PMO Project Manager

Data-Core System, Inc.•Middletown, PA

14h

About The Position

Data-Core Systems, Inc. is seeking a PMO Project Manager for its Consulting team. The PM will manage Wave 2 of a client’s SAP S/4HANA ERP upgrade program. Following the client’s migration to SAP S/4HANA under Wave 1, Wave 2 will optimize and enhance the environment by restoring functionality affected by the migration, improving existing and newly introduced capabilities, resolving backlog items, implementing targeted improvements, establishing a formal AI roadmap for the SAP landscape, and addressing regulatory and mandated changes. The work is intended to deliver measurable business value while maintaining governance over funding, resources, scope, and delivery. The role also coordinates related development activities and workstreams, including resource strategy, data archiving, cloud provider and landscape considerations, integrated schedules, scope management, and coordination with subject matter experts. The client’s complex cloud-based, multi-tier, multi-client SAP environment includes SAP S/4HANA, SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP Business Data Cloud, SAP Business Technology Platform, SAP Datasphere, and SAP Service and Asset Manager, along with numerous internal and external system integrations. The PM will manage multiple concurrent workstreams and dependencies, coordinate with IT teams, business stakeholders, vendors, system integrators, and executive leadership, and provide strong project governance and accountability for deliverables, milestones, and budget estimates. The position covers the full project lifecycle, from initiation through closure, and requires keeping initiatives aligned with strategic priorities, operational needs, and established project management standards.

Requirements

At least 10 years of project or project management experience across projects of varying sizes and subject matter.
Experience planning and managing integration, scope, schedule, communications, vendors, and risks.
Experience managing high-profile vendors in on-premises and cloud environments.
Experience managing Enterprise Business Solutions projects, specifically SAP/ERP projects.
Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
Experience with multi-year projects.
Strong leadership, conflict management, and negotiation skills.
Expert-level knowledge and extensive experience creating and maintaining integrated plans in MS Project and/or MS Project Online.
Excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills.
Ability to manage multiple concurrent workstreams, technical and business dependencies, and project risks while coordinating with IT teams, business stakeholders, vendors, and executive leadership.

Nice To Haves

ServiceNow experience in Idea, Project, and Demand modules.
Knowledge of ITIL/ITSM practices and methodologies.
ERP implementation and transformation experience.

Responsibilities

Manage and coordinate internal and external staff working on multiple IT projects of varying complexity.
Develop and maintain project artifacts using the client’s or other established project management standards, procedures, templates, and methodologies.
Build and maintain a detailed integrated project plan and schedule, including task-level details, deliverables, milestones, cross-functional dependencies, and the critical path.
Estimate and maintain project cost plans throughout all project phases.
Plan and schedule resources efficiently, ensuring appropriate resources are available for project activities when needed.
Forecast and support resource capacity planning, providing foresight to enable timely corrective action.
Establish a project governance framework with defined roles, responsibilities, escalation paths, and decision-making processes.
Coordinate with business owners and analysts to define and refine project scope.
Perform project management throughout initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and controlling, and closing.
Conduct lessons-learned sessions during and after projects and identify recommendations for improvement.
Maintain productive working relationships with technology staff, business owners, project sponsors, vendors, and key clients.
Coordinate project activities with System Integrator Project Managers, including interrelated projects in the client’s landscape.
Manage project artifacts, including signoffs.
Adhere to the client’s IT PMO Playbook and referenced artifacts.
Coordinate Wave 2 workstreams and dependencies, including resource strategy, data archiving, cloud provider and landscape considerations, integrated schedules, scope, and SME coordination.
Manage program governance over funding, resources, scope, delivery, deliverables, milestones, and budget estimations.