Senior Project Manager - PeopleSoft PUM Upgrades & OCI Migration

Job Title: Senior Project Manager – PeopleSoft PUM Upgrades & OCI Migration

Location: New York, NY — Onsite 5 Days/Week
Job Type: Contract – Long Term
Pay Rate: $70–$75/hr on W2
Visa: USC, GC
Experience: 15+ Years
Interview: Video & In-Person

Job Description

We are seeking a Senior Project Manager with extensive IT/ERP project management experience and strong hands-on project delivery experience with PeopleSoft PUM/PeopleTools upgrades and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) migrations .

The ideal candidate will lead large-scale PeopleSoft modernization initiatives, manage cross-functional technical teams and vendors, and communicate effectively with executive stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end PeopleSoft PUM and PeopleTools upgrade projects.
• Manage PeopleSoft migration from on-premises environments to OCI .
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, budgets, milestones, dependencies, and risk registers.
• Manage scope, risks, issues, changes, resources, and overall project delivery.
• Coordinate PeopleSoft teams across HCM, FSCM, ELM, Pensions , and related modules.
• Oversee testing, customization retrofit, defect management, cutover, go-live, and production stabilization.
• Coordinate infrastructure, database, networking, security, cloud, and application teams during OCI migration.
• Manage Oracle Consulting, system integrators, and third-party vendors.
• Track vendor deliverables, milestones, resources, contractual commitments, and quality.
• Lead steering committee meetings and provide executive-level status reporting.
• Manage project budgets, forecasts, vendor invoices, and financial controls.
• Ensure disaster recovery, security, business continuity, and operational readiness requirements are addressed.
• Drive Agile/Hybrid project delivery and maintain strong project governance.

Required Qualifications

• 15+ years of IT/ERP Project Management experience.
• 10+ years of PeopleSoft project delivery experience.
• Proven experience managing PeopleSoft PUM/PeopleTools upgrades .
• Proven experience leading PeopleSoft OCI migration projects .
• Strong understanding of PeopleSoft architecture and lifecycle management.
• Working knowledge of Oracle Database, WebLogic, Integration Broker , and PeopleSoft environments.
• Experience managing large enterprise projects with $5M+ budgets .
• Strong executive stakeholder, vendor, and steering committee management experience.
• Strong risk, budget, resource, dependency, and change management experience.
• Strong Agile/Hybrid project management experience.
• Must be available to work onsite in NYC 5 days/week .
• USC or GC only.

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP certification.
• OCI certification.
• Agile/Scrum certification.
• PeopleSoft HCM, FSCM, ELM, or Pensions experience.
• Cloud security, disaster recovery, and high-availability experience.
• Oracle Consulting or major system integrator experience.
• Public sector, transportation, higher education, healthcare, or large enterprise experience.

Primary Skills

PeopleSoft, PUM, PeopleTools, PeopleSoft Upgrade, PeopleSoft Architecture, OCI, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, OCI Migration, Oracle Database, WebLogic, Integration Broker, ERP Project Management, Program Management, Agile, Hybrid, Vendor Management, Risk Management, Budget Management, Executive Stakeholder Management