W2 Role || Senior Program Manager with Prosci Change Management Professional Certificate

***100% onsite in Falls Church, VA || must be local to DC Metro area***no C2C**

Description:
We are seeking a visionary, highly technical Senior Program Manager who also is a business domain expert in HRIT to lead our enterprise-wide migration, implementation, and long-term support of Oracle Fusion HCM Cloud applications. In this high-impact role, you will bridge the gap between executive strategy and hands-on execution. You will own the end-to-end strategic roadmap, governance, and deployment of moving legacy HR systems to a unified Oracle Cloud HCM platform while directly leading the technical design, configuration, and day-to-day resolution of critical customer service requests. 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 from IHRIM (nice to have)