IT Senior Project Manager – SAP

Overview

In this IT SAP Project Manager role you drive end-to-end SAP initiatives within Yorkshire Water’s multi-platform SAP landscape. You’ll govern complex programs, manage budgets and risks, and align delivery with strategic objectives to create measurable business value. You will influence senior stakeholders, lead cross-functional teams, and ensure practical benefits realisation. This role offers a chance to shape SAP transformations that support customers, compliance, and environmental goals at scale.

Pay / Benefits

• salary up to 75,000
• annual incentive bonus
• pension scheme up to 12%
• 25 days annual leave plus 2 wellness days
• life assurance 4x pensionable salary
• range of health and wellbeing options

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end SAP projects and programs across HR, SuccessFactors, S/4HANA, Finance, Procurement, and Corporate Services
• Oversee all lifecycle phases from business case to benefits realisation
• Establish SAP governance, controls, RAID, and reporting processes
• Manage budgets, forecasts, and financial performance; provide commercial oversight of partners
• Ensure integration across SAP modules, technical teams, and external suppliers
• Lead cutover planning and transition to operational support
• Identify and manage project risks, dependencies, and issues
• Build relationships with senior stakeholders and executive sponsors
• Drive decision-making in governance forums and investment boards
• Champion delivery best practices and continuous improvement

Key requirements

• Significant experience delivering SAP projects and programmes in complex enterprise environments
• PRINCE2 Practitioner, MSP Practitioner or equivalent
• Experience delivering across SAP HR, SuccessFactors, ECC6, S/4HANA or related SAP platforms
• Proven experience managing large budgets, forecasts and financial controls
• Strong governance, risk management and project assurance experience
• Experience managing system integrators and SAP delivery partners
• Excellent stakeholder management with ability to influence senior leadership
• Experience leading virtual and multi-disciplinary delivery teams
• Track record delivering business value and benefits through SAP transformation programmes

• excellent stakeholder management
• ability to influence senior leadership teams
• lead virtual and multi-disciplinary delivery teams
• SAP HR
• SuccessFactors
• ECC6

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