Project Manager - SAP Customer Innovation Services

 We help the world run better

At SAP, we enable you to bring out your best. Our company culture is focused on collaboration and a shared passion to help the world run better. How? We focus every day on building the foundation for tomorrow and creating a workplace that embraces differences, values flexibility, and is aligned to our purpose-driven and future-focused work. We offer a highly collaborative, caring team environment with a strong focus on learning and development, recognition for your individual contributions, and a variety of benefit options for you to choose from.

What you'll do:

As a Project Manager, you will engage in the full lifecycle of customer projects. Your responsibilities will grow in stages, starting with these key tasks:

Development Methodology Expertise:

• Master the development methodology and act as its ambassador for the development teams.
• Ensure adherence to best practices and standardized procedures to enhance project outcomes.

Reporting and Compliance:

• Track and report project status regularly to stakeholders.
• Update cost forecasts and handle invoicing.
• Maintain compliance with internal and external regulations.

Team Collaboration:

• Sparring with senior project managers to gain guidance.

Successful Project Delivery:

• Coordinate projects with customers based in Americas and other regions.
• Together with your team, ensure the project's successful delivery, meeting the scope, time, quality and budgetary requirements.

Customer and Stakeholder Communication:

• Serve as the first point of contact for both the customer and management.
• Discuss project setup requirements with customers and align on milestones and next steps.
• Facilitate regular communication to keep all parties informed and engaged.
• Negotiation project scope with customer

By taking on these responsibilities, you will play a vital role in delivering successful projects and growing your project management skills.

What you bring:

• Work Experience: Well experienced

• Working Style: Highly self-motivated, well-organized, self-driven and independent

• Quality Standards: Passionate about working with and implementing quality standards, including methodologies and security protocols

• Problem Solving: Enjoy blockers and issues, resolving them efficiently
• Team Collaboration: Comfortable reaching out to and coordinating with virtual teams and team members

• Continuous Learning: Enthusiastic about learning and maintaining a continuous learning mindset

• Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English. Strong empathy for both customer and team as basis for effective negotiation
• PMP Certification is a plus.

Team Description:

Customer Innovation Services CIS (former IBSO) is the strategic RISE with SAP enabler, delivering differentiated innovations for our customers leveraging the SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) and Business AI, focusing on a clean core approach.

The team delivers customized business applications tailored to individual customer needs, complementing Standard SAP solutions, on a project-by-project basis.

​Bring out your best

SAP innovations help more than four hundred thousand customers worldwide work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively. Originally known for leadership in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, SAP has evolved to become a market leader in end-to-end business application software and related services for database, analytics, intelligent technologies, and experience management. As a cloud company with two hundred million users and more than one hundred thousand employees worldwide, we are purpose-driven and future-focused, with a highly collaborative team ethic and commitment to personal development. Whether connecting global industries, people, or platforms, we help ensure every challenge gets the solution it deserves. At SAP, you can bring out your best.

We win with inclusion

SAP’s culture of inclusion, focus on health and well-being, and flexible working models help ensure that everyone – regardless of background – feels included and can run at their best. At SAP, we believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our company, and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realize their full potential. We ultimately believe in unleashing all talent and creating a better and more equitable world.
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EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability:

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability.
Successful candidates might be required to undergo a background verification with an external vendor.

Requisition ID: 407836  | Work Area: Software-Design and Development  | Expected Travel: 0 - 10%  | Career Status: Professional  | Employment Type: Limited Full Time   | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid.