Position: SAP Project Manager

Location: Rahway, NJ (Onsite)

Duration: Contract

Job Description/ Responsibilities

• Bachelor's degree in Computer science or equivalent, with minimum 12+Years of relevant experience.
• Plan, coordinate, and track of all production-related activities required to support successful deployments
• Besides the regular project management skills and expertise, should have an understanding of SAP and Tax engine, prior experience with tax upgrades
• Implementation planning and dependency analysis for both major and maintenance release cycles
• Identify risks, cross application dependencies and downstream impacts per release
• Establish and communicate master release schedule
• Design and implement efficient procedures for the distribution and implementation of IT changes into production
• Facilitate issue tracking and resolution of post go live activities where required
• Manage scope and schedule of releases
• Creation and communication of release status implementation scorecard and executive status reporting
• Assist in the prioritization of enhancements and changes into release packages
• Develop process for emergency and exception releases
• Participate in weekly Change Advisory Board meetings
• Consolidate and publish Release Notes for each deployment
• Ensure compliance with IT processes including proper documentation, reviews and approvals of related changes
• Provide timely escalation to IT Leadership where necessary/appropriate

What are the top 3 skills required for this role?

• SAP Knowledge: Strong understanding of SAP modules relevant to tax processes.
• Tax Engine Expertise: Familiarity with tax engines (like Sabrix, or OneSource) and integration with SAP.
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies/JIRA.