proactively manage risk and uphold methodology compliance

· You build trust with customers, partners, and SAP leadership

· You strengthen delivery excellence across the GDH organization

· You are a role model for Clean Core governance, Activate discipline, and project financial hygiene

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: 447715 | Work Area: Consulting and Professional Services | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid