INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROJECT MANAGER

Job Summary:

Resource will be responsible for planning and managing all technology-related activities during the Study Phase and beyond, ensuring alignment with business objectives, compliance requirements, and global delivery standards for strategic transformation / implementation projects using SPMF & APMF framework.

Key responsibilities include

• Leading Service Transition to Operations (TTO), ensuring operational readiness, and driving Define (DEF) and
• Execute (EXE) phase planning. The candidate will be responsible for identifying and onboarding resources with the necessary skills to deliver project outcomes.
• The role also involves acting as the Test Manager, responsible for planning and executing end-to-end testing activities, including strategy definition, execution oversight, and defect resolution.
• The candidate will lead Hypercare planning and execution, ensuring structured post-go-live support, and manage project closure activities, including financial closeout tasks such as closing of POs, WBS elements, and preparing final reports.
• Experience in SAP S/4HANA and large-scale implementation projects is essential. The ideal candidate will possess strong project management skills, a background in technology or engineering, and a proven ability to engage stakeholders across business and technical domains.

Project / Program Management: Lead end-to-end technology work-streams across project phases to meet business requirements, ensuring alignment with business readiness and global delivery standards.
DEF & EXE Planning: Develop Define and Execute phase plans identify and onboard skilled resources aligned with project needs, timeline, and budget constraints.
Testing & Hypercare: Act as Test Manager to plan, execute, and manage SIT, UAT, and Regression testing lead Hypercare planning and execution.
Compliance & Cybersecurity: Ensure impacted SOx IT General Controls, Program Development, IT Automated Controls and Business process controls are identified and tested. Perform Cybersecurity compliance manage assessments, controls, and manage internal & external audits.
Service Transition: Drive smooth handover to operations to DevOps, including KT plan, documentation, support model, access provisioning, and operational readiness.
Financial & Risk Management: Drive Investment related activities (IAR, SAR), manage budgets and forecasts to meet defined financial KPIs. Carry out financial closeout (POs, WBS) activities manage RAID logs and risk mitigation.
Vendor Management: Oversee vendor performance, billing, and support ensure delivery is on track and aligned with project plans
Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with business leads, offshore teams, and global stakeholders to ensure seamless delivery and governance.

Requirements

• Postgraduate degree such as MBA or PGDM in IT Management or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience in technology project management within consulting or enterprise environments.
• Proven experience in Test Management within SAP S/4HANA or similar ERP platforms implementation project
• Experience in service transition and operational readiness planning
• Strong understanding of SOx compliance, cybersecurity frameworks, and audit processes.
• Knowledge of ITGC, automated controls, and business process controls
• Proven experience in managing cross-functional teams and stakeholder management.
• Understanding of Data Migration & Validation, Vendor Management & Governance
• Proven experience in managing Hypercare phases, incident triage, and stabilization activities
• Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement, and leadership skills
• Detail-oriented with strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.