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Job Title: Project Manager – SAP S/4HANA & CX Transformation

Location: Reading - 2 day
Employement type: Contract/Permanent
Job Type: 6 months- Inside IR35

Role overview:

Project Manager – SAP S/4HANA & CX Transformation

Role Overview

An experienced Project Manager is required to lead the delivery of a greenfield SAP S/4HANA and SAP CX transformation for a mid-market organisation.

This role requires a delivery leader who has successfully managed end-to-end SAP programmes of similar scale and complexity, with a strong command of SAP Activate methodology, and the ability to balance structure with pragmatic execution.

Key Responsibilities

Project Leadership & Governance

Own the end-to-end project plan, milestones, and delivery across all SAP Activate phases

* Establish and manage governance structures including status reporting, RAID logs, and steering committees

* Ensure alignment across stakeholders, workstreams, and delivery partners

Delivery Management

Lead coordination across functional, technical, and integration workstreams

* Ensure delivery of agreed outputs in line with scope, timelines, and quality expectations

* Proactively manage risks, dependencies, and the critical path

Client & Stakeholder Engagement

Act as the primary interface for client stakeholders and programme sponsors

* Drive decision-making, manage expectations, and handle escalations effectively

* Communicate clearly at both operational and executive levels

Commercial & Execution Discipline

Track delivery against plan, effort, and budget

* Maintain control over scope and support structured change management where required

* Ensure strong delivery rigour and accountability across the team

Integrated Planning Across Workstreams

Ensure effective coordination with customer-led streams including:

* Data migration

* Testing

* Training and change management

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* Provide structure and oversight to ensure these streams are aligned with the overall delivery plan

Key Skills & Experience

Proven experience delivering greenfield SAP S/4HANA and/or SAP CX programmes

* Strong, hands-on experience with SAP Activate methodology (mandatory)

* Demonstrated track record delivering mid-market SAP transformations of similar scope

* Experience managing multi-stream programmes with complex dependencies

* Strong stakeholder management and communication skills

* Commercial awareness with disciplined delivery execution

Success Measures

Delivery of key milestones on time and within agreed scope

* Strong stakeholder alignment and sustained confidence throughout the programme

* Effective and proactive management of risks, issues, and dependencies

* Clear, structured, and predictable project execution

Profile Summary

A structured and delivery-focused Project Manager who combines SAP programme experience, strong governance discipline, and pragmatic execution capability, with a proven ability to lead mid-market transformation programmes from initiation through to deliver