Job Summary
We are seeking a Sr IT Project Manager with Oracle EBS experience to lead the end-to-end Oracle EBS upgrade lifecycle, including planning, design, build, testing, deployment, hyper care, and project closure. The role will oversee integrated project planning, governance, cross-functional coordination, testing, cutover, deployment, financial management, risk management, and executive reporting to ensure successful delivery of complex enterprise Oracle EBS initiatives.

Key Responsibilities
• Lead the end-to-end Oracle EBS upgrade lifecycle, including planning, design, build, testing, deployment, hyper care, and project closure.
• Develop and manage the integrated project plan, milestones, critical path, resources, budget, dependencies, and delivery schedule.
• Establish and manage project governance, status reporting, decision-making, escalation, change control, and RAID management.
• Coordinate Oracle EBS application, database, infrastructure, integration, security, customization, environment, and third-party compatibility activities.
• Lead testing governance across SIT, regression, performance, security, and UAT, including defect management and business readiness.
• Develop and manage cutover plans, mock cutovers, go/no-go criteria, production deployment, command-center activities, and post-go-live stabilization.
• Identify and manage project risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, and mitigation plans, escalating critical items as appropriate.
• Facilitate executive steering committees, project governance meetings, and cross-functional workstream alignment while providing clear project health and milestone reporting.
• Coordinate internal teams, contractors, Oracle resources, implementation partners, and third-party vendors, ensuring accountability for deliverables and commitments.
• Manage project financials, forecasts, schedule performance, resource capacity, project metrics, documentation, and executive dashboards.
• Manage project scope, schedule, budget, risks, dependencies, and delivery commitments throughout the project lifecycle.
• Ensure successful delivery within approved scope, schedule, and budget while minimizing business disruption.

Required Qualifications
• 10+ years of IT project or program management experience, including large enterprise application implementations, upgrades, or transformations.
• Hands-on project management experience leading at least two full-lifecycle Oracle EBS upgrades or major Oracle EBS transformations.
• Demonstrated experience leading application or ERP upgrades in mid- to high-complexity enterprise environments, including multiple workstreams, integrations, business functions, and technical dependencies.
• Strong understanding of Oracle EBS architecture, modules, integrations, customizations, environments, and upgrade dependencies.
• Experience managing upgrade activities including impact assessments, customization remediation, integration and regression testing, UAT, performance testing, cutover, deployment, and hyper care.
• Demonstrated experience managing large cross-functional teams and complex, multi-workstream enterprise projects.
• Strong experience with integrated project plans, RAID logs, dependency management, change control, cutover planning, and executive reporting.
• Experience managing implementation partners, consulting organizations, and third-party vendors.
• Strong executive communication, stakeholder management, facilitation, risk management, and problem-solving skills.
• Working knowledge of SDLC, release management, testing methodologies, and IT change-control processes.
• Experience with project management 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.

Preferred Qualifications
• Experience managing Oracle EBS Release 12.2.x upgrades.
• Familiarity with Oracle EBS functional areas, integrations, customizations, and supporting Oracle technologies.
• Experience working in regulated environments and with global or multi-business-unit deployments.
• PMP, PgMP, PMI-ACP, SAFe, Scrum, or similar project/program management certification.
• Previous experience with the client is a plus.

Notes:

Mandatory Areas

Must have Skills -

IT Project Manager -10+ Yrs of Exp -

Oracle EBS upgrade - 2+ Full Cycle Management -

Oracle EBS -5+ Yrs of Exp -

PM Tools -10+ Yrs of Exp -

Must have Certifications - PMP, PgMP, PMI-ACP, SAFe, Scrum, or similar project/program management certification

Location

Onsite Requirement - Pittsburgh, PA

Number of days onsite - 3

If onsite, provide Office Address - Will be shared

This can be remote is USA as well
• Experience Requirement: We are looking for candidates with 8-11 years of relevant IT project/program management experience.
• Work Location: The candidate may work from an onshore/U.S. location.
• Time Zone Flexibility: Since the project will involve teams working across different time zones, the candidate should be flexible in supporting the project as needed. The majority of the working hours should overlap with U.S. business hours, while allowing flexibility for meetings and project activities involving other time zones.

Please incorporate these updates when identifying and submitting candidates for the position