Staff Technical Manager

Staff Technical Manager-SAP

Bangalore, India - Full time

About Us

smartShift is the world’s leading provider of Intelligent Automation for SAP transformations. smartShift Intelligent Automation(R) is trusted by global brands to drive innovation. We help customers accelerate the transformation of their SAP systems to next-generation cloud computing environments. Our solutions have delivered thousands of application modernization initiatives, analyzing and converting over 2.5 billion lines of code, eliminating risk, and freeing up strategic resources to focus on growth. smartShift is ISO 27001:2013 Certified.

About role

• Strong knowledge of SAP systems
• Several years of managerial experience, ability to oversee several details of a project simultaneously
• The successful applicant will be a Project Manager, with a strong vertical in managing SAP projects
• Must have extensive experience working for large IT services/IT outsourcing companies, with strong client-facing experience;
  The role will be focused on customer-supplier relationships - and overseeing system changes. Project managing the agreed integration and legacy system change criteria and requirements based on systems identified and timelines. Working with Functional teams, legacy/existing system owners, and their technical architects to ensure timelines for delivery of solutions are understood and any issues /risks documented and actioned/escalated
• Project managing and supporting the existing business systems owners in liaising with third-party Vendors. Ensure approval gateways are defined and met in the delivery plan for any change. Act as liaison between the test team and existing business system owners to ensure that the test team has sufficient detail to prepare appropriate test scenarios for any change
• An in-depth understanding of ERP SAP business solutions as a Project Manager
• Experience in overseeing at least one Project Manager from a third-party
• Excellent client-facing experience and relationship management experience
• PRINCE 2 Practitioner or equivalent and SFIA framework knowledge
• S4/Hana experience is desirable
• Establish and maintain a project plan with the existing business system owners to track and monitor delivery progress for agreed changes. Agree on reporting profiles with existing business teams to include resource profiles, costs, and milestone achievement status. Provide reports on status and progress as required

Skills and Experience 

Mandatory skills

• Experience in RICEFW developments
• Proficient in ABAP development environment - Reports, ABAP objects, BAPIs, Enhancements, Forms, Interfaces
• Develop using best practices
• Exposure to SAP HANA and S4 HANA projects is preferred
• Good to know Agile Methodology
• 8+ Years of experience required.