SAP PMO Project Manager

Lateral Insights•Great Falls, VA

1d•Remote

About The Position

The SAP PMO Project Manager will lead Wave 2, a complex, enterprise-wide SAP S/4HANA enhancement initiative involving PTC’s core business applications, interconnected systems, business processes, and stakeholders. The role requires coordinating multiple concurrent workstreams and technical and business dependencies, proactively identifying and mitigating risks, and working effectively with IT teams, business stakeholders, vendors, and executive leadership. The Project Manager will provide project governance, maintain accountability for deliverables, milestones, and budget estimates, and keep initiatives aligned with PTC’s strategic priorities, operational needs, and project management standards. The position is primarily remote, with onsite attendance required for one week per month as scheduled by PTC. Additional onsite attendance may be needed for in-person meetings, work sessions, planned implementations, or system issues. PTC’s cloud-based, multi-tiered, multi-client SAP environment includes SAP S/4HANA, SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC), SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP), SAP Datasphere, and SAP Service and Asset Manager (SSAM).

Requirements

At least 10 years of project management experience overseeing projects of varying sizes and subject matter, including integration, scope, schedule, communications, vendor management, and risk planning and management.
Demonstrated experience managing high-profile vendors across on-premises and cloud technology environments.
Experience managing Enterprise Business Solutions projects, particularly SAP/ERP implementations, enhancements, and integrations.
Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
Experience managing multi-year projects.
Strong leadership, conflict management, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
Expert-level knowledge and extensive experience developing and maintaining integrated project plans using Microsoft Project and/or Microsoft Project Online.
Excellent written and verbal communication, coordination, and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

Manage and coordinate internal and/or external personnel involved in multiple IT projects of varying complexity.
Develop and maintain project artifacts in accordance with PTC’s project management standards, procedures, templates, and methodologies.
Build and maintain detailed, integrated project plans and schedules covering task-level details, deliverables, milestones, cross-functional dependencies, and critical paths.
Develop, estimate, monitor, and maintain project cost plans throughout the project lifecycle.
Plan and schedule resources, ensuring appropriate resources are allocated and available when needed.
Forecast resource requirements and support capacity planning, providing visibility into resourcing needs and enabling proactive corrective actions.
Establish and maintain project governance, including roles, responsibilities, escalation paths, and decision-making processes.
Collaborate with business owners and analysts to define, validate, and refine project scope.
Manage project initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and controlling, and closure.
Conduct lessons-learned sessions during and after project completion to identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
Develop and maintain productive working relationships with technology teams, business owners, project sponsors, vendors, and client stakeholders.
Coordinate with System Integrator Project Managers to align activities and manage dependencies across interconnected projects.
Manage project documentation and artifacts, including required reviews, approvals, and signoffs.
Adhere to the PTC PMO Playbook and associated project management standards, processes, and referenced artifacts.