SAP Program Manager

• Define the overarching program vision goals and roadmap
  
• Develop the business case to justify and gain sponsorship for the program
  
• Create a program management plan covering scope schedule resources risks and governance
  
• Determine interdependencies between projects and sequence workstreams logically
  

• Identify key stakeholders both internal (e.g. project managers functional leaders) and external (vendors partners)
  
• Set clear expectations among sponsors steering committees and project teams
  
• Communicate program status milestones issues and change requests effectively across stakeholders
  
• Manage stakeholder interests and resolve conflicts
  

• Define program governance framework including steering committee meetings status reporting change control processes etc
  
• Continuously monitor project health interdependencies resource allocation and risk mitigation activities
  
• Provide consolidated reporting and analysis on schedule budget scope performance
  
• Identify program level risks and implement mitigation strategies
  
• Lead program change control and incorporate alterations from projects
  

• Build a high performing program management office team with appropriate structure and staffing
  
• Coach motivate and support project managers to enable their success
  
• Promote collaboration best practice sharing and issue escalation between project managers
  
• Define templates tools and standards for consistent project delivery
  

• Ensure initiatives align to strategic goals and help drive expected business outcomes
  
• Develop success criteria metrics and benefits realization plan
  
• Track and report on realization of benefits across program lifecycle
  
• Institute processes for incorporating lessons learned and best practices after program closure
  

Requirements

• 18 Years of experience individual responsible for managing multiple related projects to achieve a strategic objective on time and within budget. Whereas project managers focus on the execution of individual projects
  
• Strategic thinking: Ability to connect initiatives to overarching business goals and develop longterm vision/roadmaps
  
• Stakeholder management: Skilled at communicating with diverse stakeholders setting expectations and driving consensus
  
• Leadership: Strong at enabling teams managing performance resolving issues and influencing without authority
  
• Program governance: Adept at implementing processes for schedule/budget tracking risk monitoring and change control
  
• Problemsolving: Logical thinker able to troubleshoot program bottlenecks and guide interdependent projects
  
• Technical knowledge: Understands project delivery approaches to provide oversight across complex initiatives
  

• Define the overarching program vision, goals, and roadmap
  
• Develop the business case to justify and gain sponsorship for the program
  
• Create a program management plan covering scope, schedule, resources, risks and governance
  
• Determine interdependencies between projects and sequence workstreams logically
  

• Identify key stakeholders both internal (e.g. project managers, functional leaders) and external (vendors, partners)
  
• Set clear expectations among sponsors, steering committees and project teams
  
• Communicate program status, milestones, issues and change requests effectively across stakeholders
  
• Manage stakeholder interests and resolve conflicts
  

• Define program governance framework including steering committee meetings, status reporting, change control processes etc
  
• Continuously monitor project health, interdependencies, resource allocation and risk mitigation activities
  
• Provide consolidated reporting and analysis on schedule, budget, scope performance
  
• Identify program level risks and implement mitigation strategies
  
• Lead program change control and incorporate alterations from projects
  

• Build a high performing program management office team with appropriate structure and staffing
  
• Coach, motivate and support project managers to enable their success
  
• Promote collaboration, best practice sharing and issue escalation between project managers
  
• Define templates, tools and standards for consistent project delivery
  

• Ensure initiatives align to strategic goals and help drive expected business outcomes
  
• Develop success criteria, metrics and benefits realization plan
  
• Track and report on realization of benefits across program lifecycle
  
• Institute processes for incorporating lessons learned and best practices after program closure
  

Requirements

• 18+ Years of experience, individual responsible for managing multiple related projects to achieve a strategic objective on time and within budget. Whereas project managers focus on the execution of individual projects
  
• Strategic thinking: Ability to connect initiatives to overarching business goals and develop long-term vision/roadmaps
  
• Stakeholder management: Skilled at communicating with diverse stakeholders, setting expectations and driving consensus
  
• Leadership: Strong at enabling teams, managing performance, resolving issues and influencing without authority
  
• Program governance: Adept at implementing processes for schedule/budget tracking, risk monitoring and change control
  
• Problem-solving: Logical thinker able to troubleshoot program bottlenecks and guide interdependent projects
  
• Technical knowledge: Understands project delivery approaches to provide oversight across complex initiatives