Packaged Application Development Senior Manager

Packaged Application Development Senior Manager (Accenture LLP; Houston, TX): Accenture LLP has multiple openings for the position of Packaged Application Development Senior Manager in Houston, TX, and the job duties are as follows:

• Manage project execution to ensure adherence to budget, schedule, and scope.
• Develop or update project plans for information technology projects, including project objectives, technologies, systems, information specifications, schedules, funding, and staffing.
• Analyze, design, build, and test new components or enhancements to existing modules.
• Develop system specifications and interfaces for complex components.
• Create operational documentation for applications.
• Maintain applications according to SLAs.
• Develop testing plans.
• Work across the Service Delivery Lifecycle on engineering solutions for new system rollouts, major/minor enhancements, and/or ongoing maintenance of existing applications.
• Provide solutions to complex business problems, which are then implemented by the team.
• Act independently to determine methods and procedures on new assignments.
• Manage large teams and/or work efforts.
• Conduct project and issue management (status reporting, issue reporting, ETC/budget reporting) for assigned scope of work.
• Participate in setting strategic direction to establish near-term goals for area of responsibility.
• Interact with client and/or Accenture senior management, which involves negotiating or influencing significant project matters.
• Have latitude in decision-making and determining objectives and approaches to critical assignments., Accenture is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for persons with disabilities or religious observances, including reasonable accommodation when needed. If you are hired by Accenture and require accommodation to perform the essential functions of your role, you will be asked to participate in our reasonable accommodation process. Accommodations made to facilitate the recruiting process are not a guarantee of future or continued accommodations once hired.

Must have a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Technology, Computer Information Systems, Computer Applications, Engineering, or related field, plus 7 years of experience (of which 5 years must be progressive post-baccalaureate experience) in the IT consulting industry.

Must have 7 years of experience in each of the following:

• Developing detailed functional specifications, and configuring SAP S/4HANA modules including Manufacturing Execution (MES), Production Planning (PP), and Extending Warehouse Management (EWM);
• Leading requirement gathering and localization workshops, translating business needs into SAP SCM solutions;
• Working closely with business stakeholders and guiding onshore/offshore developers, ensuring quality delivery using DevOps practices;
• Designing and executing testing cycles, leading quality reviews with ALM and Azure DevOps (ADO) tools;
• Managing full project lifecycle using Agile, ADM, PPSM, and Compressive methodologies; and
• Engaging with senior stakeholders, handling scope and change management, and delivering sustainable, innovative SAP solutions.

Must have willingness and ability to travel domestically approximately 80% of the time to meet client needs.

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