Schneider Electric

Principal, Digital Project Manager

Schneider Electric Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Automation Machinery Manufacturing · 10,001+ employees

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About the role

The Senior Project Manager will lead large-scale SAP S/4HANA transformation programs, ensuring delivery within scope, schedule, budget, and quality. Responsibilities include managing global cross-functional teams, overseeing migration activities, and driving stakeholder alignment through effective governance.

What they look for

SAP S/4HANA Project Management Program Management SAP Activate Governance Budgeting Stakeholder Management Data Migration System Integration Change Control Vendor Management Risk Management Agile SAFe Leadership Strategic Planning

Requirements

Candidates must have over 13 years of project management experience, including at least 8 years specifically in SAP S/4HANA migrations or implementations. A degree in engineering, IT, or business is required, along with professional certifications such as PMP, Prince2, or SAP Activate.

Full description

Senior Project Manager – SAP Transformation

Position: Senior Project Manager – SAP S/4 HANA Migration

Experience Required: 13+ years in Project/Program Management

SAP Experience: 8+ years leading SAP S/4HANA migrations (ECC → S/4 Private/Public Cloud) or Greenfield implementations

Role Overview

The Senior Project Manager will lead large-scale SAP transformation programs, including ECC-to-S/4HANA migrations. The PM ensures delivery within scope, schedule, budget, and quality.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead SAP S/4HANA migration programs ensuring timely, high-quality delivery.
  • Define project charter, scope, WBS, governance, RAID logs, and documentation.
  • Ensure adherence to KPIs—scope, schedule, cost, quality, resources.
  • Drive steering committee updates and stakeholder alignment.
  • Lead SAP migration activities including discovery, fit-gap, build, deployment.
  • Manage integrations, data migration, SIT/UAT cycles.
  • Identify risks and implement mitigation plans.
  • Own change control for scope, timeline, and budgets.
  • Lead global cross-functional teams and vendors.
  • Manage project budgets, forecasts, SOWs, and vendor performance.
  • Oversee cutover, go-live readiness, and post-go-live support.

Required Skills

  • 13+ years of project/program management experience.
  • 8+ years SAP S/4HANA migration/implementation experience.
  • Strong expertise in SAP Activate and SAP lifecycle.
  • Excellent governance, planning, budgeting, reporting.
  • Strong understanding of integrations and data migration.
  • Experience in managing global projects/programs with senior leadership.
  • Excellent communication, analytical, and leadership skills.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in engineering, IT, Business.
  • PMP, Prince2, SAP Activate, Agile/SAFe preferred.
  • Experience in global, multi-region project rollouts.

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