Oracle Fusion Program Director

The Chronicle Of Higher Education, Inc.; Albuquerque (NM); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of New Mexico seeks an exceptional leader to direct its Oracle Cloud Transformation. This Director will provide executive oversight across finance, HCM, and planning, ensuring governance, alignment with UNM 2040 priorities, and cross‑functional coordination in a large flagship research university.

The role demands strong program management, risk oversight, and stakeholder engagement, with responsibilities spanning governance, changes, and vendor coordination.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 10+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience delivering large-scale enterprise system implementations.
• Strong leadership and governance experience in complex organizations.

Responsibilities

• Translate executive vision into a cohesive enterprise systems modernization.
• Ensure alignment with UNM 2040 priorities and One University strategy.
• Serve as liaison to Executive Sponsor and Steering Committee.
• Establish governance structures, decision rights and escalation paths.
• Develop and execute a comprehensive enterprise transformation strategy including change management and adoption.
• Lead business process redesign and align stakeholders for adoption.
• Deliver executive communications and status updates to sponsors and governance bodies.
• Own program scope integrity and prevent fragmentation across functions.
• Identify and manage enterprise risks and interdependencies.
• Resolve conflicts between units and drive enterprise solutions.
• Oversee system integrator and software vendor with UNM IT coordination.
• Manage program financial performance including budget and forecasting.
• Define measures of success and value realization for the transformation.
• Solidify governance and long-term ownership post-implementation.

Skills

Leadership

Enterprise transformation

Program management

Financial oversight

Risk management

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Oracle Fusion Cloud

Vendor management

Cross-functional teams

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Oracle Fusion Program Director

Requisition ID req37166

Working Title Oracle Fusion Program Director

Position Grade 99

Position Summary

The University of New Mexico seeks an exceptional leader to direct its Oracle Cloud Transformation. This is more than an implementation; it is an opportunity to help shape the future of a premier flagship research university. This transformation is sponsored at the highest levels of university leadership and represents a critical strategic investment in how UNM serves its students, faculty, staff, and community. The Director will play a defining leadership role in one of the university's most important strategic initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Translate executive vision into a cohesive enterprise systems modernization
• Ensure alignment with UNM 2040 priorities and institutional strategy, maintaining a One University approach program-wide
• Serve as primary liaison to the Executive Sponsor and Steering Committee, ensuring alignment on priorities and decision-making
• Build upon existing approaches at UNM to establish and enforce governance structures, decision rights, and escalation paths
• Build upon existing approaches at UNM to develop and execute a comprehensive enterprise transformation strategy encompassing organizational change management, communications, stakeholder engagement, training, and adoption
• Lead enterprise business process redesign aligned to best practices and foster alignment amongst stakeholders to support adoption
• Prepare and deliver executive-level communications, recommendations, and status updates to sponsors, governance bodies, and institutional stakeholders
• Own program scope integrity and prevent fragmentation across functional areas
• Identify and manage enterprise-level risks and interdependencies
• Resolve conflicts between units and drive enterprise solutions
• Provide executive oversight of system integrator and software vendor, in close coordination with UNM IT
• Responsible for program financial performance, including budget management, contract expenditures, forecasting, and reporting
• Define and monitor measures of program success, adoption, and business value realization to ensure the transformation delivers the intended outcomes
• Build upon existing approaches at UNM to solidify the foundations for long-term enterprise system governance, operational ownership, and continuous improvement following implementation

Flexible Engagement Opportunity

The University is recruiting for this leadership role through both its employment process and a parallel procurement process for independent contractors. Individuals seeking employment with the University should apply through this position announcement. Independent consultants or firms interested in providing these services under a professional services agreement should respond through the corresponding procurement solicitation. Interested parties should participate in the process that best aligns with their preferred engagement model. The University anticipates filling this leadership role through one of these two processes. For more information, visit https://elevate.unm.edu/oracle-fusion-program-director.html

Conditions of Employment

• Employees in this job title are subject to the terms and conditions of an employment contract. Employment contracts are typically subject to review and renewal on an annual basis.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree and at least 10 years of experience directly related to the duties and responsibilities specified.

Completed degree(s) from an accredited institution that are above the minimum education requirement may be substituted for experience on a year‑for‑year basis.

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated success delivering full lifecycle enterprise system implementations
• Experience managing complex, cross‑functional teams and external partners
• Demonstrated success leading organizational change and stakeholder engagement initiatives within large‑scale enterprise transformations
• Strong program management, financial oversight, and risk management skills
• Strong communication skills, and a proven ability to build consensus across diverse stakeholder groups with competing priorities
• Experience in higher education or similarly complex organizations
• Expertise leading Oracle implementations in higher education, healthcare, or other complex matrixed organizations
• Experience leading programs with multiple workstreams across Finance, HCM, and Planning/Budgeting, or comparable enterprise functions
• Experience working with 3rd party implementation partners
• Strong understanding of Oracle Fusion Cloud applications such as ERP, HCM, and EPM
• Experience leading business process transformation in complex, decentralized organizations.

Additional Requirements

Campus: Main - Albuquerque, NM

Department: Human Resources (730A)

Employment Type: Staff

Staff Type: Regular – Full-Time

Status: Exempt

Pay: Negotiable, depending on experience

Benefits

Eligible. This is a benefits eligible position. The University of New Mexico provides a comprehensive package of benefits including medical, dental, vision, and life insurance. In addition, UNM offers educational benefits through the tuition remission and dependent education programs. For more information, see the Benefits home page.

ERB Statement

As a condition of employment, eligible employees working greater than .25 FTE as determined by the New Mexico Education Retirement Act must make mandatory retirement contributions. For more information, review the Benefits Eligibility at a Glance grid.

Background Check Required

Mandatory pre‑employment background check required, including criminal history, fingerprint screening, education credential verification, and verification of prior employment.

Eligibility and Work Terms

• Eligible for Hiring Incentive: Yes, this position qualifies for a hiring incentive per program terms; details upon offer.
• Eligible for Remote Work: Yes
• Eligible for Remote Work Statement: This position is eligible for a Hybrid remote work agreement. For more information about Remote Work Agreements, please refer to UAP 3245, Remote Work, Section 5, Establishing a Remote Work Agreement and Section 6, Out‑of‑State Employee Responsibilities.

Application Instructions

Only applications submitted through the official UNMJobs site will be accepted. If you are viewing this job advertisement on a third party site, please visit UNMJobs to submit an application.

Applicants should provide a detailed resume and cover letter and at least three professional references.

Veteran Preference Program

Positions posted with a Staff Type of Regular or Term are eligible for the Veteran Preference Program. See the Veteran Preference Program webpage for additional details.

The University of New Mexico is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class.

The University of New Mexico requires all regular staff positions to successfully pass a pre‑employment background check. This may include, but is not limited to, a criminal history background check, New Mexico Department of Health fingerprint screening, New Mexico Children, Youth, and Families Department fingerprint screening, verification of education credentials, and/or verification of prior employment. For more information about background checks, visit https://policy.unm.edu/university-policies/3000/3280.html. Refer to https://policy.unm.edu/university-policies/3000/3200.html for a definition of Regular Staff.