Delivery Director (Oracle Applications Unlimited) – Enterprise Applications

Version 1; Newcastle upon Tyne; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading digital consultancy in the UK is seeking a Delivery Director for Oracle Applications Unlimited. In this strategic role, you will lead a team of over 100 consultants and manage a portfolio worth £12 million. Responsibilities include delivering critical services to enterprise clients and driving profitability through effective management. Candidates should have deep experience in Oracle applications and proven leadership capabilities, alongside strong commercial acumen. This hybrid position offers significant career progression and benefits.

Benefits

Performance-related profit share

Hybrid/Remote working flexibility

Pension and private healthcare

Qualifications

• Deep experience in Oracle Application Unlimited.
• Proven leadership in portfolio or programme management with budgets of £/€500k–3m+.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead a high-performing team of 100+ consultants across the UK, Ireland, and India.
• Deliver mission-critical services to over 70 enterprise customers.
• Own a portfolio worth £/€12 million with P&L responsibility.

Skills

Team leadership

Stakeholder management

Commercial acumen

Oracle E-Business Suite

Job description

Company Description

For over 28 years, Version 1 has partnered with leading global brands to deliver digital, cloud, and enterprise application solutions that drive business success. We are proud to be recognised as:

• Oracle Innovation Partner of the Year 2023 (EMEA)
• Microsoft Global Partner of the Year (Modernising Applications)
• AWS Collaboration Partner of the Year (EMEA)
• One of the Best Workplaces for Women in the UK & Ireland (2023)

With 3,700+ people and revenues exceeding €347m/£302m, Version 1 is a market leader in Oracle, Microsoft, and AWS consulting services – and one of the fastest-growing digital consultancies in Europe.

Job Description

Delivery Director (Oracle Applications Unlimited) – Enterprise Applications

Step Into a Strategic Leadership Role at the Forefront of Oracle Enterprise Applications

Are you ready to lead a high-performing team, shape the future of managed services, and drive real business value for top-tier clients?

Version 1 is looking for a Delivery Director to spearhead our Oracle Applications Unlimited portfolio—an opportunity that blends strategic influence, commercial ownership, and people leadership at scale.

Why This Role?

Impact at Scale

• Lead a team of 100+ consultants across the UK, Ireland, and India.
• Deliver mission-critical services to over 70 enterprise customers.
• Own a portfolio worth £/€12 million, with full P&L responsibility.

Shape the Future of ASPIRE

• ASPIRE is Version 1’s flagship managed services model—value-led, innovation-driven, and customer-obsessed.
• You’ll be at the heart of this strategic pillar, driving continuous improvement and transformation across Oracle E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft, and JD Edwards.

Commercial and Strategic Influence

• Collaborate with commercial and bid teams to win new business and expand existing accounts.
• Lead on high-stakes bids, pricing strategies, and customer presentations.
• Drive profitability and growth through sharp forecasting, margin management, and customer retention.

Inspire and Lead a World-Class Team

• Manage a diverse, talented team across functional, technical, and DBA/OCI disciplines.
• Foster a culture of excellence, engagement, and innovation.
• Be a mentor, a strategist, and a champion of Version 1’s core values.

What You Will Bring

• Deep experience in Oracle Application Unlimited.
• Proven leadership in portfolio or programme management with budgets of £/€500k–3m+.
• A passion for customer success, commercial acumen, and the ability to lead under pressure.
• The role specifically calls for a growth mindset and a value-add mindset to ensure double‑digit growth across the Oracle Applications Unlimited Portfolios. This means you should be committed to continuous improvement, innovation, and driving measurable business growth.
• The expectation is not just to maintain current performance, but to actively seek out and deliver new value for both the business and its customers, ensuring sustained and significant portfolio expansion.

This Isn’t Just a Job—It’s a Platform for Growth

As a senior leader, you’ll have a clear path to further progression within Version 1’s Enterprise Applications practice.

You’ll be empowered to innovate, influence, and make a lasting impact—on your team, your customers, and the business.

Ready to lead with purpose and deliver with impact?

This is your opportunity to join a company that’s growing fast, values its people, and is committed to making a real difference.

Qualifications

Delivery Director (Oracle Applications Unlimited) – Enterprise Applications

You will have experience in leading a team, in managing and growing a portfolio of projects/customers and you will be passionate about defining and developing solutions which meet customer challenges and understand the commercial balance required to deliver these solutions between top and bottom‑line growth.

You’ll enjoy customer engagement and be comfortable with balancing multiple competing demands whilst leading and developing a diverse and highly talented team and promoting and inspiring our core values right across the delivery team.

What you will bring:

• A background in Oracle E-Business Suite.
• Key participant in leading and delivering time‑pressure bids, including pricing and customer presentations.
• High commercial awareness and ability to manage, report and analyse GP, EBITDA, margin for your team.
• Proven ability to attain and retain customers with high satisfaction levels.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills – will be required to forge relationships with other Portfolio Directors and the commercial team as examples.
• Ability to recruit and retain a strong team of consultants as well as resource planning and management.

Role Requirements:

The role will be divided across three areas of responsibility – Customer Delivery, Commercial Growth and People Leadership.

Customer Delivery

You will have full accountability for the delivery of end‑to‑end Customer engagements ensuring our customer is at the heart of everything we do, we understand their ways of working and that we deliver successfully for them.

You will likely spend a considerable amount of time engaged in Customer forums (e.g., Steering Groups etc) and travel to Customer sites from time to time and be accountable for the customer satisfactions scores and feedback.

Commercial Growth

You will work closely with Commercial colleagues to build and support compelling proposals and customer offerings which will enable and support our continued growth ambition for the practice and deliver profitable outcomes.

You will have your own P&L and be accountable for that. You will take ownership of Monthly and quarterly forecasting of team costs and project revenues reviewing actual performance against forecast, understanding gaps and putting corrective measures in place, as appropriate and for achieving GP targets.

People Leadership

You will help lead a team of diverse professionals across Functional, Technical and DBA/OCI teams located in the UK, Ireland and India.

You will ensure that we continue to have world class levels of engagement and that we are ensuring that our teams deliver excellently using our methodologies and accelerators and are suitably skilled.

Additional Information

Why Version 1?

• Strong career progression & mentorship through our Strength in Balance and leadership programmes, including quarterly Pathways Career Development reviews.
• Significant training budget for certifications and further education.
• Version 1 Annual Excellence Awards & Call‑Out recognition platform celebrating achievement.
• Moments that matter & enhanced maternity/paternity leave policies to support your journey.
• Active ESG & CSR initiatives, allowing you to give back through fundraising, volunteering, and diversity, inclusion & belonging programmes.

Benefits include:

• Quarterly performance‑related profit share
• Hybrid / Remote working flexibility
• Pension, private healthcare, life assurance cover
• Certified Great Place to Work for 10+ years running

This is hybrid based with occasional travel to your nearest base office.

Ashley Billington, Head of Talent Acquisition – Enterprise Applications (Oracle Cloud - ERP, HCM, EPM)

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We are an equal opportunities employer. Please refer to our Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging statement located at: Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging | Version 1 Careers

Please note: We have an internal recruitment team and do not accept agency candidates. If you want to join the team here at Version 1, get in touch with us directly!