Senior IT Project Manager

Kontoor Brands, Inc.•USCA > USA > North Carolina > Remote - KBI, NC

8d•Remote

About The Position

The Senior IT Project Manager, Project Management Office is accountable for leading large, complex and high-impact IT projects or multi-workstream programs that span business functions, regions, platforms and external partners. The role establishes the delivery strategy and governance model, integrates business and technology plans, and drives executive alignment on scope, investment, sequencing, risks and outcomes. The successful candidate must bring substantial SAP project management experience, particularly leading cross-regional SAP initiatives or delivering SAP transformation programs in a consulting or systems-integration environment. The role operates with substantial autonomy, anticipates cross-program implications, resolves ambiguity and leads recovery where delivery is at risk.

Requirements

Leadership of large, complex IT projects or multi-workstream programs across regions and functions
End-to-end SAP project management, including cross-regional SAP implementations or SAP transformation delivery in a consulting or systems-integration environment
Executive governance, financial management, consulting/vendor leadership and program recovery
Integration, testing, cutover and deployment leadership across multiple teams and geographies
Wholesale, retail, apparel or consumer products industry
Enterprise on Prem / Cloud data warehouse systems (e.g, Snowflake, Databricks, Synapse, SAP SAC .. etc.)

Nice To Haves

Cross-regional SAP program leadership and executive influence
Integrated planning, financial control and dependency management
Consulting and systems-integrator delivery management
Enterprise risk management, negotiation and delivery recovery
Coaching, governance design and PMO capability building
Global Agility – Leads diverse teams, adapts amidst ambiguity
Purposeful Integrity – Leads with values, earns team’s trust, handles conflicts ethically
Strategic Foresight – Connects teamwork to business strategy
Customer Centric Innovation – Leads improvements rooted in customer needs
Urgency for Impact – Drive priorities forward with pace and purpose
Bold Accountability – Set high standards and model responsibility
Empowered Collaboration – Builds inclusive teams, collaborates across functions

Responsibilities

Lead complex, cross-functional and multi-regional projects or programs from business case and mobilization through deployment, stabilization and benefits transition.
Lead cross-regional SAP implementation or transformation projects, coordinating business process, functional, technical, data, integration, testing, cutover and deployment teams across countries and time zones.
Define the project plans, governance structure, critical path, budget and resource model across multiple workstreams and suppliers
Direct program-level RAID, dependency, scope and change control; identify systemic risks and drive mitigation or recovery plans before milestones are affected.
Provide executive-level reporting with forward-looking insights, decisions required, scenario analysis and clear accountability for outcomes.
Partner with senior business and IT leaders to clarify outcomes, evaluate options and trade-offs, secure decisions and maintain alignment to strategic priorities.
Lead consulting partners, systems integrators and vendors against contractual deliverables, quality expectations, financial controls and integrated delivery commitments.
Coach project managers, establish delivery standards and contribute to portfolio prioritization, capacity planning and continuous improvement of the PMO.