Technical SAP Project/Program manager

KPG99 INC is seeking a Technical SAP Project/Program Manager to lead the planning, execution, and delivery of SAP initiatives across the organization. This role involves shaping and executing the long-term SAP roadmap while ensuring alignment with business strategy and operational needs, collaborating closely with various stakeholders and external vendors.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the development, refinement, and execution of our SAP roadmap in partnership with IT leadership and business stakeholders
• Prioritize and document roadmap initiatives based on business value, resource capacity, and strategic alignment
• Ensure roadmap decisions consider integration points, technical dependencies, and long-term scalability
• Oversee planning, design, build, testing, deployment, and stabilization phases
• Own and enforce SAP delivery sequencing, ensuring foundational configuration (organizational structure, master data, finance controls) is completed before dependent workstreams begin
• Coordinate cross-functional teams internally (across IT, Finance, Supply Chain, Procurement, Tech Team) and externally
• Ensure project deliverables meet quality standards and business requirements
• Oversee SAP development activities, including customizations, enhancements, interfaces, and reports
• Ensure adherence to development standards, documentation, and change control processes
• Facilitate and document workshops, requirements sessions, and design reviews with business process owners
• Translate business needs into functional and technical SAP requirements and vice versa for reporting and tracking purposes
• Maintain strong relationships with business leaders to ensure alignment and adoption
• Act as the primary integration program lead across SAP, Arena, Prostep, and middleware platforms, managing cross-system dependencies, data readiness, and cutover alignment
• Identify and mitigate project risks, issues, and dependencies
• Manage scope changes through structured change control processes
• Ensure compliance with PMO governance, documentation standards, and audit requirements
• Coordinate with SAP implementation partners, consultants, and third-party vendors
• Monitor vendor performance, deliverables, and contract adherence
• Oversee integration testing, UAT, cutover planning, and go-live readiness
• Coordinate training materials, end-user documentation, and knowledge transfer
• Ensure smooth transition to support teams and post-go-live stabilization
• Facilitate SAP Steering Committee comprised of business leaders and executives
• Provide clear, consistent project and roadmap updates to leadership and stakeholders
• Maintain project dashboards and executive summaries
• Drive decision clarity and closure by defining decision criteria, documenting impacts, and preventing re-work caused by late or changing direction

Requirements:

• 5+ years of project management experience, with at least 3 years leading SAP projects
• Demonstrated experience developing and executing an SAP roadmap
• Demonstrated hands-on experience managing SAP S/4HANA implementations with the ability to assess readiness, sequencing, and risk without relying solely on vendor input
• SAP Delivery Sequencing & Dependency Expertise
• Proven ability to lead complex, multi-workstream projects
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder-management skills
• Experience in manufacturing, supply chain, or regulated industries
• Experience with Arena PLM, Onshape, and Prostep a plus
• SAP Activate certification, PMP, or PMI-ACP a plus