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**PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES**
Within the Enterprise Cloud Services organization, our Project & Program Office is focused on the best in class project execution to accelerate S/4 HANA cloud adoption in the market. The Project Office manages the planning and implementation, owns the escalation management during planned project activities too. The Project Lead will work in Enterprise Cloud Services accounts in LAC.
The Project & Program Office Organization has the following priorities:
- Build and operate a world-class, efficient and reliable organization to support our customers' journey toward their next-generation business
- Help SAP customers realize the innovation power of SAP HANA and the SAP Cloud on a continuous basis
- Accelerate innovations to the S/4 HANA platform
- Perform project management for all ECS Delivery Projects
- Act as the main interface to the customer project team to ensure effective communication
These priorities are transferred into the Project & Program Office Organization in order to support the accelerated SAP HANA growth and adoption goals, and to ensure that SAP customers have an effective & secure way to move into the ECS Managed Cloud.
**EXPECTATIONS AND TASKS**
- Act as key contact for all topics around ECS onboarding phase, ensure a successful landscape transition into SAP RISE.
- Collaborate with extended teams (commercial, operations, product support, among others) to onboard customers into the cloud
- The Project Lead manages the provisioning and upgrades of system landscapes in the ECS Private Cloud
- Ability to work under pressure and constantly add value to customer and within organization
**EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES**
**Required skills**
- Demonstrate IT Project Management Competences
- Strong business acumen plus technology/solution background
- Process affinity and strong process orientations
- Profound IT backend technology experience
- Experience in performing system owner related tasks
- Experience in working with cross-cultural teams or individuals
- Experience in working with cross-functional teams
- Actively manage project escalations
- Experience in managing SAP release upgrades
- May be required to work on weekends, off-hours, flexibility is a must
- Proactive teamwork is a must
- Bachelor's degree or higher in one of the following areas: Computer Science, Engineering, Information Management.
- Professional experience in managing/ running landscape provisioning, installation, migration and upgrades and minimum 3 years of experience in a customer facing role with excellent command on de-escalating critical situations
**Preferred skills**
- Good understanding of SAP Cloud solutions
- SAP Basis Lead with strong knowledge and hands on experience (desirable)
- Network knowledge related to Hyperscalers such as Google, AWS, Azure (desirable)
- Datacenter migration experience (desirable)
**WORK EXPERIENCE**
- Strong professional experience in managing / running landscape provisioning, installation, migration and upgrades, and minimum 3 years of experience in a customer facing role with excellent command of de-escalating critical situations
**LANGUAGE SKILLS**
- English (advanced/fluent written and spoken)
- Portuguese (native / fluent written and spoken)
- Spanish (optional - fluent)
**Bring out your best**
**We win with inclusion**
SAP's culture of inclusion, focus on health and well-being, and flexible working models help ensure that everyone - regardless of background - feels included and can run at their best. At SAP, we believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our company, and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realize their full potential. We ultimately believe in unleashing all talent and creating a better and more equitable world.
**EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability**:
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability.
Requisition ID: 399553 | Work Area: Information Technology | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid.