Oracle Fusion Project Manager

3Core Systems, Inc; Houston (TX); Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

3Core Systems, Inc is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead a multi-workstream Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP implementation, replacing Oracle E-Business Suite. Remote role with a Houston-based team, immediate start and a 12-month duration.

The PM will partner with IT, business stakeholders, and Huron Consulting Group to keep over 10 workstreams on schedule through testing, cutover, and hypercare, driving documentation, risk mitigation, and governance with minimal ramp-up support.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of project management experience in enterprise/ERP implementations.
• Strong SDLC and full program delivery experience.
• Advanced proficiency building and managing project plans in Smartsheet or MS Project.
• Experience coordinating testing cycles (SIT/UAT/regression) and defect resolution.
• Experience working with external systems integrators and validating deliverables.
• Ability to read functional/technical design documents without coding.
• Independent, proactive, fast-paced in evolving environments.
• Strong risk/issue management and stakeholder communication.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day execution across multiple program workstreams with alignment between business, IT, and vendor partners.
• Create and maintain detailed project plans in Smartsheet or MS Project; monitor milestones and critical path.
• Coordinate testing cycles, track defects/resolutions, and prep readiness for transitions.
• Review deliverables from Huron for completeness and quality.
• Define activities, owners, timelines for emerging workstreams (change mgmt, reporting, security).
• Capture to-be business processes and develop supporting documentation where gaps exist.
• Review design docs/MD50s/configuration workbooks to identify gaps/risks.
• Identify risks, lead mitigation planning and escalate material risks.

Skills

Project management

ERP implementations

SDLC

Smartsheet

MS Project

UAT testing

Vendor management

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Communication

Tools

Smartsheet

Microsoft Project

SharePoint

Job description

Title: Project Manager, Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP Implementation
Duration: 12 Months | Remote (Houston, TX based team) | Immediate start

Location

Remote

Position Summary

The Project Manager supports a multi workstream Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP implementation replacing Oracle E-Business Suite. Reporting to the Senior Implementation Project Manager, this position partners with business stakeholders, IT, and the systems integrator, Huron Consulting Group, to keep more than 10 workstreams on schedule, coordinated, and accountable through testing, cutover, and hypercare. The role requires a seasoned, self directed project manager who can step into an active program, quickly understand its documentation and structure, and independently drive work forward with minimal ramp up support.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage day to day execution across multiple program workstreams, keeping plans, deliverables, and dependencies aligned between business teams, IT, and Huron.
• Build, maintain, and manage detailed project plans in Smartsheet or Microsoft Project; track milestones, dependencies, and critical path activities.
• Support planning and execution of multiple testing cycles, including coordinating test schedules, tracking defects and resolutions, and confirming readiness to advance between cycles.
• Review and validate Huron deliverables for completeness, quality, and alignment with approved requirements and project scope.
• Help stand up and mature emerging workstreams, including change management, reporting, and security, by defining activities, owners, timelines, and success criteria.
• Capture to be business processes as they are defined and drive development of process documentation where gaps exist.
• Review solution documents, functional design documents (such as MD50s), and configuration workbooks to understand design decisions and identify gaps, risks, and open issues.
• Identify program gaps and emerging risks; lead mitigation planning and elevate material risks to program leadership.
• Facilitate working sessions and status meetings; prepare clear status reporting for the Project Leadership Team.
• Support knowledge transfer and transition planning as key IT team members retire, ensuring institutional knowledge is documented and retained.
• Adapt plans as scope evolves, including late arriving requirements and potential parallel programs.

First 30 Days

• Review the program SharePoint site, including solution documents, functional documents, and configuration workbooks.
• Become fully acclimated to the program, its governance, and its working relationships with business leads, IT leads, the Huron team, and the Project Leadership Team.
• Identify gaps across the program and begin mitigation planning for emerging risks.

Required Skills, Knowledge, & Experience

• 7+ years of project management experience, including delivery of enterprise application or ERP implementations.
• Strong working knowledge of the software development life cycle (SDLC) and full program delivery, from design through testing, cutover, and hypercare.
• Advanced proficiency building and managing project plans in Smartsheet or Microsoft Project.
• Experience supporting multiple testing cycles (SIT, UAT, regression) and managing defect resolution with business and technical teams.
• Proven experience working directly with external systems integrators, including tracking and validating their deliverables.
• Ability to read and interpret functional and technical documentation, such as functional design documents and configuration workbooks, without needing to write code.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently, take ownership of assignments, ask the right questions proactively, and operate effectively in a fast paced, evolving environment with limited oversight.
• Strong risk and issue management skills, including identifying gaps and driving mitigation plans to closure.
• Excellent written communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills across business, IT, and vendor teams.
• Experience working effectively in a fully remote team environment.

Preferred Skills, Knowledge, & Experience

• Experience managing Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP implementations, particularly Oracle EBS to Fusion migrations. Experience on SAP S/4HANA, Microsoft Dynamics 365, or comparable ERP programs is also strongly considered.
• Experience working with Huron Consulting Group on ERP implementations.
• Experience in the natural gas pipeline, energy, or other regulated industry.
• Experience supporting change management, reporting, or security workstreams on an ERP program.
• Experience building business process documentation and capturing future state processes.
• Familiarity with regulatory and compliance requirements such as FERC, SOX, and audit readiness.
• PMP, PgMP, or equivalent project management certification.