Sap Project Manager

Zensar Technologies Limited is seeking an experienced SAP Project Manager to own the delivery of complex S/4HANA upgrade and migration initiatives. The role will involve shaping transition strategies, governing projects with SAP Activate, coordinating cross-functional teams, and ensuring successful cut-over and hyper-care across on-premise, RISE or hyperscaler environments., * Own end-to-end delivery of S/4HANA upgrade and migration projects, including scope, plan, budget, quality and go-live.

• Conduct SAP Readiness Check, custom code analysis, simplification item review and assess add-on/interface compatibility.
• Define transition approach (brownfield, greenfield, selective) with architects and client stakeholders.
• Plan and govern projects using SAP Activate methodology with hybrid Agile/Waterfall controls.
• Manage mock conversions, data migration cycles, reconciliation, dress rehearsals and cut-over planning.
• Lead go-live execution, downtime optimisation, go/no-go decisions and hyper-care support.
• Coordinate functional, technical, Basis and testing teams across onshore/offshore and third-party vendors.
• Track and report RAID, milestones, financials and change requests to steering committees.
• Manage stakeholder relationships, escalations and contract scope with SAP, vendors and client leadership.
• Ensure comprehensive testing strategy (unit, SIT, regression, UAT, performance) and obtain sign-offs.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, IT, Business or equivalent.
• PMP, PRINCE2 or equivalent project management certification (SAP Activate PM certification a plus).
• Led at least two full ECC*S/4HANA migrations (brownfield, greenfield or selective) to go-live as Project Manager.
• Led at least one S/4HANA version upgrade (e.g., 1909/2020 to 2022/2023) to go-live.
• Hands-on experience with conversion tools: Readiness Check, Simplification Item Check, SUM with DMO, ATC custom code checks.
• Proven data migration expertise using Migration Cockpit/LTMC, multiple mock loads, reconciliation and cut-over ownership.
• Experience managing programmes of $5 M+ or multi-country rollouts on-premise, RISE with SAP or hyperscaler platforms.
• Strong understanding of core SAP modules (FI/CO, MM, SD, PP, EWM) and cross-module integration.
• Ability to manage budgets, resources and vendors across onshore/offshore models; proficient with MS Project/Jira and SAP Solution Manager or SAP Cloud ALM.
• Excellent communication skills with C-level executives and steering committees; prior functional or technical SAP consulting background is desirable.