SAP Project Manager / SAP Program Manager

We are seeking an experienced SAP Project Manager with strong expertise in SAP S/4HANA conversion, migration, and transformation programs. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record managing complex SAP implementations and S/4HANA conversion initiatives, coordinating cross-functional technical and functional teams, and ensuring successful delivery across scope, schedule, budget, quality, and risk. Experience supporting Aerospace & Defense organizations is highly preferred, particularly within highly regulated, security-sensitive, or government-contracting environments., * Lead end-to-end SAP S/4HANA conversion and migration projects, from assessment and planning through execution, testing, cutover, go-live, and post-production stabilization.

• Manage SAP ECC to S/4HANA conversion programs, including system conversion, data migration, integration, custom-code remediation, testing, and technical readiness activities.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans covering scope, milestones, dependencies, resources, deliverables, risks, issues, and budgets.
• Coordinate SAP technical and functional workstreams including Basis, ABAP, Security, Finance, Supply Chain, Procurement, Manufacturing, and integration teams.
• Work closely with SAP Basis and infrastructure teams on S/4HANA system landscape planning, environment readiness, upgrades, migrations, performance, and production cutover.
• Oversee data migration activities, including data extraction, transformation, cleansing, validation, reconciliation, and migration execution.
• Coordinate custom code analysis and remediation activities to ensure existing SAP developments are compatible with the S/4HANA target environment.
• Manage integration activities across SAP and non-SAP applications using APIs, middleware, interfaces, IDocs, RFCs, and other integration technologies.
• Establish and manage testing strategies, including unit, system integration, regression, performance, security, and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Lead cutover planning and execution, including dress rehearsals, migration sequencing, downtime planning, rollback procedures, go-live readiness, and hypercare.
• Identify and proactively manage project risks, technical issues, dependencies, and change requests, escalating critical items to executive stakeholders as required.
• Partner with business stakeholders, technical teams, SAP leadership, vendors, and system integrators to ensure alignment on project objectives and deliverables.
• Manage project governance, including Steering Committee meetings, status reporting, RAID logs, executive dashboards, resource planning, and milestone tracking.
• Ensure project deliverables comply with applicable security, regulatory, quality, audit, and organizational standards.
• Drive Agile/Waterfall project methodologies as appropriate and facilitate project planning, sprint/release planning, status meetings, and stakeholder reviews.

• Experience managing large-scale SAP S/4HANA transformation or conversion programs.
• Strong understanding of SAP technical architecture and dependencies across SAP functional modules.
• Experience coordinating multiple SAP workstreams and geographically distributed teams.
• Aerospace & Defense industry experience is highly preferred.
• Experience working in regulated, government, defense, or security-sensitive environments is a plus.
• Strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills.
• PMP, SAP Activate, or comparable project management certification is preferred., The ideal candidate is a Senior SAP Project Manager / SAP Program Manager who combines strong project leadership with enough SAP technical depth to manage S/4HANA conversion and migration teams effectively. Key Focus: SAP Project Management + S/4HANA Conversion + Migration + SAP Technical Architecture + Cutover/Go-Live + Risk Management + Aerospace & Defense.