SAP Technical Transformation Project Leader (Cincinnati, OH)

Procter & Gamble

78d • $132,200 - $198,400

About The Position

The Procter & Gamble U.S. Business Services Company is seeking a SAP Technical Transformation Project Leader (Cincinnati, OH) to define, document, drive, report, and manage infrastructure improvement projects as a delivery leader, and operational acceptance of solutions deployed into production. Maintain tight linkage with SAP Center of Excellence Team, Cloud Operations and SCPT programs for the future development of tools and technology improvements. Implement enterprise-class platforms transformations for all SAP environments and on-premise tools/platforms. Be ultimately accountable for budget and execution of infrastructure service projects in a safe, effective and documented manner while limiting risk to production environments. Serve as liaison between various teams of GBS Service Lines, Operations, InfoSec, IT Governance, Engineering, SAP CTE, Cloud Ops to deliver platforms needs aligned with strategy as well as with security policies which strike the right balance between achieving our business objectives and securing the enterprise. Ensure that platform evolution includes sunsetting of platforms that provide duplicate capabilities. Drive automation of platforms capabilities wherever possible to accelerate business results, minimize needed human intervention, and correct outages as they emerge. Ensure Project/change managers involved with the cloud Based solutions meet all ‘release to Operations’/change management process. Ensure speed to market of changes (i.e. meet Business requirements as fast as possible) while deploying new services. Enable new technology introduction to meet business needs. Coordinate and supervise the daily activities of assigned project team members and/or business representatives as appropriate. Manage internal issues escalated from the team to remove barriers preventing them from performing their assigned activities. Ensure proper, timely communication to the project board. Local telecommuting permitted up to 2 days per week. 30% domestic travel and 15% international travel required to conduct technical workshops and business meetings.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Electronics and Computer Engineering, or related field.
• 8 years of experience connected to a variety of SAP product components and platforms.
• 5 years of experience in an IT Project Management or related position.
• Experience in leading medium to large SAP infrastructure related initiatives.
• Experience directing project schedules, budgets, and timelines.
• Experience leading medium to large SAP Cloud Migration Projects.
• Experience overseeing large SAP Platforms and SAP infrastructure.
• Experience with multiple SAP components such as ECC, BW, HANA, etc.
• Experience with SAP Basis tasks including Change Management processes.
• Ability to inform and instruct verbally and via training blocks.
• Experience interacting on all levels within Corporate IT management.
• Experience coordinating multiple vendors and technical teams.
• Knowledge of IT Project management including SCRUM, Agile, and DevOps.
• Understanding of ITIL work processes and cyber security mitigation techniques.
• Ability to train less experienced project managers.

Nice To Haves

• 2 years of work experience in lieu of the degree requirement.
• Any suitable combination of education, training, or experience.

Responsibilities

• Define, document, drive, report, and manage infrastructure improvement projects.
• Maintain linkage with SAP Center of Excellence Team, Cloud Operations, and SCPT programs.
• Implement enterprise-class platform transformations for all SAP environments.
• Accountable for budget and execution of infrastructure service projects.
• Serve as liaison between various teams to deliver platform needs aligned with strategy.
• Ensure platform evolution includes sunsetting of duplicate capability platforms.
• Drive automation of platform capabilities to accelerate business results.
• Ensure project/change managers meet all release to Operations/change management processes.
• Ensure speed to market of changes while deploying new services.
• Coordinate and supervise daily activities of assigned project team members.
• Manage internal issues escalated from the team.
• Ensure proper, timely communication to the project board.

Benefits

• Salary + bonus (if applicable) + benefits.
• Total rewards offerings including compensation decisions based on various factors.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees