Senior SAP Project Manager, Eli lilly

Infosys

About The Position

Infosys is hiring a Senior SAP Project Manager for its Life Sciences unit to lead end-to-end SAP S/4HANA brownfield conversion programs in regulated pharmaceutical and life sciences environments. The role owns program delivery across business functions including Finance, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Quality, and Commercial, while ensuring compliance with GxP/CSV, SOX, FDA/UDI, and pharmaceutical quality standards. It also leads cutover strategy, planning, execution, and governance across business, IT, data, technical, and manufacturing teams and sites. The Project Manager leads the conversion lifecycle from discovery and planning through build, testing, cutover, hypercare, and stabilization. The role governs scope, budget, schedule, risks, dependencies, KPIs, and executive reporting; manages SAP Activate delivery; and coordinates cross-functional governance forums and steering committees. Brownfield work includes readiness and simplification assessments, custom code analysis and remediation, technical conversion coordination with BASIS and infrastructure teams, data conversion planning, and mock conversions. Cutover responsibilities include establishing strategy and governance, maintaining an integrated plan, leading mock cutovers and rehearsals, planning for downtime minimization, and coordinating regulatory, validation, manufacturing, distribution, and system-integration activities. The role runs the go-live command center, supports issue management and leadership communications, confirms deployment readiness, and leads the transition to hypercare. The position also involves defining project objectives and scope in alignment with business goals, coordinating sprint planning, managing client relationships, evaluating deliverables, mitigating risks, monitoring project economics and resources, supporting proposals, and developing team performance. The position may require relocation and/or travel to the work or project location. Infosys cannot provide immigration sponsorship for this role.

Requirements

At least one hands-on S/4HANA brownfield implementation; the preferred qualifications specify delivery of an end-to-end conversion in a global environment.
Deep SAP project management experience in regulated pharmaceutical or life sciences environments.
Experience leading end-to-end program delivery across business functions, including Finance, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Quality, and Commercial.
Knowledge of GxP/CSV, SOX, FDA/UDI, pharmaceutical quality standards, and regulated-system requirements.
Strong knowledge of SAP Activate and experience managing project scope, budgets, schedules, risks, dependencies, and executive reporting.
Proven system integrator management experience and leadership of distributed teams.
Extensive experience executing cutover cycles, mock conversions, downtime planning, and orchestration in complex global landscapes.
Experience with cutover strategy, governance, integrated planning, command-center execution, go-live, and hypercare.
Experience with SAP Readiness Check, Simplification Items, custom code analysis and remediation, sizing, and compatibility validation.
Familiarity with SUM/DMO, Maintenance Planner, Stack XML generation, dual maintenance, Fiori activation, and Business Partner conversion.
Experience coordinating data migration, data validation, reconciliation, and signoffs.
Ability to coordinate cross-functional teams and manage client and executive stakeholders.
Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent from an accredited institution, or three years of progressive specialty experience in lieu of each year of education.
Must be authorized to work in the United States for any employer without employer-based visa sponsorship; Infosys cannot provide sponsorship now or in the future.

Nice To Haves

Experience in life sciences, medical devices, or pharmaceuticals with GxP/CSV and SOX compliance.
Experience with hybrid Agile execution, including Scrum and Stage-Gate.
Experience across SAP modules FI/CO, MM, SD, PP, and QM; EWM, TM, and MDG are preferred.
PMP, Prince2, PMI-ACP, CSM/SAFe, or SAP Activate Project Manager certification.
Experience with SAP Signavio, Focused Build, SAP Cloud ALM/SolMan, or Tricentis Tosca.
Knowledge of serialization/UDI, labeling, and quality systems in medical devices or pharma.
Experience with data migration strategies and tools such as Migration Cockpit or Data Services, and with archiving.
Familiarity with security design, GRC, and segregation of duties in regulated environments.
Experience coordinating multi-region go-lives and downtime-minimization strategies.

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end SAP S/4HANA brownfield conversion delivery from discovery through stabilization.
Own program governance, including scope, budget, schedule, RAID, dependencies, KPIs, and executive reporting.
Manage SAP Activate delivery across project phases, including hybrid Agile and wave-based approaches.
Facilitate cross-functional governance forums, steering committees, and risk and escalation processes.
Drive readiness checks, simplification item evaluation, custom code analysis, sizing, and compatibility validation.
Coordinate technical conversions with BASIS and infrastructure teams, including SUM/DMO, Maintenance Planner, Stack XML generation, dual maintenance, and downtime planning.
Lead custom code remediation, Fiori activation, Business Partner conversion, data-object conversion strategy, and mock conversions.
Develop and govern the integrated cutover strategy and plan across business functions and global sites.
Coordinate cutover checkpoints, approvals, command-center structure, communications, business freezes, regulatory checkpoints, and system integrations.
Lead mock cutovers and dress rehearsals, evaluate readiness and performance, identify bottlenecks, and drive tuning with relevant teams.
Ensure GxP- and CSV-aligned cutover documentation, validation controls, audit trail controls, change approvals, and batch-impact assessments.
Manage data migration readiness, including cleansing, mapping, validation, testing, reconciliation, and signoffs.
Lead cutover command-center execution during go-live, coordinating teams, triaging and escalating issues, enforcing freeze periods and validation controls, and communicating progress to leadership.
Confirm deployment readiness and final cutover checklist signoff, and lead transition into hypercare.
Define project objectives and scope in alignment with business goals and coordinate sprint planning and stakeholder meetings.
Build and maintain relationships with mid-level and senior client representatives.
Evaluate project deliverables and promote methodologies and tools that improve execution and outcomes.
Develop project estimates, monitor budgets, optimize resource allocation, and support technical and commercial proposals.
Plan resource allocation, conduct performance appraisals, and facilitate professional development.