Urgent need SAP S/4HANA Project Manager : Milpitas, CA

Job Title: SAP S/4HANA Project Manager

Work Location & Reporting Address: Milpitas, CA 95035 (All days in office. 5 days every week)

Contract duration: minimum 6 months

Job Details:

Minimum years of experience required: Minimum 10 years of professional IT or Business Transformation experience with 3+ years in PMO, project coordination, testing, change management, procurement, or ERP program support

Certification needed: No

Must Have Skills: PMO/Project Coordination, SAP S/4HANA or ERP transformation support, Testing (SIT/UAT), Change Management, Business Readiness, Documentation Review, Defect Tracking, Stakeholder Coordination, JIRA, SharePoint, MS Teams, Excel, PowerPoint.

Nice to Have Skills: SAP Ariba, SAP ECC, Source-to-Pay (S2P)/Procure-to-Pay (P2P) process knowledge, Training Coordination, Cutover & Go-Live Support, Global stakeholder management, APAC time-zone support experience.

Detailed Job Description:

Role Purpose

Provide project coordination and execution support for Project ATLAS across the remaining S/4HANA build, testing, change management, business readiness, and go-live activities. The contingent worker will work under the direction of the S2P Business Leader and designated workstream owners. The role is responsible for documentation review, coordination, tracking, testing execution, and follow-up. Final decisions, solution ownership, design approval, and business or system recommendations remain with SanDisk business owners, IT, and authorized program leadership.

Role Boundaries

Operate as a support and execution resource, not as the business process owner, solution owner, or final decision maker.
Do not independently approve designs, requirements, scope changes, test sign-off, readiness decisions, or go-live decisions.
Do not independently propose or select business or technical solutions; document options and inputs provided by accountable owners.
Escalate unresolved issues, risks, conflicts, and decision requirements to the appropriate SanDisk owner.
Perform activities based on approved plans, processes, requirements, test scripts, and direction from accountable workstream owners.
2. Testing Support and Execution

Support SIT and UAT preparation using approved test scope, scenarios, test cases, data requirements, tester assignments, and schedules.
Review test cases and evidence for completeness and traceability to approved requirements and processes; route gaps to the responsible owner.
Perform assigned testing activities using approved test scripts and document actual results and supporting evidence.
Maintain testing trackers covering readiness, coverage, execution progress, defects, retesting, evidence, and sign-off inputs.
Coordinate tester communications, working sessions, access needs, data needs, and follow-up actions.
Consolidate testing results and evidence for review and approval by authorized business and IT owners.

4. Go-Live and Stabilization Support

Track approved readiness criteria, cutover activities, business dependencies, open items, and required evidence.
Coordinate cutover, communication, training, hyper care, and support-transition activities under the direction of accountable owners.
Maintain issue, action, and adoption-feedback trackers during go-live and stabilization.
Consolidate status, lessons learned, and outstanding actions for 
 

Core Skills & Experience

Experience providing PMO, project coordination, testing, or change management support in ERP or business transformation programs.
Exposure to SAP S/4HANA, Ariba, ECC, or similar enterprise platforms is preferred.
Working knowledge of Source-to-Pay or Procure-to-Pay processes.
Hands-on experience with documentation review, test execution, defect tracking, training coordination, and readiness tracking.
Strong organization, documentation, communication, meeting facilitation, and stakeholder follow-up skills.
Ability to work within defined governance, follow approved direction, and escalate matters requiring owner decisions.
Familiarity with JIRA, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, Excel, PowerPoint, or similar collaboration and tracking tools.