Oracle Program Manager

Oracle Program ManagerOrgill is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Oracle Program Manager to join our team. The successful candidate will lead Orgill's multi-year ERP Modernization roadmap and transition to Oracle Cloud ERP, consisting of multiple, complex technology initiatives, each which must be led successfully from inception through implementation. The Oracle Program Manager will support Business and Technology leaders to develop strategies, translate them into actionable plans, and orchestrate their successful implementation across multiple teams and departments with high performance and adherence to best practices in SDLC, IT governance, and technology architecture. This role offers an exciting opportunity to oversee cross-functional teams, manage high-stakes projects, and drive successful transformation aligned with organizational goals. The Oracle Program Manager must possess strong expertise in Program and Project management methodologies, IT operations, and up-to-date knowledge of IT architectures. They must demonstrate exceptional leadership, communication, and organizational skills, along with the agility, adaptability and versatility necessary to achieve successful outcomes in a growing, dynamic environment.Join our team as an Oracle Program Manager to lead innovative projects that will shape our technological future, while advancing your career in an organization committed to project delivery excellence.Essential Duties and Responsibilities:Lead the Oracle roadmap and governance across Cloud Fusion ERPPartner with Technology and Business leadership, technology teams, vendor partners, and business end users to orchestrate the planning, creation, management, and rollout of technology solutions.Lead and coordinate multiple technical projects across various teams, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives and organizational standards, in tandem with operational teams.Facilitate requirements gathering sessions with stakeholders to capture functional and technical details necessary to support project scope, solution definitions, objectives, and success criteria.Collaborate with vendors, internal technical teams and SMEs to develop work levels of effort, cost estimates and project budgets.Apply situationally-appropriate life cycles and methodologies, including predictive, agile and lean, to advance projects, continuous improvements and other complementary work.Oversee enterprise software implementations and SDLC, including analysis, design, testing, UAT, deployment, and post-implementation support.Develop comprehensive project plans utilizing project management software tools; manage schedules, milestones, and deliverables; monitor and control costs.Manage project risks, issues, and dependencies proactively; implement appropriate responses to both minimize impact and maximize benefit.Facilitate communication among stakeholders at all levels, including technical teams, business units, and executive leadership, to ensure transparency and stakeholder engagement; prepare status reports, presentations, and documentation.Employ Change Management methods to ensure effective stakeholder transitions through change journeys with minimal impact.Coordinate with IT Infrastructure and Operations teams to ensure seamless transition of technology solutions into Orgill's technology ecosystems.Ensure adherence to project management and enterprise architecture best practices.Promote IT governance standards and compliance throughout project lifecycles; support organizational initiatives related to IT strategy and enterprise architecture.Success Factors: Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:A proven track record of successfully planning, implementing and deploying technical projects, including Oracle Cloud Fusion enterprise implementations.Conversant and practiced in up-to-date Project Management Life Cycle methods and frameworks, with expert knowledge of both agile and traditional project management practices, project artifacts and documentation standards.Strong proficiency in project scheduling and issue tracking tools, as well as office applications such as Google Workspace.Solid understanding of information technology architecture, platforms and concepts, including SDLC, cloud computing, IT infrastructure, databases and integrations.Analytical mindset with the ability to assess complex technical issues, and interpret/convey them to a non-technical audience.Excellent leadership skills with the ability to coordinate cross-functional teams; strong organizational skills with attention to detail.Exceptional communication skills for stakeholder engagement at all levels; adept at negotiation and conflict resolution.Proven ability to influence stakeholders at all levels of the organization, effectively build interpersonal relationships, and achieve alignment across a wide range of functions and constituents.Sound grasp of key business drivers and considerations in the technical domains.Experience in the Distribution, Warehousing and/or Retail industry – Preferred.Minimum Job Qualifications:Minimum 10 years of ERP program and/or project management experience, including demonstrated ability to lead multi-pillar, multi-project programsDemonstrated leadership of multiple Oracle Cloud ERP implementationsProject management and/or hands on experience with the following technologies: Oracle EBS, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), Integrations via Oracle Cloud Integration Service, Mulesoft or equivalentAnalytics technologies such as Snowflake, Oracle Cloud Analytics or equivalentFamiliarity with Oracle reporting tools (OTBI, BI Publisher, JDE)Excellent executive communication and presentation skillsExcellent verbal and written communication skillsStrong time management, organization, and collaboration skillsProficiency with project management tools such as Microsoft Project, Wrike (preferred), Jira (preferred)Preferred Qualifications:PMP Certification (PMP, PGMP, PMI-ACP)Oracle Cloud Project Management Professional, and/or other Oracle Cloud certificationsExperience with quarterly Oracle Cloud HCM updatesExperience in Wholesale, Retail, and/or Distribution WarehousingEqual Opportunity Employer This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. 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