ERP Program Manager

Position: ERP Program Manager
Location: Sacramento, CA – Hybrid
Duration: 12+ Months
Job Type: Contract

Job Description

We are seeking a Senior ERP Program Manager to provide strategic and program leadership for a large-scale ERP modernization and replacement initiative. The ideal candidate will lead ERP planning and readiness activities while establishing the roadmap, governance model, organizational structure, resource strategy, and implementation approach.

This role will work closely with executive leadership, IT, Finance, Human Resources, Student/Campus Solutions, and other business stakeholders to drive an enterprise-wide transformation.

Responsibilities

• Lead ERP modernization strategy, readiness planning, and transformation roadmap.
• Develop and maintain integrated program plans covering ERP strategy, BPR, requirements, data readiness, OCM, procurement, solution selection, and implementation readiness.
• Establish program governance, decision-making processes, escalation paths, roles, and accountability.
• Coordinate activities and dependencies across Finance, HR, Student/Campus Solutions, IT, and other stakeholder groups.
• Assess organizational capacity and identify resource and skill requirements.
• Develop program schedules and sequencing based on operational priorities, business cycles, dependencies, and resource constraints.
• Facilitate executive-level discussions around ERP strategy, scope, priorities, risks, decisions, and organizational readiness.
• Coordinate business process, requirements, data, integration, OCM, procurement, and technical workstreams.
• Support development of budgets, staffing models, implementation approaches, and resource plans.
• Support ERP procurement and selection strategies, including ERP solution and systems integrator selection.
• Manage program risks, issues, dependencies, decisions, and corrective actions.
• Provide executive-level reporting on program status, risks, decisions, milestones, and readiness.
• Ensure business stakeholders maintain ownership and active participation throughout the ERP transformation.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience managing large-scale ERP implementation, modernization, replacement, or enterprise transformation programs.
• 7+ years leading complex technology or business transformation initiatives involving multiple business functions or organizational entities.
• 5+ years developing and managing ERP/program roadmaps, integrated project plans, governance structures, resource plans, and implementation strategies.
• 5+ years facilitating executive-level and cross-functional stakeholders.
• 5+ years managing programs involving business requirements, BPR, data/integration, OCM, procurement/vendor activities, testing, and implementation readiness across multiple workstreams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading an ERP replacement from strategy/readiness through RFP development, solution selection, systems integrator selection, and/or implementation.
• Experience with Oracle Cloud ERP, Workday, PeopleSoft modernization/replacement, or comparable enterprise SaaS ERP platforms.
• Experience within Higher Education, California Public Sector, or a large decentralized public organization.
• Experience leading ERP programs involving Finance, HR/HCM, Student/SIS, or similarly complex functional domains.
• Experience developing business cases, TCO/cost estimates, staffing models, implementation sequencing, and ERP modernization budgets.
• PMP, PgMP, Prosci, SAFe, or comparable professional certification.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a senior ERP transformation leader who can operate at both strategic and execution levels, communicate effectively with executive leadership, and provide structure and direction across multiple functional and technical workstreams. Experience transitioning organizations away from highly customized legacy ERP environments is highly desirable.