Oracle Projects Consultant (PPM)

IBM; Abbots Worthy; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical cover

Dental & optical cover

25 days holiday

Life assurance

Pension plan (salary sacrifice)

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

IBM Consulting UK FutureNow is seeking a Senior Oracle PPM Consultant to lead the implementation of Oracle PPM solutions for clients across sectors. You will guide design, configuration, testing, and deployment, while mentoring junior staff and coordinating with on- and off-shore teams.

The role requires 8+ years of Oracle PPM experience, multiple end-to-end projects, and strong client engagement skills. Occasional travel to client sites is expected within the UK.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of Oracle PPM/Cloud implementation experience.
• Minimum 3 end-to-end implementations: Project Foundation, Project Costing, Project Billing.
• Experience leading streams of work with on-site and off-shore teams.
• Strong client-facing and communication skills.
• Security clearance or ability to obtain BPSS/NVS.

Responsibilities

• Oversee Oracle PPM solution design and implementation for clients.
• Lead a work stream and manage consultant teams.
• Contribute to proposals and pre-sales activities, including PoCs.
• Travel to client sites as required in the UK.
• Support development of Oracle Cloud capabilities and offerings.

Skills

Oracle PPM

Client facing

Project management

Solution design

Communication

Tools

Oracle Time & Labor

Oracle Procurement

Oracle GL/AP/AR

Oracle Cloud Certification

Job description

Introduction

At IBM Consulting UK FutureNow, you'll build a career at the forefront of hybrid cloud and AI, working with leading clients across the public and private sectors.

You'll collaborate with top industry professionals, gain hands on experience with cutting edge technologies, and deliver solutions that create real business impact. From day one, you'll work on meaningful, high profile programmes that stretch your skills and accelerate your growth.

We invest heavily in you-supporting continuous learning, in demand skills development, and long term career progression. You'll thrive in a flexible, inclusive environment that values curiosity, encourages reinvention, and recognises what makes you unique.

We offer:

• Tools and policies to support your work-life balance from flexible working approaches, sabbatical programs, paid paternity leave, maternity leave and an innovative maternity returners scheme
• More traditional benefits, such as 25 days holiday (in addition to public holidays), private medical, dental & optical cover, online shopping discounts, an Employee Assistance Program, life assurance and a group pension plan through salary sacrifice.

Your role and responsibilities

We are looking for a Senior Oracle PPM Consultant with a minimum of 8+ years implementation experience. As a Senior Oracle PPM Consultant, you will be responsible for overseeing the solution and implementation of Oracle PPM and will play a customer‑facing role. You will work closely with cross‑functional teams to provide valuable insights for informed decision‑making and support financial planning and reporting activities in your area.

You will lead a work stream and support your peers to configure, test and deploy the solution, and ensure project deliverables in your area are met. In addition to project related activities, you will also contribute to proposal development, demonstrating functional capabilities to potential customers and play an important role in building our Oracle Cloud capabilities and offerings.

As an experienced consultant you will be a self‑starter and have strong functional skills in the implementation of Oracle Cloud, backed up by proven hands‑on experience, ideally across different industries. You will have the ability to work under pressure and must be able to communicate effectively with customer stakeholders. You will also be required to travel to client sites as part of the role.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to be part of our premier consulting firm working on the cutting edge of Cloud Implementations.

Required technical and professional expertise

• Proven experience in Oracle applications implementation, configuration, and management with a minimum of 3 end to end implementations of:
• Project Foundation
• Project Costing
• Project Billing
• Experience leading streams of work and delegating/ managing small teams of consultants both on‑shore and off‑shore.
• Demonstrated experience in Solution Design, Requirements Analysis, Functional Design, Configuration Documentation, Troubleshooting and Integration Architecture.
• Experience working with technical teams for Interface design, development and testing.
• Ability to multi‑task and to work independently.
• Strong client facing, communication and client management skills.
• A good understanding of Application Implementation methodologies.
• Security Clearance or the ability to achieve it.

This role is subject to pre‑employment screening in line with the UK Government's Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). An additional range of Personal Security Controls referred to as National Security Vetting (NVS) may apply, this could include meeting the eligibility requirements for The Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV).

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Proven experience in Oracle applications implementation, configuration, and management in the following areas:
• Oracle Time & Labor
• Oracle Procurement
• Oracle GL, AP and AR
• Oracle Cloud Implementation Certification(s).
• An understanding of the reporting and analytical tools available as part of Oracle Cloud.
• Experience in pre‑sales activities such as contributing to proposals, conducting Proof of Concepts & Configuring Sand‑box environments for functional demonstrations.

Diversity and inclusion

IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal‑opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.