IT Project Manager - Oracle ERP Fusion Cloud

We are seeking experienced IT Project Managers for a multi-year, on-site Oracle ERP Fusion Cloud business transformation program in Orange County, CA. In this role, you will lead the end-to-end delivery lifecycle—including planning, design, configuration, testing, deployment, and post-go-live support—to modernize core enterprise processes across HCM, PLM, R2R, and O2D. You will work closely with business leaders, functional process owners, IT teams, and a system integration vendor to manage scope, schedule, budget, risks, and business outcomes. The ideal candidate brings strong project leadership, executive communication, vendor governance, and business transformation experience to drive alignment and measurable value.

Project Managers need experience with one or more following Oracle Fusion Cloud work stream areas:

• Oracle Fusion Cloud Finance
• Oracle Fusion Cloud PLM
• Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM
• Record to Report (R2R)
• Order to Deliver (O2D)
• Reporting & Integration

Overview

* Duration: 12 months (extendable - multi-year initiative)

* Start: Immediate

* Location: Irvine, CA (4 days/week onsite, higher visibility or large workstreams may need flexibility for additional onsite work)

* Compensation: $80-85/hr W2 plus benefits. W2 contract only, no C2C

Critical Skills:

• Strong project and program management skills with experience leading complex ERP or Oracle Fusion implementation programs.

• Working knowledge of Oracle Fusion business processes and implementation activities across HCM, PLM, Record to Report, and Order to Deliver.

• Demonstrated ability to manage SI vendors, hold delivery partners accountable, and ensure vendor work products meet business, technical, quality, and timeline expectations.

• Excellent executive communication skills, including the ability to prepare clear status updates, decision materials, risk summaries, and escalation recommendations for senior leadership.

• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to work closely with business leaders, process owners, IT teams, and external partners to drive alignment and decisions.

• Ability to manage scope, schedule, budget, risks, issues, dependencies, change requests, testing progress, and deployment readiness in a fast-paced transformation environment.

• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to coordinate multiple workstreams while maintaining clear accountability and delivery discipline.

Strategy and Planning:

• Lead the planning and execution of an Oracle Fusion business transformation program across HCM, PLM, Record to Report, and Order to Deliver workstreams.

• Develop and maintain integrated project plans, milestones, budgets, resource plans, RAID logs, decision logs, and executive status reporting for the transformation program.

• Define and manage project scope, objectives, deliverables, success measures, and business outcomes in partnership with executive sponsors, business process owners, IT leaders, and the SI vendor.

• Coordinate cross-functional business and IT teams to ensure clear ownership, timely decision-making, and alignment across process design, data, integrations, security, reporting, testing, training, and deployment activities.

• Identify and manage cross-workstream dependencies, risks, issues, scope changes, and escalations to keep the program on schedule and aligned with business priorities.

Operational Management:

• Manage day-to-day program execution for the Oracle Fusion transformation, ensuring delivery teams remain aligned to approved scope, schedule, budget, quality standards, and business value objectives.

• Serve as the primary project coordination point between business leaders, functional workstream leads, IT application teams, technical teams, data owners, change management resources, and the SI vendor.

• Establish and manage operating rhythms, including workstream meetings, design reviews, testing checkpoints, readiness reviews, steering committee updates, and escalation forums.

• Provide governance over the SI vendor by managing deliverables, milestones, resource commitments, issue resolution, quality of work products, and adherence to contractual expectations.

• Partner with business process owners to validate future-state process designs, confirm solution fit, support key decisions, and ensure Oracle Fusion capabilities are adopted in a way that supports enterprise business transformation.

• Oversee integrated testing activities, including system integration testing, user acceptance testing, defect triage, remediation tracking, cutover planning, and deployment readiness.

• Manage resource utilization, change requests, and vendor performance metrics while providing transparent reporting on program health, risks, issues, dependencies, and decisions.

• Ensure program documentation is complete, auditable, and maintained in centralized repositories, including project plans, design decisions, test evidence, cutover plans, training materials, and support transition documents.

• Support organizational change management by coordinating communication, stakeholder engagement, training readiness, business adoption, and post-go-live stabilization activities.

Education and Experience:

• 10+ years of experience managing enterprise technology projects, with demonstrated experience leading ERP, Oracle Fusion, or large-scale business transformation initiatives.

• Experience managing Oracle Fusion Cloud implementation activities across one or more of the following areas: Human Capital Management (HCM), Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Record to Report (R2R), and Order to Deliver (O2D).

• Experience managing a system integration (SI) vendor or external consulting partner through design, build, testing, deployment, and stabilization phases.

• Experience working directly with business leaders and process owners to align project delivery with business priorities, operating model changes, process standardization, and adoption goals.

• Experience in manufacturing, plant operations, commercial products, finance, supply chain, or enterprise operations is preferred.

• PMI, PMP, Agile, Scrum, or other project management certifications are preferred.

• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Project, ServiceNow, Smartsheet, Jira, Azure DevOps, or similar planning and delivery management tools is preferred.

• Bachelor’s degree preferred; advanced degree highly desirable.

Please apply today!