Oracle Taleo Subject Matter Expert

Role: Oracle Taleo Subject Matter Expert

Location: Seattle, WA

Type of Employment: Contract

Role Descriptions:

• Serve as the subject matter expert (SME) for Oracle Taleo across Recruiting, Onboarding, and Reporting modules.

• Lead system design and configuration efforts to support retail-specific hiring workflows, including seasonal and hourly workforce needs.

• Partner with HR, Talent Acquisition, and IT leadership to align Taleo capabilities with business goals.

• Architect and maintain complex TCC scripts for data exchange between Taleo and enterprise systems (HRIS, payroll, background screening, etc.).

• Ensure robust error handling, logging, and performance optimization for high-volume data transfers.

• Oversee integration lifecycle including testing, deployment, and documentation.

• Design and implement scalable recruiting workflows tailored to retail operations, including store-level requisition management and candidate pipelines.

• Enhance onboarding processes to support distributed locations, ensuring compliance and timely task completion.

• Provide guidance on Taleo configuration best practices and system governance.

• Develop and maintain Taleo reports and dashboards using OBIEE, BI Publisher, or embedded tools.

• Ensure reporting meets compliance standards and supports audit readiness.

• Lead system upgrades, patching, and performance tuning.

• Troubleshoot complex issues and coordinate with Oracle support as needed.

• Maintain system documentation, integration maps, and user guides.

Required Skills

Oracle Taleo

• Oracle Taleo Recruiting

• Oracle Taleo Onboarding

• Oracle Taleo Reporting

• Taleo configuration

• Taleo system governance

System Design & Configuration

• System design

• System configuration

• Retail-specific hiring workflows

• Seasonal workforce hiring

• Hourly workforce hiring

Integrations

• TCC scripts

• HRIS integrations

• Payroll integrations

• Background screening integrations

• Data exchange architecture

• Integration lifecycle management

• Testing

• Deployment

• Documentation

Recruiting & Onboarding

• Recruiting workflow design

• Store-level requisition management

• Candidate pipeline management

• Onboarding process enhancement

• Distributed workforce onboarding

• Compliance management

Reporting & Analytics

• OBIEE

• BI Publisher

• Embedded reporting tools

• Taleo reports

• Taleo dashboards

• Audit readiness

• Compliance reporting

Performance & Support

• Error handling

• Logging

• Performance optimization

• Performance tuning

• Troubleshooting

• Oracle support coordination

Documentation

• System documentation

• Integration maps

• User guides

Collaboration

• HR partnership

• Talent Acquisition partnership

• IT leadership collaboration

• Alignment of Taleo capabilities with business goals