Project Manager - SAP S/4HANA & CX Transformation

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

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

Role Overview

Project Manager SAP S/4HANA & CX Transformation

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
  • 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