Project Manager: SAP HANA

Introduction
In this role, you'll work in one of our IBM Consulting Client Innovation Centers (Delivery Centers), where we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients around the world. Our delivery centers offer our clients locally based skills and technical expertise to drive innovation and adoption of new technology.

A career in IBM Consulting embraces long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe.
You will work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio, including IBM Software and Red Hat.
Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation to success in IBM Consulting. In your role, you will be supported by mentors and coaches who will encourage you to challenge the norm, investigate ideas outside of your role, and produce creative solutions resulting in groundbreaking impact for a wide network of clients. Our culture of evolution and empathy centers on long-term career growth and learning opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique skills and experience.

Your Role and Responsibilities
As a consultant you will serve as a client-facing practitioner who leads and implements expert services utilizing the breadth of IBM's offerings and technologies. A successful Consultant is regarded by clients as a trusted business advisor who collaborates to provide innovative solutions used to solve the most challenging business problems.
You will work on projects that help clients integrate strategy, process, technology, and information to increase effectiveness, reduce costs and improve profit and shareholder value. You can take advantage of opportunities to master new skills, work across different disciplines, move into new challenges and develop a robust understanding of different industries.

Your primary responsibilities include:

• You will collaborate closely with our clients and demonstrate professional knowledge to ensure that the work products and delivery are of the highest level to ensure client satisfaction.
• Delivery advisory services to the IT Function of organizations: CIO/CTO/CDO
• Lead large-scale, global work streams requiring specific knowledge of SAP within your functional or industry area of expertise.
• Leading teams of junior on-shore and off-shore resources to mobilize and deliver SAP solutions with Go-to-Market activities.
• Deconstruct key business problems to identify value areas and structure and implement complex technology solutions for clients around SAP solutions.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Overall industry experience of 12+ years and 10+ years of SAP experience in applicable module(s) - including complete project life-cycle experience as well as maintenance and enhancement responsibilities.
• Managed minimum e-2-e full life cycle implementation of S/4 HANA Greenfield and at least 1 S/4 HANA brownfield projects through all relevant stages of the systems lifecycle from project initiation through to project closure and review.
• Lead complex S/4 HANA projects, effective resource planning, technical leadership, and management. There is also enormous potential for you to drive through improvements.
• Deliver advisory services in support of technology-enabled business change (integrator selection, vendor selection, application studies, solution architecture, or program diagnostics and recovery)
• Independently plans installs, integrates, and validates systems software and hardware solutions, Leads technical change implementation across environments.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• PMP Certified (Project Management Professional)
• Experience in onsite-offshore delivery model, Craft creative and differentiated SAP HANA offerings, staying relevant and coordinated with market changes and innovations.
• Tried work in full life-cycle implementations and validated project management capability required.