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Job Description

As a trusted leader, the Project Director enables client business outcomes by delivering project scope within budget and time, while driving a superior client experience. This individual is responsible for leading joint Oracle and client teams through the successful implementation of non-routine and complex business solutions as part of cloud application implementations, providing structure, discipline, guidance, and direction.

Oracle Consulting plays a critical role in Oracle’s cloud solutions, helping clients transform their IT and businesses. We offer a unique focus on Oracle-based application and technology initiatives by combining deep expertise, broad coverage, global scale, and flexible delivery. Oracle Consulting functions as the focal point of client relationships with Oracle’s vast resources as well as various partners.

Career Level - IC5

Responsibilities

• Holds project team accountable for leveraging the solution-led deployment approach as the standard for project delivery.

• Serves as the key liaison between sponsors and business stakeholders, facilitating effective communication and collaboration to drive beneficial change through the project life cycle.

• Drives revenue stream for industry through adoption of Delivery Lead role on industry-based sales pursuits.

• Leads discussions surrounding escalation of contractual and scope-related items, driving that any issues or concerns raised are addressed promptly and appropriately, including working closely with Oracle and client stakeholders to gain approvals for necessary changes.

• Reviews and delivers metrics and reports for Sponsor/Steering Committee meetings, provides comprehensive project quality reviews to key stakeholders.

• Establishes policies for overall account engagement, setting a clear vision, common goals, and critical success factors for the project.

• Guides the development of the governance model and deliverable acceptance process, defining the project-level leadership and key stakeholders, providing overall direction and major project milestones, and enabling the accurate allocation of resources to meet project deliverables.

• Advises both onshore and offshore Project Managers, actively removing obstacles and addressing escalations to enable smooth project or program execution.

• Solicits recommendations from Executive Sponsors to respond to challenges across the spectrum of team morale, CSAT, project outcomes, and project financials.

• Coordinates Oracle Project Advisory Group comprising members from Software Sales, Product Development/Center of Excellence, Consulting Community of Practice, Client Success Program, Product Support, Client Partner, Delivery Portfolio Leader, and other senior leaders that could influence or affect the project’s delivery.

Qualifications

• Experience with implementing Oracle SaaS solutions within large, complex hospital systems

• Bachelor’s degree

• 10+ years of client-facing Project Director/Management experience in the Technology Consulting industry

• Demonstrated ability to lead large, enterprise projects

• Industry certification (PMP or equivalent)

• Proficiency with the leading project management tools in the industry

• Solid experience in managing full life cycle SaaS implementations

• Self-starter, confident, driven with strong organizational skills

• Conflict resolution

• Pristine analytical and time management skills

• Attention to detail

• Ability to build, grow and maintain trust-based relationship with peers, clients, and partners

• Influencing without authority

• Ability to work well remotely with a diverse project team, especially facilitating meetings with a large number of participants

• Ability to balance investigating/troubleshooting on your own

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Sense of urgency

• Ability to effectively transfer knowledge

• Aptitude to help others develop their skills to the benefit of the business

• International and cross-cultural project management experience

Disclaimer:

Certain US customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization and occupational health mandates.

Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only

US: Hiring Range: from $109,100 to $223,500 per annum. May be eligible for bonus and equity.

Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle’s differing products, industries and lines of business.

Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity.

Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:

1. Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion

2. Short term disability and long term disability

3. Life insurance and AD&D

4. Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)

5. Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts

6. Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits

7. 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match

8. Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.

9. 11 paid holidays

10. Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.

11. Paid parental leave

12. Adoption assistance

13. Employee Stock Purchase Plan

14. Financial planning and group legal

15. Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance

The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted.

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