Job Description: Job Description: IT Project Manager Oracle Cloud Applications (ERP/HCM/EPM/FAW)
Location: Jersey City, NJ - Hybrid
We are seeking an experienced IT Project Manager to lead and coordinate multiple concurrent initiatives across our Oracle Cloud platform footprint spanning Oracle ERP, HCM, EPM, and FAW (Fusion Analytics Warehouse). This role sits at the center of a multi-team ecosystem, working closely with internal technical/functional teams, stakeholders as well as external staff augmentation partners.
The ideal candidate is a strong IT project manager who also brings hands-on experience managing Oracle ERP/HCM implementation and enhancement projects someone comfortable balancing multiple workstreams, vendor resources, and internal stakeholder priorities against a shared roadmap.
Key Responsibilities
Project Execution and Delivery
Own end-to-end project management for multiple concurrent workstreams across Oracle Cloud Applications including planning, scheduling, budgeting, risk management, and status reporting.
Develop and maintain detailed project plans and work breakdown structures (WBS) for each initiative, ensuring clear task ownership, dependencies, and milestones.
Build and manage resource allocation plans across internal team members and external staff augmentation resources, balancing capacity against roadmap priorities.
Track project progress against plan using standard PM tools and provide regular status reports (schedule variance, burn rate, milestone tracking, status dashboards etc.).
Maintain and actively manage risk and issue registers (RAID logs), driving mitigation plans and escalating proactively where needed.
Lead change control processes, assessing scope changes for impact to timeline, budget, and resourcing before approval.
Stakeholder Coordination
Serve as the primary coordination point across multiple internal delivery teams to align priorities, dependencies, and delivery timelines.
Partner and coordinate with Finance and HR business process owners to facilitate requirement gathering, validate design decisions, and ensure solutions align with business process needs.
Coordinate with stakeholders from business units across Verisk whose processes or data intersect with the Oracle ERP/HCM/EPM/FAW platform, ensuring cross-functional alignment and minimal disruption to their operations.
Act as a liaison between technical teams and business stakeholders, translating business requirements into structured project plans and technical teams' progress into business-friendly updates.
Maintain clear, consistent communication with stakeholders at varying levels, from working teams to executive sponsors, tailoring format and detail appropriately.
Manage and optimize the use of external staff augmentation resource pool, ensuring the right skills are allocated to the right initiatives at the right time.
Support annual and quarterly roadmap planning, providing input on sequencing, capacity, and resourcing trade-offs across business and IT stakeholders.
Required Qualifications
Degree in Computer Science, Business Management, Business Administration, or other related discipline
5+ years of relevant experience as an IT Project Manager, managing multiple concurrent Oracle Cloud Application projects simultaneously.
Demonstrated experience managing projects involving Oracle ERP and/or Oracle HCM (implementation, enhancement, and support).
Hands-on experience developing and maintaining core PM artifacts including project plans, work breakdown structures (WBS), resource allocation plans, stattracking reports, and risk/issue (RAID) logs.
Strong command of core project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, risk/issue management, and stakeholder communication.
Proven experience coordinating with business process owners (e.g., Finance, HR) to gather requirements and validate that technical delivery meets business needs.
Experience working across multiple business units or functional stakeholder groups within a large or matrixed organization.
Proven ability to manage cross-functional teams and external vendor/staff augmentation resources.
Experience working within structured governance frameworks (steering committees, status reporting, change control boards).
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to tailor messaging for both technical teams and executive audiences.
Comfortable operating in ambiguity and coordinating across multiple internal stakeholder groups with competing priorities.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience managing Oracle EPM and Oracle FAW projects.
PMP certification.
Experience managing engagements involving external staff augmentation or managed services partners.
Familiarity with Agile/hybrid delivery methodologies within an enterprise IT environment.
Prior experience supporting a shared multi-year platform roadmap across finance, HR, and analytics domains.
What Success Looks Like in This Role
Multiple Oracle platform projects are delivered on time, within budget, and with clear stakeholder alignment.
Project plans, WBS, and tracking artifacts are consistently up to date and used to drive decision-making.
Finance, HR, and other business unit stakeholders feel heard, informed, and confident in how the platform team is delivering against their needs.
Internal teams and external staff augmentation resources operate as a cohesive, well-coordinated extended team.
Roadmap priorities are executed with strong traceability, minimal rework, and proactive risk management.
Executive stakeholders have consistent visibility into progress, risks, and upcoming decisions.
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