HCM Project Manager

Summit School Services LLC; Warrenville (IL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Summit School Services LLC in Warrenville, IL seeks an experienced Contract Project Manager to lead the Oracle Fusion HCM implementation across a large enterprise.

You will partner with HR and IT leaders, manage the integrated plan, coordinate cross-functional teams, oversee risks and milestones, and drive readiness and hypercare through go-live.

Qualifications

• Experience leading complex ERP implementations.
• Strong governance and milestone management.
• Excellent communication with exec sponsors and cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the integrated project plan with HR and IT leaders.
• Coordinate activities across business and technical workstreams.
• Facilitate collaboration across teams to align priorities and deliverables.
• Manage scope, schedule, risks, issues, and dependencies.

Skills

Stakeholder leadership

Project governance

Executive reporting

Dependency management

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Contract Project Manager to lead the implementation of Oracle Fusion HCM across a large, complex enterprise environment of more than 20,000 employees.

About the Role

The Project Manager will work in close partnership with the HR Project Lead and IT Project Lead, serving as a core member of the program leadership team responsible for successful delivery of the Oracle Fusion HCM implementation. Together, these leaders will ensure alignment between business objectives, technical requirements, project execution activities, and change management efforts across the organization.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the integrated project plan in partnership with the HR Project Lead and IT Project Lead.
• Coordinate activities across all business and technical workstreams to ensure dependencies are identified and managed.
• Facilitate collaboration between functional, technical, and implementation partner teams to maintain alignment on priorities, milestones, and deliverables.
• Partner with the HR Project Lead to ensure business requirements, process decisions, and organizational readiness activities remain on track.
• Partner with the IT Project Lead to coordinate technical milestones, integration activities, data conversion efforts, testing cycles, and production readiness activities.
• Lead project execution through discovery, design, configuration, testing, deployment, and hypercare phases.
• Manage project scope, schedule, risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, and decision logs.

Required Skills

• Work closely with the HR Project Lead and IT Project Lead to provide consistent communication and leadership across the program.
• Facilitate governance forums, steering committee meetings, and executive reviews, ensuring leadership teams have the information needed for timely decision making.
• Coordinate preparation of executive status reports, risk assessments, and project updates with HR, IT, and implementation partner leadership.
• Ensure alignment among business stakeholders, technical teams, vendors, and executive sponsors.

Preferred Skills

• Partner with the HR Project Lead and IT Project Lead to develop internal team capabilities throughout the implementation.
• Coach project team members on project management disciplines, governance processes, issue management, and implementation best practices.
• Support functional and technical knowledge transfer efforts to ensure long-term sustainability following go-live.
• Create an environment where team members can build Oracle Fusion implementation experience while maintaining delivery quality and accountability.

Collaborate with the HR Project Lead to coordinate organizational readiness, communications, training, and adoption activities.

Equal Opportunity Statement

We are committed to diversity and inclusivity.