Technical Project Manager – ERP Implementations
Gandhinagar - India
Job Summary
Technical Project Manager – ERP Implementations
We are seeking a seasoned ERP delivery professional to lead end-to-end ERP implementation and transformation projects from discovery through production go-live and hypercare. This is a full-time onsite role based in Gandhinagar/Ahmedabad Gujarat. The role requires strong customer-facing delivery experience hands-on project management across all ERP lifecycle phases and the ability to coordinate cross-functional teams including functional consultants developers QA DevOps integration engineers and customer stakeholders.
Location: Gandhinagar / Ahmedabad Gujarat – Onsite only
Type: Full-time
Experience: Minimum 7 years preferred (8 years preferred for this role)
Working Shift: Must be open to UK and US customer overlap based on project Shift: 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM.
- Do not submit general IT Project Managers without relevant ERP implementation experience.
- Minimum 7 years of overall IT/ERP project delivery experience; 8 years preferred.
- Hands-on project management experience in ERP implementation and delivery with at least one successful production ERP go-live.
- Experience across multiple ERP lifecycle phases: discovery requirements fit-gap configuration/development integration data migration SIT/UAT cutover go-live hypercare and support.
- Experience with ERP platforms such as SAP Microsoft Dynamics NetSuite Oracle ERP Odoo ERPNext or comparable enterprise systems.
- Proven experience managing functional consultants developers QA DevOps integration teams and customer stakeholders.
- Strong direct customer-facing experience and excellent written and spoken English communication skills.
- Willingness to work onsite from Gandhinagar/Ahmedabad and flexibility to work with UK/US customer overlap.
- Lead and manage end-to-end ERP implementation projects ensuring on-time and on-budget delivery.
- Plan and manage project scope schedule effort/budget resources risks issues dependencies change requests and escalations.
- Coordinate discovery requirements gathering fit-gap workshops and solution design with customers and functional teams.
- Manage configuration customization development integration and data migration activities.
- Oversee testing phases including SIT and UAT validate acceptance criteria and manage remediation activities.
- Develop and execute cutover plans lead production go-live and provide hypercare support post go-live.
- Collaborate with QA DevOps and integration teams to ensure stable deployments and CI/CD where applicable.
- Provide regular status reporting and stakeholder communication; act as primary escalation point for delivery risks and issues.
- Manage third-party vendors and coordinate international stakeholders when required.
- Ensure delivery documentation training and knowledge transfer to operations and support teams.
- Minimum 7 years of IT/ERP project delivery experience; 8 years preferred.
- Demonstrated hands-on experience leading ERP implementations on one or more major ERP platforms (SAP Microsoft Dynamics NetSuite Oracle ERP Odoo ERPNext etc.).
- Proven track record of at least one successful production ERP go-live.
- Strong experience in scope schedule effort/budget resource risk issue dependency change-request and escalation management.
- Excellent written and verbal English communication and strong direct customer-facing skills.
- Willingness and ability to work onsite in Gandhinagar/Ahmedabad and to overlap with UK/US customer timezones.
- Preferred: Odoo implementation experience international customer-facing experience (USA/Europe/Middle East) valid US B1/B2 visa previous international onsite travel experience.
- Preferred certifications: PMP PRINCE2 Scrum Master SAFe ITIL or ERP vendor certifications.
- Domain experience desirable: manufacturing distribution retail supply chain accounting CRM or other ERP-intensive industries.
- ERP Implementation
- SAP
- Microsoft Dynamics
- NetSuite
- Oracle ERP
- Odoo
- ERPNext
- Project Management
- Scope Management
- Schedule Management
- Budget Management
- Resource Management
- Risk Management
- Issue Management
- Change Management
- Stakeholder Management
- Client-facing Communication
- Requirements Analysis
- Fit-Gap Analysis
- Configuration Management
- Data Migration
- Integration Management
- API Integration
- System Integration Testing (SIT)
- User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
- Cutover Planning
- Go-Live and Hypercare
- Production Support
- QA Management
- DevOps Coordination
- Agile Methodologies
- Scrum
- SAFe
- Waterfall Methodology
- Business Process Mapping
- Training and Knowledge Transfer
- Data Governance
- SQL
- Reporting and BI
- Vendor Management
- ITIL
- PMP
Required Skills:
ERP Implementation SAP Microsoft Dynamics NetSuite Oracle ERP Odoo ERPNext Project Management Scope Management Schedule Management Budget Management Resource Management Risk Management Issue Management Change Management Stakeholder Management Client-facing Communication Requirements Analysis Fit-Gap Analysis Configuration Management Data Migration Integration Management API Integration System Integration Testing (SIT) User Acceptance Testing (UAT) Cutover Planning Go-Live and Hypercare Production Support QA Management DevOps Coordination Agile Methodologies Scrum SAFe Waterfall Methodology Business Process Mapping Training and Knowledge Transfer Data Governance SQL Reporting and BI Vendor Management ITIL PMP