Program Manager

• • Own end-to-end accountability for Oracle ERP implementation, rollout, upgrade, migration, separation or modernization programs across Oracle E-Business Suite and/or Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP.
• • Build and govern the integrated master plan & inter-dependencies across functional, technical, data, integrations, testing, environment, security, reporting, change, deployment and hypercare workstreams.
• • Lead proposal shaping, solution reviews, estimation, staffing, delivery model, transition and mobilization; challenge assumptions and establish a credible baseline.
• • Govern team structure, scope, schedule, budget, quality, RAID, decisions, change control, contractual commitments and readiness for design, test cycles, mock conversions, cutover, go-live and stabilization – orchestrating across tracks
• • Work with team to convert incomplete or conflicting inputs into hypotheses, decision options, owners and time-bound actions; distinguish reversible decisions from high-impact design choices.
• • Identify cross-track and business impacts early, assess critical-path constraints and drive fact-based trade-offs focused on targeted program outcomes.

Roles & Responsibilities

• • Maintain a single source of truth for assumptions, decisions, risks, dependencies and change requests; escalate with context, impact, recommendation and required decision.
• • Lead recovery of troubled workstreams through root-cause analysis, re-planning, capacity correction and outcome-based checkpoints.
• • Partner with client business and IT leaders, onshore leadership, architects, product owners, Oracle, external and third parties to ensure seamless execution. Maintain mutual accountability and transparency through inter-dependencies, decision impact and timeliness.
• • Lead a multi-location, multi-vendor team; define clear accountabilities, handoffs and operating cadence while preserving end-to-end ownership across organizational boundaries.
• • Coach track leads and managers, strengthen succession and capability, and create a culture of transparency, engineering discipline, continuous improvement and respectful challenge.

Technical Requirements

• • Communicate a concise executive narrative on outcomes, value, progress, risks, decisions and recovery actions without masking unresolved issues
• • Navigate and negotiate through the changes to effectively maintain program success parameters and objectives on track
• • Apply fit-for-purpose agile, hybrid and stage-gated methods while maintaining disciplined ERP design, configuration, build, test, conversion and release controls.
• • Use AI-assisted methods for knowledge discovery, requirements traceability, risk sensing, test-case and defect analysis, document summarization and operational insights, with human review and enterprise security controls.
• • Identify automation opportunities across PMO reporting, reconciliation, regression testing, deployment evidence and service transition; measure realized adoption and productivity impact.
• • Ensure responsible AI use: approved data boundaries, access controls, validation, provenance, bias/error checks and no unsupported decisions based solely on generated output
• • Ability to understand client operating model, end-to-end value streams, ability to translate business outcomes expectations into project actions and track them through the project lifecycle
• • Ability to assess and challenge customization, fragmented process choices and weak controls; ability to promote standardization, simplification

Additional

• • Minimum 18+ years of enterprise applications experience, including 10+ years in program/project leadership in Oracle ecosystem and at least one large, complex Oracle ERP transformation managed end-to-end.
• • Demonstrated leadership of offshore delivery with multiple concurrent tracks, global stakeholders, distributed teams and third-party dependencies.
• • Hands-on program understanding of Oracle E-Business Suite and/or Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP lifecycle; strong appreciation of business processes, controls and value drivers across finance, supply chain and manufacturing; stays up to date on Oracle emerging landscape capabilities and AI
• • Working knowledge of Oracle architecture and delivery concerns: integrations/APIs, extensions, reports, workflows, data conversion, identity/security, environments, performance, release management and production support transition.
• • Proven control of scope, estimation, financials, resource planning, quality, commercial obligations, governance and executive communication.
• • Experience with SDLC, Agile/hybrid delivery, quality engineering, test management, cutover, organizational change and benefits realization.
• • Ability to operate across time zones and provide predictable overlap with onshore/client teams during critical phases.