Project Management at Orioninnovation

Orion Innovation is a premier, award-winning, global business and technology services firm. Orion delivers game-changing business transformation and product development rooted in digital strategy, experience design, and engineering, with a unique combination of agility, scale, and maturity. We work with a wide range of clients across many industries including financial services, professional services, telecommunications and media, consumer products, automotive, industrial automation, professional sports and entertainment, life sciences, ecommerce, and education. Job Title: IT Project Manager – SAP Migration & Upgrade Position Summary The Project Manager will lead the end to end migration of SAP systems from on premise infrastructure to a cloud-based environment (SAP S/4HANA Cloud, RISE with SAP). The role is responsible for planning, execution, governance, vendor coordination, risk management, and delivery of successful migration and upgrade while ensuring minimal disruption to operations. This role leads cross functional teams through SAP system upgrades and migrations while ensuring compliance with GxP, cGMP, data integrity, and validation requirements. The Project Manager will oversee all phases of the project lifecycle—from initiation and planning through execution, cutover, and post go live stabilization—ensuring project objectives are met on time, within scope, and within budget, while maintaining uninterrupted support for manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and finance operations Moving an entire SAP platform, multiple interfaces, etc. SAP migration exp end to end Understand landscape, governance, planning, execution, closing Daily plans Documentation Interaction with vendors/stakeholders/client ServiceNow for financials Maintain Budget, Expenses, cost planning Key Responsibilities: Project Leadership & Delivery • Lead the full lifecycle of SAP cloud migration initiatives, including planning, design, build, test, cutover, and post‑go‑live stabilization by closely working with service provides/technical leads. • Develop and manage integrated project plans across infrastructure, application, data, security, and business workstreams • Define project scope, objectives, success criteria, and deliverables in alignment with business and IT strategy. • Track milestones, manage RAID logs, and status reporting. • Drive execution across all SAP workstreams, including Finance (FI/CO), Supply Chain (MM/PP/SD), Manufacturing (PP PI), Quality (QM), Warehouse (WM/EWM), and Interfaces. • Ensure effective coordination between internal teams, SAP system integrators, and third-party vendors. Stakeholder & Cross Functional Management • Serve as the primary point of contact for business leaders, IT leadership, and executive sponsors • Provide regular status reporting, risk updates, financial tracking, and milestone reviews to Steering Committees GxP, Validation & Compliance • Coordinate validation activities, including validation master planning, Risk assessments, Traceability between requirements, testing, and release. • Collaborate with Quality Assurance and Support team to support audits, inspections, and documentation reviews. Risk, Change & Cutover Management • Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate technical, operational, and compliance risks. • Partner with change management and business teams to support training, communications, and user readiness • Plan and execute system cutover, data migration, and go live activities to ensure business continuity. • Ensure smooth transition from project delivery to operations and support teams Vendor Management • Manage multiple vendors (system integrator, SAP/cloud providers and service provider partners), driving governance, integrated delivery plans, and cross vendor dependencies. • Coordinate vendor deliverables, dependencies, SLAs, and integrated timelines • Ensure strong governance, accountability, and issue resolution across all partners • Oversee SOWs and change orders Financial & Governance Oversight • Own the project budget (CapEx/OpEx as applicable), including baseline creation, monthly forecasting, accruals, and variance analysis. • Produce weekly/monthly status reporting for stakeholders and steering committees, including schedule, RAID/RAG, and financials (burn vs. forecast). • Drive cost optimization and transparency throughout the project lifecycle Qualifications: Experience • 8–12+ years of IT project management experience with large enterprise systems preferably in pharma, biotech, or other regulated industries. • Proven experience leading on‑premise to cloud migrations, preferably SAP‑focused • Hands‑on experience managing multi‑vendor, multi‑workstream programs • Project Management certification preferred (PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent). • Bachelor’s degree is required Technical & Functional Knowledge • Strong understanding of: o SAP landscapes and integration architecture o Cloud platforms (AWS) and SAP cloud deployment models o Data migration, security, compliance, and infrastructure concepts • Familiarity with RISE with SAP, cloud hosting models/environments is a strong plus. Project Management • Expert in project governance, financial management, RAID management, and executive reporting • Strong planning, scheduling, risk management, and issue resolution skills. • Experience using project management and collaboration tools including MS Project, ServiceNow, Jira). • Ability to manage ambiguity, competing priorities, and complex dependencies • Excellent communication skills—written, verbal, and executive‑level Orion is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Candidate Privacy Policy Orion Systems Integrators, LLC and its subsidiaries and its affiliates (collectively, “Orion,” “we” or “us”) are committed to protecting your privacy. 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