Senior Integration Project Manager With SAP Background

Our Client is looking for a Senior SAP Project Manager. Experience with SAP Business Objects (BOBJ) is a plus but not a requirement

Start Date : ASAP

End Date : June 30, 2025

The Role Description : Senior Integration Project Manager With SAP Background

Work Location : Calgary Onsite Full Time

Responsibilities Include, But Are Not Limited To

Project Initiation

Work with technical and business leaders to define project investment opportunities, including scope, schedule, budget, and benefits

Identify and negotiate project resource requirements with delivery organizations (internal & external), set delivery expectations, and evaluate delivery performance

Project Delivery

Direct accountability for planning and executing one or more Agile or Waterfall projects as solution scope requires to project performance criteria (on time, within scope, on budget, and meeting quality standards) as defined in the project statement(s)

Develop project estimate basis using Agile software development estimation techniques

Advanced project management practical expertise across knowledge areas : scope, time, cost, quality, human resource, communication, risk and procurement and integration management

Work with Product and resource owners to identify internal and external stakeholders, and then lead stakeholders management activities throughout the project life cycle

Own the development and review of project requirements with Product Owners, Solution Architects, and Technical Leads to ensure project will deliver to the planned benefits

Facilitate interactions between Technical Leads, Project Delivery Staff, and QE Leads to ensure that project delivery and testing completion are aligned

Facilitate cross-departmental project delivery activities, and gain commitment for delivery while managing competing demands, to ensure that project delivery dates are not compromised

Plan project implementations, facilitate implementation dry runs, and lead Go live activities to ensure production implementations do not adversely impact the production environment

Escalate material issues and risks to leadership in a timely fashion

Ensure that Organizational Change Management activities are completed to drive product adoption

Ensure that Transition to Support is planned for, completed, and approved so that the support organization can support all new or modified systems

Project Controls

Follow IS PMO processes regarding deliverables, stage gates, and controls in accordance with SOX and management controls compliance

Create and maintain project financials across project cost budget managed in SAP, PPM and Excel; provide accurate and timely project financial submissions

Develop, monitor and control all aspects of project delivery in accordance with CPKC IS PMO and project management best practices

Develop, and support the development, of presentations to senior management regarding project scope, schedule, budget, and current status updates.

Team Leadership

Provide project leadership : set clear goals, engage team members, resolve conflict and recognize team member contributions appropriately

Conduct regular lessons learned sessions to ensure continuous improvement of project teams.

Excellent communication, organizational, multitasking, problem solving and negotiating skills

Appreciating and understanding how to deal with different cultural values and sensitivities

Ability to rapidly adapt, set priorities and respond to changes in fast-paced environment;

Self-starter, the successful candidate demonstrates strong accountability and pride of ownership to deliver quality solutions The Requirements (skills contractor should have) :

• Significant experience leading large, multi-stakeholder information systems projects;
• Post-secondary education (University, College), in Commerce / Business, Engineering, Technology or Computer Science;
• Demonstrated expertise of project management planning tools (MS Project preferred) and associated MS Office products (such as;

Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Experience / successful track record, working in a team-oriented environment (demonstrated ability to develop and maintain collaborative working relationships)

Managed Software and Technology Development, and / or Application Integration projects using primary Iterative, Agile or Waterfall Project methodologies

Decision and problem solving at the root cause and complexity level

Experience in understanding business / technical strategies and communicating these needs to the governing bodies, to ensure programs / projects and services are delivered as agreed.

Lead statement of work (SOW) development, participate in contract negotiations, and manage Vendors and materials delivery

Proven track record in leading Organizational Change Management activities on a major business change initiative.

Project Management Professional certificate (PMP) or equivalent experience

Rapidly learn new business processes and operating practices, and apply this knowledge to improve project planning and delivery

PROSCI Change Management certification would be considered an asset