Description:
On behalf of one of our key partners RED now has a new opportunity for a PMO Manager to join an ongoing SAP S/4HANA implementation programme. The initial contract will be until 30/09-2026 with multi year extensions planned.
This contract is to start ASAP and will be almost 100% remote with occasional travel within Europe.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the Program Management Office (PMO) for the enterprise technology transformation program, ensuring governance, standards, and best practices are consistently applied across all workstreams.
- Oversee end-to-end program planning and execution, including scope, timelines, and quality of deliverables and monitor and report on program performance and schedule adherence.
- Prepare and manage program governance forums, including weekly Risk Review meetings, Quality Gates Meetings (QG), Decision Review Board (DRB) sessions, Commercial Contract Change Control Board (CCCB), and Steering Committee preparation
- Ensure JIRA tracking and hygiene (including oversight of the Supplier Team’s working in JIRA), maintaining accurate status, dependencies, and progress reporting to enable transparency and proactive project management.
Skills/experience required - all are MUST HAVES:
- Minimum 8–10 years of experience in program or project management, with at least 5 years in a PMO leadership role within large-scale technology transformation programs.
- Proven experience managing complex, multi-workstream programs in a global, matrixed organization.
- Strong expertise in program governance, risk management, and stakeholder engagement at executive levels.
- Hands-on experience with project management tools (e.g., JIRA, MS Project, Smartsheet) and familiarity with ERP systems.
- SAP project/programme experience is essential.
- Experience managing project in collaboration with big system integrators (Infosys, Accenture, CapGemini, EY, KPMG, etc.)
- Able to join early January or before.