Oracle Consulting delivers very large and complex business and IT delivery projects based on the Oracle SaaS offerings (ERP, EPM, HCM, CX). These leading edge Cloud and Non-Cloud engagements can be highly challenging and are therefore strategically important to the Oracle business running across a wide variety of customers and industries.
Often Project/Program Managers are hard pressed for time due to multi-tasking on projects, necessitating a need to offload/supplement certain repeatable operational tasks, thus enabling them to focus on strategic activities.
Oracle Global Services Center (GSC), leadership team have decided to launch a new Project PMO service across EMEA Consulting & other geographies across the globe, to help supplement the role of Project/Program Managers.
The individual PMO member will be an integral part of the project, enabling the Project/Program Manager towards ensuring successful delivery & customer outcomes, by providing a consistent framework to facilitate best practices for project governance and support.
Scope of the role
The project PMO supports the Project / Program Management teams to keep the project running as effectively as possible. They have the responsibility for timely reporting of financial aspects, help the PM in planning & monitoring, tracking of actions, signoffs, risks & issues, and be the custodian of project repository, standards, tools etc to ensure compliance and adherence. The detailed list of activities is depicted below.
- Financials:
- Track & Reporting on budget, milestones, revenue forecasting, invoicing, timesheets
- Planning:
- Update the project plan or collate inputs for the same
- Onboarding & Offboarding of project team members
- Help facilitation of meetings & minuting
- Governance:
- Preparation of internal (weekly & monthly status reports) & internal steerco
- Tracking of project deliverables & acceptance certificates sign-off
- Track actions related to risks, issues & change requests
- Support, track and record the using of re-usable assets and the harvesting of assets
- Work closely with customer PMO organizations when needed, and interact with stakeholders at various levels
- Quality Assurance:
- Proof reading of PM artefacts
- Assuring formatting/presentation
- Tracking peer reviews
- Supporting OSSA compliance (track team members OSSA certifications)
- Standards & Processes:
- Help setup standards, templates, tools, and procedures for smooth project delivery
- Ensure all members of the project follow all relevant policies and procedures relating to the project
- Manage Project Repository/Collaboration Portal
- Setup and control of the project Library, Confluence and Jira
- Work on own initiative on a day-to-day basis, autonomously, escalating any issues that may arise to project management team
Experience & Skills
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, business, or a related field
- Must have been playing a Project Manager or PMO role in IT companies
- Oracle Applications & Oracle Cloud Products based experience would be preferred
- 4+ years of exclusive Project Management and/or PMO and related experience
- PMI PMP or PRINCE2 certification desirable
- Strong Knowledge/Experience of Project Management Methodologies, systems & tools
- Having expertise & experience in Microsoft Project Plan (MSP) & Jira
- Exposure/experience in Oracle related systems, tools & processes such as - GSOP, TCM, PFM, PEM, IP, Collab Portal would be an advantage
- Willingness to travel upto 25% of the time, to customer locations
- Ability and experienced in preparing accurate weekly and monthly project status reports.
- Performing analysis & insights for Management reporting
- Ability to see through potential risks and issues with suitable mitigation plans
- Collaborative & Assertive; Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work with & influence both peer & senior level stakeholders
- Proven ability to standardize processes, compile & implement best practices
- Excellent planning and organizational skills
- Ability to work at both micro and macro levels
- Ability to work independently, follow-up & get things done
- Multi-tasker; be able to manage multiple projects in parallel
- Self-motivated & Pro-active
- Keen eye for detail and desire to probe further into data
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, in English
