[Remote] Senior IT Project Manager - Oracle EBS Upgrade - REMOTE

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. NTT DATA is a business and technology services leader providing enterprise-scale technology solutions. The Senior IT Project Manager will lead an end-to-end Oracle E-Business Suite upgrade, managing scope, schedule, budget, resources, risks, governance, testing, cutover, deployment, and stabilization. The role coordinates business, technical, vendor, and executive stakeholders across multiple workstreams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end Oracle EBS upgrade lifecycle, including planning, assessment, design, build, remediation, testing, deployment, hypercare, stabilization, and project closure
• Develop and maintain the overall upgrade strategy, roadmap, delivery milestones, and integrated project schedule
• Coordinate activities across Oracle EBS applications, databases, infrastructure, integrations, security, customizations, environments, and third-party applications
• Ensure application, technical, infrastructure, and business workstreams remain aligned throughout the upgrade
• Manage upgrade dependencies, compatibility considerations, customization remediation, integration readiness, and environment planning
• Develop and manage the Integrated Project Plan, including milestones, critical path, dependencies, resources, budgets, and delivery schedules
• Manage multiple concurrent workstreams across business and technology organizations
• Track project progress against scope, schedule, budget, quality, and resource commitments
• Identify schedule conflicts, resource constraints, and cross-workstream dependencies and drive them to resolution
• Ensure project deliverables, documentation, approvals, and stage-gate requirements are completed according to agreed timelines
• Establish and manage effective project governance and operating cadence
• Maintain comprehensive RAID logs covering Risks, Assumptions, Issues, and Dependencies
• Drive risk identification, mitigation planning, issue resolution, and appropriate escalation
• Establish and manage project change-control processes, including assessment of scope, schedule, resource, and financial impacts
• Facilitate project governance meetings, leadership reviews, and decision-making forums
• Provide clear and concise project health reporting, milestone tracking, and executive dashboards
• Lead overall testing governance across:
• System Integration Testing (SIT)
• Regression Testing
• User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
• Performance Testing
• Security Testing
• Coordinate testing schedules, environment readiness, business participation, and entry/exit criteria
• Oversee defect management, prioritization, resolution, and escalation
• Ensure critical business processes, integrations, customizations, and interfaces are appropriately validated before production deployment
• Drive business and operational readiness for go-live
• Develop and manage the comprehensive cutover strategy and detailed cutover plan
• Coordinate and lead mock cutovers / dress rehearsals to validate deployment procedures and timing
• Establish production readiness and go/no-go criteria
• Lead production deployment and command-center activities across all participating teams
• Coordinate business, application, infrastructure, integration, security, database, and vendor teams during cutover
• Manage post-production hypercare and stabilization, ensuring issues are prioritized and resolved effectively
• Facilitate transition to steady-state production support and formal project closure
• Serve as the primary project management interface across business and IT stakeholders
• Facilitate executive steering committee meetings, project governance reviews, and cross-functional workstream meetings
• Communicate project status, risks, dependencies, decisions, financials, and milestones clearly to senior leadership
• Drive timely decision-making and escalate critical issues when necessary
• Build alignment among business stakeholders, technology teams, and external delivery partners
• Coordinate internal teams, contractors, Oracle resources, implementation partners, consulting organizations, system integrators, and third-party vendors
• Establish clear ownership and accountability for vendor deliverables
• Track partner commitments, dependencies, deliverable quality, and schedule performance
• Facilitate resolution of cross-vendor and cross-team dependencies
• Manage project budgets, forecasts, financial performance, and resource capacity
• Monitor actuals against forecasts and identify financial or resource risks
• Manage project staffing requirements and capacity across multiple workstreams
• Maintain project metrics, documentation, dashboards, and executive-level reporting

Skills

• 10+ years of IT Project / Program Management experience, including large-scale enterprise application implementations, upgrades, or transformation programs
• 5 to 7 years of hands-on project management experience leading at least two full-lifecycle Oracle EBS upgrades or major Oracle EBS transformation initiatives
• 5+ years of demonstrated experience managing mid- to high-complexity ERP/application upgrade programs involving multiple business functions, integrations, technical dependencies, and workstreams
• 5+ years of strong understanding of Oracle EBS architecture, modules, integrations, customizations, environments, and upgrade dependencies
• 5+ years of experience managing Oracle EBS upgrade activities including:
• + Impact assessments
• + Customization remediation
• + Integration testing
• + Regression testing
• + UAT
• + Performance testing
• + Cutover
• + Production deployment
• + Hypercare and stabilization
• Experience managing Oracle EBS Release 12.2.x upgrades
• Strong familiarity with Oracle EBS functional areas, integrations, customizations, and supporting Oracle technologies
• Experience delivering ERP/application programs within regulated environments
• Experience supporting global or multi-business-unit deployments
• Experience working with geographically distributed business and technology teams
• PMP, PgMP, PMI-ACP, SAFe, Scrum, or similar project/program management certification
• Experience with Thermo Fisher Project Governance is highly desirable
• Strong experience managing large cross-functional and multi-workstream teams
• Proven experience developing and managing:
• + Integrated project plans
• + RAID logs
• + Dependency management
• + Change control
• + Testing governance
• + Cutover plans
• + Executive reporting
• Experience managing implementation partners, consulting organizations, system integrators, and third-party vendors
• Strong executive communication, stakeholder management, facilitation, negotiation, risk management, and problem-solving capabilities
• Working knowledge of SDLC, release management, testing methodologies, and IT change-control processes
• Experience with project management and collaboration tools such as Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, Jira, Confluence, ServiceNow, or equivalent
• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business, Engineering, a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience

Benefits

• Incentive compensation based on individual and/or company performance
• Medical insurance with an employer contribution
• Dental insurance with an employer contribution
• Vision insurance with an employer contribution
• Flexible spending or health savings account
• Life and AD&D insurance
• Short- and long-term disability coverage
• Paid time off
• Employee assistance
• Participation in a 401(k) program with company match
• Remote or hybrid work options, subject to client requirements

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