Senior IT Project Manager - Oracle EBS Upgrade

Key Responsibilities
Lead the end-to-end Oracle EBS upgrade lifecycle, including planning, assessment, design, build, remediation, testing, deployment, hypercare, stabilization, and project closure
Develop and maintain the upgrade strategy, roadmap, delivery milestones, and integrated project schedule
Coordinate Oracle EBS applications, databases, infrastructure, integrations, security, customizations, environments, and third-party applications
Ensure application, technical, infrastructure, and business workstreams remain aligned throughout the upgrade
Manage upgrade dependencies, compatibility considerations, customization remediation, integration readiness, and environment planning
Develop and manage integrated project plans covering milestones, critical paths, dependencies, resources, budgets, and delivery schedules
Manage multiple concurrent workstreams across business and technology organizations
Track project progress against scope, schedule, budget, quality, and resource commitments
Identify and resolve schedule conflicts, resource constraints, and cross-workstream dependencies
Establish and manage project governance and operating cadence
Maintain comprehensive RAID logs covering risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies
Drive risk identification, mitigation planning, issue resolution, escalation, and change control
Facilitate governance meetings, leadership reviews, and decision-making forums
Provide project health reporting, milestone tracking, dashboards, and executive-level status updates
Lead testing governance across System Integration Testing (SIT), regression testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), performance testing, and security testing
Coordinate testing schedules, environment readiness, business participation, and entry/exit criteria
Oversee defect management, prioritization, resolution, and escalation
Ensure critical business processes, integrations, customizations, and interfaces are appropriately validated before production deployment
Drive business and operational readiness for go-live
Develop and manage comprehensive cutover strategies and detailed cutover plans
Coordinate and lead mock cutovers and dress rehearsals to validate deployment procedures and timing
Establish production readiness and go/no-go criteria
Lead production deployment and command-center activities across participating teams
Coordinate business, application, infrastructure, integration, security, database, and vendor teams during cutover
Manage post-production hypercare and stabilization and ensure issues are prioritized and resolved effectively
Facilitate transition to steady-state production support and formal project closure
Serve as the primary project management interface across business and IT stakeholders
Facilitate executive steering committee meetings, project governance reviews, and cross-functional workstream meetings
Communicate project status, risks, dependencies, decisions, financials, and milestones to senior leadership
Drive timely decision-making and escalate critical issues when necessary
Build alignment among business stakeholders, technology teams, and external delivery partners
Coordinate internal teams, contractors, Oracle resources, implementation partners, consulting organizations, system integrators, and third-party vendors
Establish ownership and accountability for vendor deliverables and track partner commitments, dependencies, quality, and schedule performance
Facilitate resolution of cross-vendor and cross-team dependencies
Manage project budgets, forecasts, financial performance, and resource capacity
Monitor actuals against forecasts and identify financial or resource risks
Manage staffing requirements and capacity across multiple workstreams
Maintain project metrics, documentation, dashboards, and executive-level reporting

Required Qualifications
10+ years of experience
Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business, Engineering, or a related discipline (or equivalent professional experience)
Project Management Professional (PMP)
Program Management Professional (PgMP)
PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)
SAFe Certification
Certified Scrum Master (CSM)

Skills
Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS)
Oracle EBS Architecture and Integrations
SDLC
Microsoft Project
Smartsheet
Jira
Confluence
ServiceNow
IT Project and Program Management
Oracle EBS Upgrade Program Management
Integrated Project Planning
RAID Log Management
Risk Management
Testing Governance
Cutover Planning and Execution
Stakeholder Management
Executive Presentations
Vendor Management
Budget and Financial Management
Project Governance
Cross-team Dependency Management
Change Management
Business and Operational Readiness

Schedule
Start date: 2026-09-21