S4 Hana Sr Program Manager

S4 Hana Sr Program Manager

Location: San Jose

As a member of the S4H Program Team this Program Manager will be responsible for driving and collaborating with cross functional teams the PMO team and program leadership on the successful delivery of the program to transition from SAP ECC to SAP S4 HANA

This role requires working at the workstream level and PMO (program management office) level based on program needs

1. PMO level:
   1. Understands overall program scope and deliverable map against release timeline
   2. Manages program governance including program advisory board operating committee and steering committee scheduling planning execution actions and communications
   3. Operates as a triage lead to accelerate discussions actions and decisions for top priority items in collaboration with vendor partners and Adobe
2. Workstream level (Data Migration and Platform/Security/Controls/Audit):
   1. Understands overall scope and deliverables map against release timeline
   2. Support coordination of work efforts and management of critical path key dependencies
   3. Work with business and technical resources to understand status of work efforts and impact to the program in order to move delivery forward
   4. Drive resolution of risks issues and decisions and escalate to governance forums as needed

Deliverables

• PMO Level:
  • Governance committees meeting material
  • Governance committees communication
  • Triage plans and decision documents
• Workstream Level:
  • Status reports
  • RAID log
  • Issue & risk escalation
  • Work plan

Requirements

1. 710 years of Program Management experience (understanding/working on large endtoend programs)
2. Experience managing projects from requirements gathering and design development across multiple Scrum Teams preparation and execution of Testing go live preparation and transition to support activities
3. Drive project execution by monitoring project status gathering stakeholder responses and needs monitoring project scope and progress to plan
4. Must be a quick learner who can connect the dots
5. Personality and presence to interact effectively with team members through executivelevel stakeholders
6. Program/Project management experience using a formal methodology including Agile scrum Waterfall
7. Proven ability to manage complex project plans scope schedule cost quality stakeholder communication staffing risks and issues
8. Ability to multitask between concurrent assignments prioritize effectively and adapt quickly to changing priorities assignments and roles
9. Able to work well under pressure in a fastpaced environment
10. Creative and proactive problem solver selfmotivated with ability to work well in teams and crossdepartments
11. Advanced skills in SharePoint JIRA MS Office Excel and PowerPoint (Workfront experience is a plus)