Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Baer Insurance Services, Inc. provides engagement opportunities for consultants. The Program Manager / Engagement Lead will oversee end-to-end delivery of a multi-workstream SAP Integrated Business Planning implementation, managing scope, schedule, budget, risks, resources, governance, and executive stakeholders through go-live and hypercare.
Responsibilities
- Own the integrated program plan covering design, build, SIT, UAT, cutover, go-live, and hypercare
- Serve as the primary escalation point and trusted advisor to client executives and the steering committee
- Lead program governance, status reviews, steering committees, and phase-gate decisions
- Manage blended onshore and nearshore teams across functional, technical, and data workstreams
- Manage program budget, resource planning, forecasts, change requests, and commercial performance
- Drive RAID management and ensure risks, issues, and dependencies have clear owners and action plans
- Control scope and manage changes through a defined approval process
- Establish and enforce phase-exit and go-live readiness criteria
- Develop KPIs and dashboards covering delivery, testing, defects, data readiness, and adoption
- Coordinate with IT, security, architecture, and change management teams to keep approvals on schedule
- Lead cutover planning, go/no-go decisions, contingency planning, and rollback readiness
- Manage the transition from hypercare to steady-state support, including knowledge transfer and handover
Skills
- 10+ years of enterprise program/project management experience, including 5+ years managing SAP programs
- Experience leading at least two full-lifecycle SAP supply chain planning implementations such as SAP IBP, APO, or comparable solutions
- Strong understanding of SAP planning concepts and SAP Activate methodology
- Proven experience managing onshore/offshore or nearshore delivery teams
- Experience managing program budgets, commercial changes, and executive stakeholders
- Excellent communication, leadership, problem-solving, and client management skills
- Experience in a consulting or systems integration environment
Benefits
- Remote project
- Expenses reimbursed
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