Technical Program Manager - SAP ECC to SAP S4 Hana - London

Technical Program Manager - SAP ECC to SAP S4 Hana - London

Job Summary:
As a Senior TPM, you will be the driving force that collaborates with business and technical teams across the organization to ensure delivery of world-class solutions that are scalable, secure, and flexible ? all while keeping a strong customer focus at the center of your work.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate closely with project sponsors, stakeholders, and various business and technical teams to define and deliver complex features.

• Anticipate project bottlenecks, provide escalation management, make strategic trade-offs, and balance business needs with technical constraints.

• Plan and manage multiple, concurrent projects while ensuring alignment with organizational goals.

• Navigate ambiguity and drive clarity; leverage technical expertise and strong business acumen to influence decision-making.

• Optimize organizational resources by identifying inefficiencies and redirecting effort as needed for higher impact.

• Identify, assess, monitor, and mitigate risks and issues at multiple levels.

• Create, maintain, and disseminate clear and concise project information to relevant stakeholders.

• Communicate project status and challenges in a professional, timely, and transparent manner.

• Maintain an insatiable curiosity and understanding of the technical and architectural components of projects.

• Apply best practices across the software development life cycle (SDLC), using agile or hybrid approaches, and effectively coordinate teams with varying methodologies.

• Build and manage integrated project schedules that reflect internal/external dependencies, accommodate different SDLC approaches, consider constraints, and factor in contingencies.

Communication & Stakeholder Engagement:

• Stakeholder Types: Product, engineering, security, and executive leadership.

• Communication Types:

  • Standups, scrums of scrums, and checkpoint meetings.

  • Clear meeting agendas, minutes, and follow-ups.

  • Design reviews and technical alignment sessions.

  • Workshops to resolve planning risks, brainstorm, or align on strategy.

  • Project plan reviews, epic/story validation, tracking metrics, sprint discipline, retrospectives, and dependency reporting.

• Status Reporting: Clear, timely, and data-backed.

• Communication Frequency: Continuous, with occasional deep-dives as needed.

Education & Experience:

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical discipline.

• Experience:

  • 5 - 8 years of relevant work experience, including significant technical program management in complex environments.

  • Demonstrated ability to lead strategic, cross-functional software projects from concept through delivery.

  • Proven success delivering global platform services at enterprise scale.

Skills & Qualifications:

• Strong understanding of technology, including the ability to communicate effectively with engineers (development background not required).

• Excellent analytical and quantitative skills; data-driven and results-oriented.

• Experience with agile methodologies and release management.

• High level of judgment, maturity, negotiation ability, and leadership.

• Ability to thrive in fast-paced, ambiguous, and entrepreneurial environments.

• Strong influencing and conflict-resolution skills.

Please send your CV or call Toni to discuss further.
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