SAP Program Manager - Montreal, Canada

Consulting and Professional Services

SAP Program Manager - Montreal, Canada

We help the world run better
At SAP, we keep it simple: you bring your best to us, and we'll bring out the best in you. We're builders touching over 20 industries and 80% of global commerce, and we need your unique talents to help shape what's next. The work is challenging - but it matters. You'll find a place where you can be yourself, prioritize your wellbeing, and truly belong. What's in it for you? Constant learning, skill growth, great benefits, and a team that wants you to grow and succeed.

What you'll do

The Program Manager is responsible for managing and delivering strategic complex engagements to one or more strategic accounts. In this billable role, the program manager works closely with the customer, the services account executive and other key stakeholders to manage multiple, related projects within given business strategies. The program manager will be a key member of the delivery team throughout the services lifecycle, from sales support through implementation and post-go-live. The Program Manager has the qualification and business acumen typically to manage multiple large scale, high risk, projects, programs and engagements that span organizational and national boundaries including multiple business units and multiple service partners/vendors.

• Carry responsibilities across multiple functional areas, including: Opportunity Management, Delivery, Business Development, Coaching/Mentoring & Knowledge Management
• Ensure effective program oversight via program and project reviews to affect customer success and serve as a mentor to project managers
• Manage complex contractual constructs
• Define appropriate delivery model for customer project as a composition of pre-defined services, on-site and/or remote delivery - including Max Attention Next Generation (and other PE engagements)
• Scope and estimate engagement; Determine required resources for the engagement; Assess, document and communicate the risk for the engagement
• Lead and own engagement-planning and program-planning activities
• Oversee the delivery of multiple projects related to successful engagement or program execution
• Own the engagement and program plan; Carry responsibility of delivering its major elements including program’s business objectives, scope and solution within quality criteria (on time, within budget)
• Build proactive formal and informal communication/relationship with key stakeholders outside of direct team
• Resolve political, resource, budgeting, change and legal issues affecting the program
• Oversee and lead the development of proposals, tenders, and or responses to requests for proposals associated with the program in order to win new deals for SAP with minimal risks
• Take responsibility from as team lead and support respective line manager(s) in people development tasks

What you bring

• Track record of achieving revenue and margin goals while managing multiple client projects of meaningful scope and duration
• Proven ability to build trusted relationships at the client executive level
• Strong leadership, organizational and interpersonal skills; the ability to work well with people from different disciplines with varying degrees of technical experience; competence in clear concise and tactful communication with senior executive management, clients, peers and team members
• Worked previously in a consulting role with a SAP services provider
• Excellent understanding of SAP digital, cloud, and innovation solutions and of the consulting business processes and functions.
• Demonstrated experience leading cross functional teams within a formalized methodology and practical experience in applying SAP templates and methods, including Activate
• Demonstrated experience in managing issues, scope and quality while bring projects to successful completion within the cost and time requirements.
• Liaison and consultative skills: negotiating skills within a context of high political sensitivity and conflicting interests.
• Strong writing, mentoring, decision making, communication, and meeting facilitation skills; ability to utilize a combination of formal authority and persuasion skill sets.
• Ability to train and mentor project managers or teams in project management methodologies.
• Knowledge of the strategic and operational issues of the project management business unit.
• A clear vision of what determines a successful project for the customer and for the enterprise.

• Knowledge of and competency in project management processes including planning tasks, resource allocation, risk management, time management, financial management, HR management, quality management, monitoring and reporting, documenting and record keeping.
• Adaptability and flexibility to manage deadline pressure, ambiguity and change.

Minimum:

• 7+ years of SAP delivery experience including services management experience
• 5+ Years of program management experience in 2+ SAP Software project lifecycles
• Must have experience delivering software in Enterprise Environments (Fortune 500 or greater)
• Must have superior project financials business acumen (forecasting, allocated revenue, etc.)
• Proficiency in key program management knowledge areas of Program Management Lifecycle, Benefits Management (Value Management), Program Governance, Stakeholder Management, and Integration Management
• French Bilingual

Desired

• PMP Certification and/or MS Project Certification (orange belt)

• Major Systems Integrator experience
• SAP Sales experience
• Demonstrated leadership by example style in managing teams and clients
• Exceptional leadership, organizational and interpersonal skills; the ability to work well with people from different disciplines with varying degrees of technical experience; competence in clear concise and tactful communication with senior executive management, clients, peers and team members

• Excellent understanding of SAP solutions and of the consulting business processes and functions

Bring out your best
SAP innovations help more than four hundred thousand customers worldwide work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively. Originally known for leadership in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, SAP has evolved to become a market leader in end-to-end business application software and related services for database, analytics, intelligent technologies, and experience management. As a cloud company with two hundred million users and more than one hundred thousand employees worldwide, we are purpose-driven and future-focused, with a highly collaborative team ethic and commitment to personal development. Whether connecting global industries, people, or platforms, we help ensure every challenge gets the solution it deserves. At SAP, you can bring out your best.
We win with inclusion
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SAP believes the value of pay transparency contributes towards an honest and supportive culture and is a significant step toward demonstrating SAP’s commitment to pay equity. SAP provides the hourly base salary rate range applicable for the posted role. The targeted range for this position is - (CAD) CAD. The actual amount to be offered to the successful candidates will be within that range, dependent upon the key aspects of each case which may include education, skills, experience, scope of the role, location, etc. as determined through the selection process. SAP offers limited benefits for employees hired into hourly or like roles subject to appliable plan/policy terms. A summary of benefits and eligibility requirements can be found by clicking this link: to the nature of the role, which involves global interactions with SAP entities, as well as with employees and stakeholders in Canada, functional proficiency in English is required for positions based in the Quebec.

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Requisition ID: | Work Area: Consulting and Professional Services | Expected Travel: 0 - 70% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations:

Requisition ID:

Posted Date: Feb 20, 2026

Work Area: Consulting and Professional Services

Career Status: Professional

Employment Type: Regular Full Time

Expected Travel: 0 - 70%

Location:

Montreal, Quebec, CA, H3B 0B3

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