Ref-Code:IN-58269343-EN-14-002
Work area:Software - Design and Development
Expected travel:0% - 10%
Career status:
Employment type:Regular Full Time
COMPANY DESCRIPTION
SAP is the global market leader for business software and thus contributes a considerable part of the world's economic power grid. At SAP you get your chance to put your ideas into action with maximum impact.SAP Custom Development is a global organization that helps customers to seize new market opportunities and dynamically respond to new business challenges by eveloping unique,individualized, customer-specific solutions on the SAP platform. Whether our customers need to extend and enhance an existing SAP solution or build an entirely new and innovative application, SAP Custom Development is able to deliver high-quality custom solutions tailored to our customers' business needs. We deliver a full lifecycle of custom development services including strategic planning, project management, risk assessment, development, quality assurance, and maintenance. With development centers in Germany, USA, India (Bangalore and Gurgaon), China, Brazil, and Japan, we are able to leverage a global delivery model which utilizes the specific strengths of each location. The global execution team within SAP Custom Development is chartered with executing custom development projects and related services, where success is measured by effectively delivering those projects on-time, on-budget, and with superior quality. As part of the global execution team, you will be responsible for complete management of the full project lifecycle for development and maintenance projects, handling all customer interaction and successfully managing customer expectations, leading and motivating the project team to maximize their productivity, supporting the sales process as needed, and contributing to the overall growth and development of Custom Development and SAP. SAP is the global market leader for business software and thus contributes a considerable part of the world's economic power grid. At SAP you get your chance to put your ideas into action with maximum impact.
EXPECTATIONS AND TASKS
- Manage development & maintenance projects and ensure deliverables are met on-time and within budget and superior quality - Manage the complete project lifecycle for multiple projects, maximize project resource utilization - Manage customer expectations; effectively handle complex customer discussions - Manage project scope and change management process - Understand financial concepts associated with project management; prepare cost estimates, monitor revenue and profitability and take any corrective action if needed; manage project budget - Prepare detailed project plans, identifying milestones, resources, and timelines - Monitor project performance, identify variances to plan and take/suggest corrective actions - Identify project risks and prepare mitigation plans; closely monitor risks and take appropriate action in a timely manner if needed - Monitor project status and report status to all stakeholders - Proactively identify and communicate issues that may impact the successful completion of the project, including timely escalation to management - Maximize project team member performance by demonstrating good people management skills (recognition, motivation, building trust, environment with open communication) - Identify best business practices and implement the processes together with our customers; look for opportunities for business process improvement - Assume a leadership role in projects and support our customers after successful project completion - Coordinate escalations in close cooperation with management
WORK EXPERIENCE
14+ years of relevant industry and SAP experience of which at least 4 years of project management experience in delivering business solutions to customers - 3+ years experience working in a consulting environment with extensive presence and interaction at customer sites - Experience in managing global projects in a distributed development model - Excellent communication skills in the following areas: presentation, facilitation, verbal communication, written communication, listening - Experience in managing customer expectations and establishing strong customer relationships
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATION / SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES
- B.Tech/M.Tech/MCA with an aggregate score of 65% or above from IIT, NIT, or any premium institute. - Risk identification and mitigation skills - Excellent analytical skills and efficiency in problem solving - Self-starter, fast learner, and ability to work independently - Ability to handle in ambiguous situations - Strong people leadership and people management skills