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Role: Sr IT Project Manager with Oracle EBS(23665-1) Locations: Pittsburgh, PA (Remote) Duration: 6-12+ Months Contract 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 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. Job Summary: Duties and 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 Key Skills: Must-Have 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 upgrade or major Oracle EBS transformation. • 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 hypercare. • 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. Key Competencies • Enterprise project leadership, Oracle EBS upgrade management, project governance, executive stakeholder management, cross-functional coordination, risk and dependency management, vendor management, testing and cutover governance, budget and resource management, change control, decision facilitation, and clear written and verbal communication. • Success Measures Successful delivery of the Oracle EBS upgrade within approved scope, schedule, and budget, with validated business processes and integrations, effective cutover and production stabilization, minimal business disruption, and clear stakeholder communication

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Must-haves

Role: Sr IT Project Manager with Oracle EBS(23665-1)
Locations: Pittsburgh, PA (Remote)
Duration: 6-12+ Months Contract
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
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.
Duties and 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.

Nice-to-haves

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.
Key Competencies

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