ERP Programme Manager - Oracle

KPMG International Cooperative; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A global consulting firm in London seeks an experienced Oracle Programme Manager to manage complex Oracle projects. You will lead teams, drive business transformation, and maintain strong client relationships. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in delivering high-quality Oracle programmes and possess strong consulting skills. This role involves considerable leadership responsibilities and offers opportunities for growth and development.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience delivering large-scale Oracle programmes.
• Solid understanding of Programme & Project Management techniques.
• Strong financial and commercial acumen.

Responsibilities

• Lead multi-disciplined teams to ensure successful delivery of projects.
• Develop and manage strong client relationships.
• Support growth of the practice and winning new business.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Agile methodologies

Waterfall methodologies

Programme management

Team leadership

Education

Industry-recognised qualifications (PRINCE2, MSP, PMI)

Tools

Project management tools

Job description

Overview

As an Oracle Programme Manager, you will be responsible for managing a portfolio of Oracle projects, ensuring successful safe execution, and maintaining strong client relationships. You will lead multi-disciplined teams to drive delivery excellence, leveraging Agile, Waterfall & Hybrid methodologies. Additionally, you will play a key role in business development, commercial proposition creation, and financial & commercial oversight.

Responsibilities

• Moulding, leading and supporting the safe delivery of large and complex Oracle enabled business transformation programmes.
• Leading discussions with C-level client executives to help shape their business transformation agenda enabled by Oracle.
• Provide leadership, management & coaching of project teams and junior colleagues.
• Oversee project scope, cost, quality, benefits, risks, and timelines.
• Develop and manage strong client relationships, ensuring successful stakeholder engagement.
• Build constructive working relationships within KPMG and the industry across different teams, functions, and countries at all levels and actively building a network and range of experience to help address client needs.
• Support the growth of the practice through internal initiatives and support winning new business through developing bid responses & including commercial proposition development.
• Ensure best-practice reporting and governance across projects.
• Maintaining an in depth understanding of current Oracle & Cloud ERP industry trends.
• Supporting service development through ownership and management of our programme and project management tools and techniques.
• Actively contributing to the global people agenda including people management and mentoring.

We are looking for you to be a passionate and motivated individual who has strong consulting skills and able to work with senior level executives to deliver large multi-year business transformations enabled by SAP. Typically we are looking for individuals with the following backgrounds:

Qualifications

• Extensive experience delivering large-scale, high quality Oracle programmes (multi-million-pound budgets) across multiple industries.
• Excellent consulting, stakeholder management and communication skills to allow you to engage and guide senior client executives.
• Solid understanding of Programme & Project Management techniques / tools and how these can be applied to help deliver success for our clients with a strong understanding of Agile, Waterfall, Oracle and hybrid methodologies.
• Solid understanding of business drivers that lead to ERP enabled business change and transformation programmes.
• Entrepreneurial spirit - experience of being involved in and leading proposals / bid development and building strong relationships both internally and externally.
• Industry-recognised qualifications such as PRINCE2, MSP, PMI, PPM.
• Strong financial and commercial acumen.
• Exceptional team leader that advocates equality, acts ethically and responsibly and instils confidence in others.
• Motivator & coach people to find meaning in their work and achieve exceptional results, preferably with both onshore and offshore elements.