Principal Project ManagerSAP America, Inc. seeks a Principal Project Manager at our Newtown Square, PA location to manage large scale, high risk, strategic projects that span organizational boundaries including multiple business units and service partners/vendors.Expectations and tasks include:Establish "trusted advisor" relationships with project executives and all relevant stakeholder groups.Oversee the installation and client acceptance of SAP and non-SAP software systems or system integration projects or serves as trusted partner for a dedicated customer managing a sustainable and long-term engagement holistically.Accountable for customer satisfaction within the managed project, related schedules and deliverables or ensure overall customer success and satisfaction and is to be considered billable and funded via the existing delivery engagements.Customer engagement and monitor budget / spending.Monitor the project from initiation through delivery.Organize the inter-departmental activities, ensuring completion of the project/product on schedule and within budget.Establish trusted advisor status with strategic customers and actively manage executive-level relationships with key customer stakeholders (LOB and T).Manage the governance process aligned with all stakeholders (customer, SAP, and partners).Accountable for cost management of all the projects within the portfolio.Education and occupational experience:Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Engineering, Information Technologies, Commerce or Business Administration or a related field of study and seven (7) years of progressive post-baccalaureate experience in the job offered or related occupation. Alternatively, a Master's degree or foreign equivalent in Engineering, Information Technologies, Commerce or Business Administration or a related field of study and five (5) years of experience in the job offered or related occupation.Qualifications/skills and competencies:Experience must include five (5) years involving each of the following: Microsoft Project (MPP); SAP Methodologies: Activate, Design Thinking, and Scrum & Agile; SAP Solution Manager; PMBOK (Process guidelines, best practices); SAP Technologies: FIORI Development and ABAP Programming; and SAP S/4 HANA.
License/certification required: PMI Certified Project Management Professional. Position requires up to 20% domestic travel to various and unanticipated client sites.