Oracle Projects Consultant (PPM)

IBM; Leicester; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Private medical insurance

Dental & Optical cover

Pension plan

Job summary

IBM Consulting UK FutureNow is seeking a Senior Oracle PPM Consultant with 8+ years of implementation experience to lead Oracle PPM deployments for diverse clients.

You will own a work stream, configure and test solutions, contribute to proposals, and collaborate with cross‑functional teams to deliver Oracle Cloud capabilities. Travel to client sites is expected. A Bachelor's Degree is required, with BPSS/NVS as potential prerequisites.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Oracle applications implementation, configuration and management.
• Minimum of 3 end-to-end Oracle projects in Project Foundation, Project Costing, and Project Billing.
• Experience leading streams of work and managing small teams (on-shore and off-shore).
• Strong design, requirements analysis, configuration documentation and integration skills.
• Ability to work with technical teams on interfaces and testing.
• Client-facing communication and ability to work independently.
• Security clearance or ability to achieve BPSS/NVS/SC/DV as applicable.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the solution and implementation of Oracle PPM with a customer-facing role.
• Lead a work stream, configure, test and deploy the solution to meet project deliverables.
• Contribute to proposals and help build Oracle Cloud capabilities and offerings.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to provide insights for decision-making.
• Travel to client sites as part of the role.

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Oracle Time & Labour

Oracle Procurement

Oracle GL, AP and AR

Oracle Cloud Implementation Certification(s)

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.

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.

Preferred Education

Bachelor's Degree

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

• 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.