Senior Program Manager- Oracle Cloud HCM

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic Leadership, Governance & Risk Management

• Define the vision: Shape the enterprise migration strategy, delivery methodology, Redwood UI rollout plans, and deployment roadmaps.
• Direct governance: Establish program steering committees, corporate risk management frameworks, and KPIs to track migration and platform health.
• Manage stakeholders: Act as the primary liaison between HR executive leadership, IT executives, and external implementation partners to map business processes.
• Control budgets: Own fiscal responsibility for the program budget, ensuring strict cost controls and resource optimization.
• Mitigate deployment risks: Proactively identify, track, and manage critical program risks, including business continuity disruption, data loss, and go-live deployment friction.
• Design contingency plans: Formulate robust rollback strategies, disaster recovery plans, and operational workarounds to protect core HR operations during cutover phases.

Technical, Implementation & Support Oversight

• Translate requirements: Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand functional requirements and translate them into technical design documents.
• Architect the cutover: Oversee complex data migration strategies, data cleansing protocols, and historical data archiving.
• Drive issue resolution: Diagnose, replicate, and resolve complex functional and technical issues for critical service requests to achieve complete customer satisfaction.
• Manage integrations: Guide technical teams on complex integrations and configurations between Oracle Cloud HCM and third-party systems using Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC) and Fast Formulas.
• Ensure compliance: Guarantee that the migrated platform adheres to data privacy laws, data security frameworks, and rigorous unit testing parameters.

Team & Vendor Management

• Lead the team: Matrix-manage a team of 30 internal functional analysts, technical developers, and change management specialists.
• Supervise partners: Drive accountability for System Integrators (SIs) and external consultants, monitor SLA adherence and solution quality.

Required Qualifications

Experience

• Total Experience: 12 years of progressive techno-functional IT/HRIS program management experience with at least 6 years of direct experience with Oracle HCM Cloud products/solutions, including a proven track record leading at least two full-lifecycle, large-scale migrations (10,000 employees).
• Leadership Depth: Minimum 5 years in a Program Manager role managing multi-stream programs.

Knowledge & Skills

• Oracle Suite Domain: Expert functional and technical implementation/support knowledge across key Fusion modules, including Payroll, Core HR, Compensation, Benefits, Time & Labor, Talent, and Absence Management.
• Modern UI Frameworks: Practical experience or exposure handling Redwood UI rollouts and enhancements.
• Data & Infrastructure: Strong understanding of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), HDL (HCM Data Loader), Fast Formulas, and Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC). Snowflake experience is a plus.
• Methodologies: Mastery of Oracle Unified Method (OUM), Agile, and traditional Waterfall project management.
• Soft Skills: Exceptional problem-solving, analytical, and logical thinking abilities paired with excellent communication skills to explain complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.

Education

• Degree: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Management Information Systems (MIS), Human Resources, or a related field.

Certifications

• Oracle Cloud HCM Certified Implementation Specialist (Highly Preferred)
• PMP (Project Management Professional) (Preferred)
• Prosci Certified Change Management Professional (To mitigate user adoption risks during software replacement) (Preferred)
• HRIP (Human Resources Information Professional) from IHRIM (nice to have)