Job Description

Technical Project Manager

The Technical Project Manager, ERP will lead the migration from SAP ECC to Oracle E Business Suite for our Germany company. Success includes technical readiness, business readiness and user adoption metrics. The project will include new integrations to Oracle required by the Germany business. The project plan will describe the necessary actions for the retirement of SAP and potentially future phases. Cross-team coordination, project management and executive presentation skills are essential. The ideal candidate will be comfortable with a high degree of ambiguity and operating in a rapidly evolving and changing landscape.

MAJOR DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

• Own the definition, documentation, and prioritization of business requirements to ensure project meets business needs and objectives.
• Develop and maintain the overall Project Plan to manage the resources and activities to the schedule and provide leadership a clear line of site on the project timeline.
• Drive functional and technical requirements collection and prioritization with business partners and/or internal resources.
• Manage the work of project resources to ensure successful project execution (both internal and external resources, including third-party vendors).
• Own meeting agendas, schedules, and outcomes.
• Provide regular project updates with the Core Team, Extended Business Groups, and Leadership.
• Identify potential risks and issues that may impact project delivery and develop mitigation strategies to address them.
• Conduct regular risk assessments and quality assurance reviews to ensure project deliverables meet established standards and client expectations.
• Implement best practices and quality control measures to optimize project outcomes and minimize project risks,
• Monitor project progress, tracking key milestones, deliverables, and resource utilization against established project plans.
• Generate regular status reports, providing project updates to stakeholders and leadership teams,
• Proactively identify and address deviations from the project plan, implementing corrective actions as needed to keep projects on track,
• The role involves leading cross functional discussions at various levels with HR, Steering Committee, business users, and end users to analyze change readiness, change impacts, identify risks, develop training plans and organizational change plans,
• Define, manage, and execute project quality standards and user testing.
• Identify system user training needs; design, manage and oversee delivery of user training.
• Create functional and operational documentation and transition to IT operational support teams.
• Facilitate and execute project retrospectives.
• Oversee the Change Control process for any changes / adjustments to overall project scope.
• Work closely with technology team to detect, diagnose, and remediate production issues.