Project Manager

About the Position

We are seeking a skilled Project Manager with 4+ years of experience to lead SAP insurance projects in Belgium, ensuring successful implementation and alignment with business objectives.

Responsibilities

Project Leadership

• Lead end-to-end SAP implementation and transformation projects
• Define project scope, objectives, deliverables, budgets, and timelines
• Establish project governance and reporting structures
• Manage project plans and dependencies across multiple workstreams
• Ensure compliance with organizational change management procedures

Business & Stakeholder Management

• Engage with business owners across all insurance departments
• Facilitate workshops and decision-making sessions
• Manage stakeholder expectations and communication plans
• Resolve conflicts and drive timely decisions

SAP Delivery Management

• Lead SAP implementation
• Oversee delivery of: SAP Portal with integration to SAP FS-PM, FS-CM, FS-CD, SAP BW / Datasphere / SAC, MDG, Business Partner

Risk & Issue Management

• Maintain project RAID logs
• Identify delivery risks and define mitigation plans
• Escalate critical issues through the governance structure
• Monitor vendor performance and contractual commitments

Financial Management

• Manage project budget and forecasts
• Approve project expenditures
• Track financial performance against approved business cases

Quality Assurance

• Ensure adherence to project methodologies
• Establish quality gates and acceptance criteria
• Oversee testing strategy: SIT, UAT, Performance Testing, Cutover Testing

Change Management & Adoption

• Coordinate training and communication activities
• Ensure business readiness for go-live
• Support organizational change initiatives
• Drive user adoption and benefits realization

Requirements

Mandatory

• 4+ years project management experience
• 2+ years leading SAP projects
• Experience managing budgets exceeding €1 million
• Experience working with external system integrators
• Experience in SAP insurance transformations

Preferred

• Experience in export credit, or reinsurance
• Experience with:
  • SAP Portal solution
  • SAP FS-PM
  • Msg.PM
  • SAP FS-CM
  • SAP FS-CD
  • SAP S/4HANA

Technical Skills

• SAP Insurance modules
• SAP ABAP experience
• SAP BTP experience
• SAP Solution Manager / Cloud ALM
• Microsoft 365
• Teams
• SharePoint
• Power BI
• Project Online / Planner

Leadership Competencies

• Executive stakeholder management
• Negotiation and influencing
• Decision making under pressure
• Team leadership
• Conflict resolution
• Strategic thinking
• Results orientation

Language

• Good English

We Offer

• Competitive salary
• Opportunity to work in Belgium
• Professional growth and development

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