Senior SAP Project Manager, Eli lilly

Infosys•Indianapolis, IN

About The Position

The Senior SAP Project Manager will lead end-to-end SAP S/4HANA brownfield conversion programs in regulated pharmaceutical, life sciences, or medical-device environments. The role owns delivery across business functions including Finance, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Quality, and Commercial, while ensuring compliance with GxP/CSV, SOX, FDA/UDI, and pharmaceutical quality requirements. It includes program governance, stakeholder coordination, delivery oversight, budget and resource management, and executive reporting across global teams. The position leads the full conversion lifecycle, from discovery, planning, build, and testing through cutover, hypercare, and stabilization. Responsibilities include managing SAP Activate and hybrid Agile or wave-based delivery; coordinating readiness checks, simplification-item evaluation, custom-code analysis, technical conversion, data conversion, and multiple mock conversions; and working with BASIS and infrastructure teams on conversion activities and downtime planning. A major focus is cutover leadership across business functions and global sites. The role develops the cutover strategy and integrated plan, establishes governance and command-center operations, coordinates mock cutovers and dress rehearsals, and plans for downtime across manufacturing and distribution. It ensures that cutover documentation and execution align with validated-system requirements, regulatory controls, change approvals, audit trails, and applicable quality procedures. During go-live, the role coordinates execution teams, issue management, validation controls, milestone communications, and the transition to hypercare. The role also supports technical and commercial proposals, client relationships, team performance and development, and adoption of methods and tools that improve delivery outcomes. The position may require relocation and/or travel to the work or project location. Infosys does not provide immigration sponsorship for this role.

Requirements

Deep expertise leading SAP S/4HANA brownfield conversions in regulated pharmaceutical or life sciences environments.
Hands-on delivery of at least one S/4HANA brownfield implementation.
Experience delivering at least one end-to-end S/4HANA brownfield conversion in a global environment.
Experience leading complex ERP projects, including scope definition, resource allocation, and progress monitoring.
Strong knowledge of SAP Activate, RAID management, budget control, and executive communications.
Experience in life sciences, medical devices, or pharmaceuticals, including GxP/CSV and SOX compliance.
Proven experience managing system integrators and distributed teams.
Ability to lead hybrid Agile execution combining Scrum and Stage-Gate.
Familiarity with SUM/DMO, Simplification Items, Fiori, Business Partner conversion, and custom-code remediation.
Experience coordinating multiple SAP workstreams across core modules such as FI/CO, MM, SD, PP, and QM.
Experience with cutover cycles, mock conversions, downtime orchestration, and complex global landscapes.
Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent from an accredited institution; alternatively, three years of progressive experience in the specialty may substitute for each year of education.
Authorized to work in the United States for any employer without employer-based visa sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

Experience with EWM, TM, or MDG.
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

Define project objectives and scope in alignment with business goals, and deliver projects in collaboration with stakeholders.
Coordinate sprint planning and meetings with technical teams and stakeholders, and maintain relationships with mid-level and senior client representatives.
Evaluate project deliverables and drive adoption of methods and tools that improve project execution and outcomes.
Identify and mitigate risks, and work with quality assurance teams to embed quality planning into workflows and deliverables.
Develop project estimates, monitor budget performance, and optimize resource allocation.
Support preparation of technical and commercial proposals aligned with client needs and organizational capabilities.
Plan resource allocation, conduct performance appraisals, and facilitate professional development.
Lead the end-to-end S/4HANA brownfield conversion lifecycle from discovery through stabilization.
Own program governance, including scope, budget, schedule, RAID, dependencies, KPIs, and executive reporting.
Manage SAP Activate delivery across Discover, Prepare, Explore, Realize, Deploy, and Run, including hybrid Agile and wave-based delivery.
Facilitate cross-functional governance forums and steering committees, and manage risks and escalations.
Drive SAP Readiness Check, Simplification Item evaluation, custom-code analysis, sizing, and compatibility validation.
Oversee technical conversion activities 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, and conversion strategy for key data objects.
Coordinate multiple mock conversions, dry runs, and system preparation activities.
Lead the complete cutover lifecycle across business functions and global sites, and develop a strategy aligned with regulatory, GMP, and validated-system requirements.
Establish cutover governance, including checkpoints, approvals, command-center structure, and communication flows.
Develop and maintain an integrated cutover plan covering technical and functional activities, business freezes, regulatory and validation checkpoints, and integration tasks.
Plan for downtime minimization and coordinate downtime playbooks for manufacturing and distribution environments.
Lead mock cutovers and dress rehearsals, assess conversion duration, data readiness, dependencies, integration stability, and business-process continuity, and drive performance improvements.
Ensure cutover documentation aligns with GxP/CSV requirements, including validated procedures, audit-trail controls, change-control approvals, and batch-impact assessments.
Manage data migration workstreams, including cleansing, mapping, validation, mock-conversion testing, reconciliation, and signoffs.
Lead cutover-related data validation with Quality Assurance, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Finance.
Run the cutover command center during go-live, coordinating execution teams, issue triage and resolution, freeze periods, validation controls, and leadership communications.
Ensure deployment readiness and final cutover checklist signoff, and lead transition into hypercare.
Engage in planning and delivery of client-aligned projects, fostering team performance, learning, and innovation.