What are the responsibilities and job description for the SAP Project Manager position at Reqroute, Inc?
Role: SAP Project Manager
Location - ONSITE in Rahway, NJ
Term: Contract
Job Description/ Responsibilities
• 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?
1. SAP Knowledge: Strong understanding of SAP modules relevant to tax processes.
2. Tax Engine Expertise: Familiarity with tax engines (like Sabrix, or OneSource)and integration with SAP.
3. Familiarity with Agile methodologies/JIRA.