Senior S/4HANA PMO Lead

Job Description

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced Senior S/4HANA PMO Lead to guide program governance, compliance oversight, and cross-functional delivery efforts for a complex enterprise environment in Cincinnati, Ohio. This Long-term Contract position is ideal for a consultant who can align project controls with audit expectations while keeping stakeholders informed, risks visible, and priorities on track. The role requires strong leadership, disciplined execution, and the ability to coordinate work across technical and business teams using structured project management practices.

Responsibilities:
• Direct PMO activities for S/4HANA-related initiatives, ensuring timelines, governance standards, and delivery milestones remain well managed.
• Establish and maintain reporting frameworks, dashboards, and project tracking processes using Atlassian Jira to provide clear visibility into progress, risks, and dependencies.
• Partner with audit and compliance stakeholders to support control documentation, readiness reviews, and adherence to internal governance expectations.
• Coordinate with infrastructure and technology teams, including those supporting Cisco-based environments, to align project plans with operational and technical requirements.
• Lead risk, issue, and escalation management by identifying concerns early, driving mitigation plans, and communicating impacts to leadership.
• Facilitate cross-functional meetings, decision-making forums, and status reviews to keep business and technical teams aligned on priorities.
• Oversee documentation quality, action item follow-through, and PMO standards to promote consistency across program workstreams.
• Support initiatives connected to retirement benefits processes by organizing deliverables, tracking dependencies, and ensuring key milestones are achieved.• Demonstrated experience leading PMO functions or large-scale program governance efforts within S/4HANA or enterprise transformation environments.
• Strong background in audit compliance, internal audit coordination, and project control practices within regulated or highly governed organizations.
• Hands-on experience using Atlassian Jira for planning, workflow tracking, reporting, and issue management.
• Familiarity with Cisco technologies and the ability to coordinate effectively with technical infrastructure teams.
• Proven ability to manage multiple stakeholders, resolve competing priorities, and communicate clearly with executive and project-level audiences.
• Experience developing status reporting, RAID management processes, and governance documentation for complex programs.
• Knowledge of retirement benefits-related business processes is preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in project management, business, information systems, or a related field.