Senior Program Manager

Ashburn Consulting

$100K — $130K *
Information Technology
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 12+ years of progressive IT/HRIS program management experience
  • 6 years of direct experience with Oracle HCM Cloud products
  • Minimum 5 years in a Program Manager role managing multi-stream programs
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, MIS, Human Resources, or related field
  • Oracle Cloud HCM Certified Implementation Specialist is highly preferred

Responsibilities

  • Define and shape the enterprise migration strategy and plans
  • Establish program steering committees and KPIs for tracking
  • Act as the primary liaison among executive leaders and partners
  • Own fiscal responsibility for the program budget
  • Proactively identify and manage critical program risks
  • Formulate robust contingency and disaster recovery plans
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to translate functional requirements into technical documents
  • Oversee complex data migration and cleansing protocols
  • Diagnose and resolve complex functional and technical issues
  • Guide integrations between Oracle Cloud HCM and third-party systems
  • Ensure compliance with data privacy laws and security frameworks

Benefits

  • Opportunities for professional development and certifications
  • Collaborative work environment with executive leadership
  • Engagement in large-scale, impactful projects
  • Chance to influence corporate governance frameworks
  • Access to cutting-edge technology in HR solutions
Full Job Description
Job Description

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.


Qualifications

Required Qualifications
  • 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.


Additional Information

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 IHRIM (nice to have)

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