Sr. ERP Implementation Project Manager with Oracle Fusion Cloud | PeopleSoft | Workday

Position: Sr. ERP Implementation Project Manager with Oracle Fusion Cloud | PeopleSoft | Workday

Location: Remote

Term :Long Term Contact/ Fulltime/Permanent

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced 10 to 15 years ERP Implementation Project Manager with deep expertise in Oracle Fusion Cloud, PeopleSoft, and Workday implementations. The ideal candidate will lead largescale enterprise ERP transformation projects, manage crossfunctional technical and business teams, drive project governance, mitigate risks, and ensure successful delivery of complex cloud migration, upgrade, and integration initiatives.

This role requires strong leadership, handson project management execution, ERP functional knowledge, and the ability to coordinate with senior stakeholders, system integrators, and technical teams.

Key Responsibilities

Project & Program Management

• Lead endtoend ERP implementation, migration, upgrade, and integration projects across Oracle Fusion Cloud, PeopleSoft HCM/FSCM, and Workday Financials/HCM.
• Develop project roadmaps, schedules, work plans, resource plans, and governance structures.
• Drive crossfunctional project delivery, ensuring timelines, budgets, risks, and deliverables are successfully managed.
• Facilitate project steering committee and stakeholder meetings.
• Provide clear, timely status reporting to leadership and executive teams.

Cloud ERP Implementation Leadership

• Manage full lifecycle Workday Financials/HCM implementations including SIT, E2E, UAT, User Experience Reviews, and Cutover.
• Lead Oracle Cloud ERP SaaS implementations including SCM, Financials, HCM, and middleware components.
• Oversee Oracle EBS upgrades (12.2.x) and PeopleSoft upgrades (HCM/FSCM 9.2, PeopleTools).
• Lead cloud migrations to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and server/infrastructure modernization initiatives.
• Develop tenant management plans, testing strategies, configuration control, and project documentation.

Technical Program Oversight

• Direct technical teams including Apps DBAs, Integration specialists, Cloud engineers, and Functional SMEs.
• Oversee major technical initiatives such as:
• Database upgrades (12c/19c)
• Fusion Middleware upgrades
• Large database migrations to OCI
• Server virtualization and infrastructure redesign
• Support evaluation and adoption of integration tools (Talend, DataStage, SAP Integration, SOA Suite).

Business & Stakeholder Leadership

• Collaborate with business leaders to align financial calendars, HR operations, Payroll cycles, and functional processes with project timelines.
• Partner with SI vendors and manage RFP/RFI, vendor assessments, and bid evaluations.
• Coach and mentor project teams on methodologies, best practices, Agile frameworks, and PMO standards.

Agile & Hybrid Methodology Delivery

• Implement and promote Agile practices using JIRA, Kanban, Trello, and Confluence.
• Lead Agile ceremonies, sprint planning, backlog grooming, and iterative testing cycles.
• Integrate Agile frameworks into waterfall or hybrid enterprise PMO environments.

Testing & Quality Management

• Lead endtoend testing cycles: SIT, UAT, Parallel Testing, Performance Testing.
• Define testing frameworks and testing governance.
• Ensure quality, compliance, and audit readiness for enterprise systems.

Required Skills & Qualifications

Technical Skills

• ERP: Oracle Fusion Cloud, Oracle EBS 12.2.x, PeopleSoft HCM/FSCM 9.2, Workday HCM/Financials.
• Cloud: OCI, Azure (migration exposure), Infrastructure architecture.
• Tools: MS Project, Planview, Clarity PPM, JIRA, Kanban, Confluence.
• Integration & Middleware: SOA, WebCenter, BIP, SSO, Kronos/Workforce Central.

Project Management Skills

• Strong PMO and project governance experience.
• Proven ability to manage multi-disciplinary ERP project teams.
• Expertise in risk identification, mitigation planning, and escalation management.
• Excellent communication, leadership, stakeholder management, and decision-making skills.

Preferred Experience

• Large enterprise or government (State, Federal) project experience.
• Experience managing SI partners and vendor teams.
• Experience with cloud migration of ERP workloads.