SAP Program Manager (Remote - USA)

The Team:

The SAP Digital Enterprise service unit is the premier solutions partner for designing and delivering a digitized, high-performing future to our clients' ecosystems. We deliver this value to our customers by optimizing the performance of our client’s operational processes across the entire value chain, from R&D, production, logistics, purchasing, and sales. We achieve this by combining deep industry knowledge, process, and IT expertise in an end-to-end approach, guiding our clients through the digitalization paradigm shift by offering strategic direction, innovative design, implementation, and ongoing support for supply chain processes, applications, and technologies. Our professionals leverage our unique blend of process and IT expertise to improve our customers’ ability to proactively enable scalability, remove performance barriers, enable innovation, modernize core systems, and reinvent their business with digital solutions, primarily SAP.

We drive maximum business value for our clients across the entire value chain from R&D through to Manufacturing and Supply Chain, with a focused portfolio of solutions

• SAP ECC and S/4HANA Transformation
• Connected Logistics
• Smart Manufacturing
• Data and Technology

Through our partnership with SAP, our SAP-certified practitioners provide expertise and implementation services leveraging the latest technologies, including S/4HANA On-Premise & Cloud, DM/ME/MII/PCo, EWM, TM, LBN, Ariba, Analytics, and more. Our professionals offer tailor-made strategies for Industry 4.0 transformations, integrating new technologies, process design and optimization, organizational change management, IOT platform strategy and analytics, smart factory design, Lean production strategies, and Agile transformations.

Responsibilities

Drive strategic execution of complex, high-impact programs, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and delivering measurable business outcomes. Lead cross-functional teams, manage interdependencies across multiple projects, and mitigate risks to ensure successful program delivery. Act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, providing insights, recommendations, and proactive solutions to drive operational excellence and innovation.

• Strategic Program Leadership: Define and execute multi-project programs that align with business objectives, balancing scope, schedule, budget, and resources.
• Executive Stakeholder Engagement: Partner with C-level executives, business leaders, and key stakeholders to establish priorities, set expectations, and drive decision-making.
• Cross-Functional Coordination: Oversee and integrate efforts across multiple workstreams, ensuring alignment between engineering, product, operations, and external vendors.
• Risk & Change Management: Identify potential risks, dependencies, and bottlenecks; develop and implement mitigation strategies while driving agility in program execution.
• Financial Oversight: Own program budget, ensuring cost control, forecasting, and value optimization across all initiatives.
• Process Optimization & Governance: Establish scalable program management frameworks, methodologies, and best practices to enhance operational efficiency.
• Mentorship & Leadership: Guide, mentor, and develop project managers and teams, fostering a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and high performance.
• Data-Driven Decision-Making: Leverage metrics, reporting, and analytics to track program health, measure impact, and drive informed decision-making.
• Enterprise-Wide SAP Program Delivery: Lead large-scale SAP implementations and transformations, ensuring seamless integration across business units while optimizing technology investments.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field as well as several years of professional and management experience in (IT) project management

Experience:

• 10+ years of SAP program and project management experience, with a strong track record of delivering large-scale, multi-project initiatives
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams, managing complex projects, influence senior executives, and drive organizational change.
• Experience managing enterprise-wide SAP implementations or other complex technology-driven transformation programs.
• Experience developing and executing program roadmaps, balancing long-term vision with tactical execution.
• Ability to translate complex technical and business challenges into actionable strategies.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and work under tight deadlines
• Expertise in program governance, risk management, and change management.
• Strong knowledge of Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid methodologies; certifications such as PMP, PgMP, SAFe, or Six Sigma are a plus.

• Proficiency in project management software (e.g., MS Project, Jira, Asana).
• Familiarity with ITIL or other relevant service management frameworks.

• Experience in budget planning and financial management for multi-million-dollar initiatives.
• Deep experience with SAP implementations (or other ERP systems), including deployment strategy, change management, and post-go-live support.
• Familiarity with emerging trends in digital transformation, cloud solutions, and enterprise IT landscapes.
• Ability to mentor and develop project managers and team members, fostering a culture of excellence and accountability.
• Experience working in global, matrixed organizations with distributed teams.
• Strong stakeholder management, problem-solving, decision-making, conflict resolution, and negotiation skills.

• Industry-specific experience in sectors such as automotive, aerospace, or manufacturing.
• Strong knowledge of SAP functional and technical aspects and/or SAP certifications (SAP PP, SAP MM, SAP SD, SAP FICO, or relevant SAP modules) is strongly preferred.

Percentage of required travel: up to 100%

Physical requirements:

• This job operates in an office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, cameras, photocopiers, and filing cabinets.
• Must be able to lift 15 pounds at times.
• While performing the duties of this job the employee is required to talk, hear, walk, sit, stand, climb stairs on occasion with prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Must be able to effectively work and complete tasks in an open office/noisy environment.
• Must be able to sit for prolonged periods of time while traveling in a car or airplane.

Applicants for employment in the US must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States and with MHP Americas, Inc. (i.e., H1-B visa, F-1 visa (OPT), or any other non-immigrant status).

MHP Americas, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and we take pride in our diversity. In order to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals, employment decisions at Porsche will be based on merit, qualifications and abilities. Porsche does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, status as a parent, national origin, age, disability, family medical history, ancestry, medical condition, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, familial status, registered domestic partner status, family and medical leave status, military status, criminal conviction history, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

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As a digitalization pioneer in the mobility and manufacturing industries, MHP transfers its expertise to a wide range of industries and is a premium partner for thought leaders on their way to a Better Tomorrow. MHP serves over 300 customers worldwide. Among them are leading corporations, innovative medium-sized companies, and disruptive start-ups. MHP provides both operational and strategic consulting and delivers proven IT and technology expertise as well as specific industry know-how.

As OneTeam, MHP operates internationally, with headquarters in Germany and subsidiaries in the US, UK, Romania, and China. For over 26 years, MHP has been shaping the future together with its customers. More than 4,000 MHP employees are united by the aspiration for excellence and sustainable success. This aspiration continues to drive MHP - today and in the future.

The salary range for this role is $125,000-$165,000. However, it is important to note that at MHP, the compensation range is dependent on geographic location. Individual salaries within each range are determined through a wide variety of factors, including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, and skillset. MHP reviews compensation regularly and may adjust base salaries to reflect market competitiveness.

In addition to salary, individuals may be eligible for a discretionary performance bonus. Our full suite of benefits includes:

• Paid Vacation
• Paid Holidays
• Paid Sick leave
• 401(k) match
• Medical, dental and vision coverage
• Tuition and certification reimbursement
• Life Insurance
• Short and Long Term Disability Coverage
• Subsidized gym membership program
• Subsidized Porsche and VW leasing programs

With MHP you have a hand in shaping tomorrow, today. Apply now on our JobLocator. Please include all documents like cover letter, resume, references and project lists (if applicable).

By the way, our recruiting team will review your application both in the context of the specified job, and also cross- departmentally. This way we can evaluate whether there is a suitable position for you anywhere at MHP.

You can reach our recruiting team at Recruiting-Americas@mhp.com