Project Managers plan organize and manage some or all aspects of a project such as project initiation project planning project and project closure. Projects will vary in complexity duration approach and technology.
Responsibilities:
- Primary ownership of the project Deliverables. Provide day to day direction to the
- project team;
- Manage and control project scope and strategic aspects of the project;
- Manage the project resources associated work plans and dependencies;
- Manage the overall integration of all project teams work efforts;
- Ensure that project team has properly qualified resources on the project;
- Review and approve selected project Deliverables;
- Manage and expedite issue resolution;
- Monitor budget to actual project expenditures headcount Deliverable completion and
- milestones;
- Communicate with steering committee project sponsor and business process owners;
- Identify track and report project performance metrics;
- Identify and help remove barriers to team performance;
Qualifications:
- Minimum of five 5 years of experience managing Information Technology projects
- Valid PMP Certification or Prince2 Practitioner certification
- Expertise in project lifecycles and project planning including resource cost and schedule estimation
- Experience working on a project within a largescale program requiring integration with other projects and adherence to an overall program strategy and
- Experience working on large Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementation projects Experience developing business cases.
- Experience planning and managing projects in a Public Sector organization
- Experience managing project utilizing a large system integration vendor
- Experience managing multiple projects concurrently
- Experience managing multiple vendors concurrently
- Excellent interpersonal and listening skills
- Strong facilitation skills
- Strong analysis and problem resolution skills
- Strong communication skills; oral written and presentation
It is preferred that the Resource has the following qualifications or experience:
- SAP project management experience in one or all of the following areas: S4HANA Ariba Fieldglass SuccessFactors
- Strong exposure to SAP Activate Methodology in a Hybrid Agile delivery approach
- Solid understanding of the SAP landscape modules and terminology
Ability to liaise between SAP & System Integrator consultants and Business SMEs to ensure requirements are met while ensuring the adoption of best practice is maintained