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NTT DATA Business Solutions · 3 days ago
Associate Project Manager
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid Level
$79K/yr - $138K/yr
2+ years exp
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Hiring Manager
Darrick Sellner
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Responsibilities
Supports the Project Leadership in the delivery of client SAP implementation projects
Develops and maintains project plan and timeline, issues, assignments, documentation, and other project communications
Prepares weekly project status reports
Coordinates activities of project personnel to ensure the project progresses on schedule and within budget
Reviews project status with project personnel and supports the project leadership in modifying the schedule and plan as required
Monitors project results against project scope
Supports the development and status monitoring and updates of project workstream planning as needed. Examples include data cycles, development lifecycle, testing activities, security, training, and organizational change management activities, as well as cutover and hypercare
Maintains and updates the project budget tracker
Understand and clearly articulate the Activate plus methodology
Monitor, track, update, and correct discrepancies in worklists that support project workstreams by managing resources, dates and tasks associated with the project plan. Communicate updates in appropriate communication channels
Support project planning, monitoring, and adjustments to include soliciting inputs from project stakeholders, documenting dependencies, updating work effort estimates and resources required
Effectively share the project plan and associated updates
Prepare weekly and other periodic project status reporting according to the specific processes documented for the project
Manage and monitor overall queue of work to ensure active collaboration with stakeholders and ensure communication on status
Support workstream planning and coordination
Support SOW compliance and change orders
Manage overall queue of work and effectively use the supporting tools and implementation methodology
Provide backlog and forecast to project leadership
Track project deliverables and milestones against plan, document and secure sign-off from appropriate stakeholder including client or project team members
Establish and maintain credibility with clients as a trusted project resource
Participate in and lead project meetings and huddles with the project team and project stakeholders
As warranted, establish professional relationships with client decision-makers, know their business, their industry, their culture, and their top priorities
Support the team environment with a customer focus
Respond timely and appropriately to stakeholder inquiries and requests
Reinforce PMO processes, implementation methodology, and disciplined use of tools/templates with consultants and as appropriate other project stakeholders
Proactively contribute to the use of the project implementation methodology
Support the Project Leadership in creating an environment of customer focus within the team
Have a growth mindset for the team and the NDBS organization by supporting and providing inputs to improvement opportunities, learning events, and other value-added contributions.
Qualification
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Required
Bachelor’s Degree
2 plus years of SAP product experience with implementations, customer engagement, internal initiatives, or in another related SAP consulting capacity
Strong professional skills including communication and relationship building
Ability to prepare, support, and deliver client workshops
Travel to client sites as and when needed in the US up to 25% of the time
Strong project administration skills
Preferred
Desire and/or active pursuit of Project Management training and certification
Experience in a breadth of project workstreams and varied industries is a plus
Knowledge of S/4 Hana Public Cloud or certification in this product is a distinct advantage but not essential
Knowledge of S/4 Hana on premise is ideally needed but we will consider SAP ECC or BYD (Business by Design) Project Managers with the right level of experience
Experience working in/with mid-market sized organizations is a distinct advantage
Benefits
Comprehensive health and dental benefits
Flexible Paid Time Off
10 paid holidays
401k plan
Remote work opportunities
Company
NTT DATA Business Solutions
NTT DATA Business Solutions designs, implements, supports, and hosts SAP-centric business solutions for organizations of all sizes.
10,001+ employees
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