ERP Project Manager (CONTRACT)

(CONTRACT)

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Location:

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Role Overview:

Senior Project Manager

Required Experience & Qualifications:

• Experience:

  Minimum of

  15 years

  of progressive experience in IT/Business Project Mgt.

• Certifications:

  At-least one of these certifications PMP / PRINCE2 / Agile / Scrum certification.

• Education:

  Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, or a related field.

• Reporting To:

  Solid line reporting Project Management Office, Functional reporting to Project Sponsors

• Location:

  Must be currently available in

  Noida or Chennai, India.

• Time Zone coverage: Should be able to cover India and Europe timezones.
• Linguistic proficiency in English

Required Technical Expertise:

• Domain Expertise:

  Mandatory experience

  in leading and successfully delivering at least two end-to-end

  Travel system implementation/migration projects

  in a large-scale enterprise environment (5,000+ employees).

• Technical Integration:

  Proven, hands-on experience managing the

  integration of Travel related modules

  within a major ERP platform (e.g., configuring data flows, interfaces, and master data synchronization).

• System Design & Digitalization:

  Possess a fair idea of the end-to-end functionality of a corporate travel system. Utilize technical excellence to effectively translate complex, company-specific

  travel policies and compliance requirements

  into the digitalization of the platform.

• Functional understanding

  of the integration points between HR and Payroll modules in a major ERP system (e.g., Oracle HRMS). Ability to articulate data flow and process dependencies.

• Seamless Integration Management:

  Drive the crucial integration of the Travel management module within the ERP system, ensuring data integrity, process alignment, and data flow

• Leadership:

  Demonstrated experience leading and mentoring large, geographically dispersed project teams (internal, consulting, and vendor resources).

• Financial Acumen:

  Proven ability to manage large project budgets, forecast resource needs, and perform vendor management and contract negotiation.

• ERP & System Interfacing:

  Demonstrate a good understanding of

  Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

  systems and possess the technical expertise to define and manage the required levels of interfacing and integration with other critical organizational systems

• Supplier & Vendor Management:

  Must have significant experience in strategic

  supplier engagement

  to customize and tailor in-house developed or external travel tools. This includes driving competitive enhancements to ensure the tool meets company-specific needs while remaining highly competitive with standard market offerings.

Key Responsibilities:

• Project Leadership & Execution:

• Lead and manage the full project lifecycle for large-scale payroll system implementation and ERP integration projects, ensuring delivery on time, within budget, and to specified quality standards.
• Develop detailed project plans, scope definitions, resource allocations, risk management strategies, and communication plans.
• Manage multi-disciplinary project teams, including internal stakeholders (HR, Finance, IT) and external vendors/consultants.

• Stakeholder Management:

• Act as the primary point of contact for executive stakeholders, providing regular, transparent updates on project status, risks, and mitigation strategies.
• Manage change adoption across the organization, particularly for process shifts resulting from new system implementation.
• Facilitate workshops and requirement gathering sessions with business process owners.

• Risk & Quality Management:

• Proactively identify potential project risks and bottlenecks, developing effective contingency plans.
• Ensure rigorous testing protocols (UAT, parallel testing) are followed to guarantee data accuracy and system functionality post-integration.

• Agile Methodology:

  Strong proficiency in project management methodologies

  Agile/Scrum

  and project management tools.

• Communication:

  Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical issues to a non-technical audience and present to senior leadership.

• Organizational Change Management (OCM):

  Develop and execute a robust OCM plan, including training, communication, and readiness activities, to ensure smooth adoption of the new systems and processes by end-users across the organization.

If you are interested please submit your CV and we will reach out to discuss further.