SAP Transformation Project Manager

Quick Facts

• Role: SAP Transformation Project Manager (m/w/d)

• Focus: Strategically relevant SAP transformation projects across the company group

Description

You lead complex, strategically relevant SAP transformation initiatives and act as the interface between business, IT, and external partners. You manage projects end-to-end—from initiation through successful go-live—while coordinating migrations and modernization efforts. You also help shape the SAP target architecture and the technological transformation.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex SAP transformation projects from initiation to successful go-live

• Steer interdisciplinary project teams across business, IT, and external service providers

• Own budget, timelines, quality, risks, and dependencies

• Prepare and run management and steering committee meetings

• Ensure professional project governance and transparent reporting

• Coordinate SAP migration and modernization initiatives

• Collaborate with enterprise architects, product owners, and business units to implement the corporate strategy

• Manage and quality-assure external consulting partners and system integrators

• Actively contribute to the SAP target architecture and the technology transformation

Requirements

• Completed degree in business informatics, computer science, business administration, or a comparable qualification

• Proven experience leading complex SAP projects or programs

• Strong knowledge of the SAP platform and modern SAP architectures

• Experience in SAP for Insurance and knowledge of insurance-specific solutions such as SAP FS-CD (or alternatively solid experience in banking/financial services)

• Experience with transformation and migration initiatives

• Ideally: experience with SAP RISE, S/4HANA transformations, and cloud transformations (SAP BTP), plus relevant certifications (e.g., PMI, PRINCE2, SAP Activate)

• Confident, negotiation-ready communication in German and English; strong consulting abilities and a confident presence with management and business stakeholders

Benefits

• Flexible working hours

• Diverse further training opportunities

• Discounts on insurance policies and products of the finance subsidiary companies