Oracle HCM Migrations Manager

Description:

• We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Technology Programme Manager with 10+ years of experience leading large-scale technology transformation and integration programmes. The successful candidate will be responsible for driving the end-to-end delivery of complex global Oracle HCM migrations, ensuring strong governance, high-quality delivery, robust project controls, and successful business adoption across multiple regions.

• This role requires deep expertise in programme management, requirements management, data migration, systems integration, testing cycles, deployment planning, and stakeholder management. The ideal candidate will possess a strong understanding of technology delivery best practices and be capable of leading cross-functional teams through all phases of the project lifecycle. The role also requires rigorous governance, project planning, progress tracking, risk management, and documentation management practices.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own and drive the overall programme plan, ensuring successful delivery across all workstreams including data migration, integrations, configuration, reporting, testing, deployment, cutover, and hypercare.
• Establish and maintain detailed project plans with clear accountability on the project team, critical paths, dependencies, milestones, resource plans, and delivery schedules.
• Lead programme governance, ensuring appropriate controls, reporting, decision-making forums, and stakeholder engagement throughout the project lifecycle.
• Manage multiple workstreams, vendors, business stakeholders, and technical teams to ensure alignment and delivery against agreed timelines.
• Proactively identify, manage, and resolve delivery risks, issues, dependencies, and blockers.
• Oversee requirements gathering activities across business, functional, technical, reporting, integration, and data workstreams.
• Ensure requirements are clearly documented, reviewed, validated, and formally approved and signed off by the appropriate stakeholders.
• Ensure scope is controlled and that change management processes are followed throughout the programme lifecycle.
• Drive delivery through Agile, Waterfall, or Hybrid methodologies as appropriate.
• Possess a strong understanding of data migration methodologies and best practices.
• Oversee data extraction, cleansing, mapping, transformation, validation, reconciliation, upload, and migration activities from legacy systems into Oracle.
• Manage complex upstream and downstream integrations and monitor associated dependencies.
• Ensure all major project deliverables, requirements, designs, testing outcomes, and deployment activities are formally reviewed and signed off.
• Build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders across People & Culture, IT, Payroll, other areas and external vendors.
• Provide clear communication on progress, risks, decisions, dependencies, and delivery outcomes.

Key Requirements:

• Minimum 10 years' experience delivering large-scale technology transformation, and proven experience implementing projects from initiation through to post-go-live support.
• Strong understanding of end-to-end project delivery lifecycle, governance frameworks, and programme management methodologies.
• Extensive experience managing requirements gathering, validation, traceability, and business sign-off processes.
• Deep understanding of testing methodologies and quality assurance processes.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex global stakeholder groups and third-party vendors.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving capabilities.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and influencing skills.
• Experience with Azure DevOps (ADO), Microsoft Project, Jira, Smartsheet, or similar delivery management tools.