Senior ERP Portfolio Manager - Remote

Cedars-Sinai; Phoenix (AZ); Remote; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Cedars-Sinai in Phoenix, AZ is seeking a Senior ERP Portfolio Manager to lead the strategy and governance for Oracle Cloud ERP and UKG across the health system. You will own the roadmap, drive prioritization, and align resources with business needs to deliver sustained value.

This leadership role requires exceptional communication with executives, cross-functional facilitation, and the ability to oversee end-to-end ERP initiatives from scoping through monitoring and optimization.

Qualifications

• Seven or more years in IT program or portfolio management within healthcare tech.
• Solid understanding of Oracle Cloud ERP across Finance, Supply Chain, HCM and Payroll.
• Experience with UKG Timekeeping & Scheduling preferred.
• Executive communication, resource alignment and cross-functional facilitation are essential.
• Candidates with relevant certifications are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide oversight and strategic support for Oracle Cloud ERP and UKG platforms across the health system.
• Build and sustain demand, prioritization, and resource allocation.
• Lead centralized ERP governance to streamline prioritization, decision-making, and execution.
• Own the ERP and UKG roadmap, aligning initiatives with business needs and EIS capabilities.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration with Finance, HR, Supply Chain, and EIS teams.
• Facilitate executive steering committees and governance forums with ERP performance insights.
• Develop portfolio management standards including planning, resource management, and integrations.
• Oversee end-to-end lifecycle of ERP initiatives—from scoping to activation and monitoring.
• Lead special projects (up to 10%) and manage customer relationships and expectations.

Skills

Executive communication

Resource alignment

Cross-functional facilitation

IT program management

Healthcare IT

ERP systems

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Healthcare/Management/Business

PMP/PMI-ACP/CSM preferred

Tools

Oracle Cloud ERP

UKG Timekeeping/Scheduling

Job description

Grow your career at Cedars-Sinai!The Enterprise Information Services (EIS) team at Cedars-Sinai understands that true clinical transformation and the optimization of a clinical information systems implementation is fueled through the alignment of the right people, processes, and technologies.

Why work here?

Cedars-Sinai placed in the top 20 on Newsweek’s “World's Best Smart Hospitals 2024” list, which highlights hospitals that have excelled in the utilization of electronic functionalities, telemedicine, digital imaging, artificial intelligence and robotics. The organization’s Healthtech excellence was acknowledged again, this time by the esteemed “CHIME Digital Health Most Wired“ recognition program. Cedars-Sinai was assigned a Level 10—the most prestigious level of certification—among more than 300 surveyed healthcare organizations. Cedars-Sinai netted high scores across multiple verticals and particularly excelled in areas of infrastructure, interoperability, and population health innovation.

What will you be doing in this role:

• The Senior ERP Portfolio Manager provides oversight and strategic support for Oracle Cloud (Finance, Supply Chain, HR, Payroll) and UKG (Timekeeping & Scheduling) platforms across the health system.
• This role is responsible for building and sustaining effective demand, prioritization, and resource allocation.
• Lead a centralized ERP governance to streamline prioritization, decision-making, and execution cross-functionally.
• Own the ERP and UKG roadmap, aligning technology initiatives with business needs and EIS capabilities.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration with Finance, HR, Supply Chain, and EIS teams to enhance process efficiency and platform optimization.
• Facilitate effective executive steering committees and governance forums, providing insights on ERP performance, risks, and opportunity areas.
• Develop and scale portfolio and resource management standards including planning, resource management, integration points, and alignment with adjacent service lines and enterprise initiatives.
• Oversee the end-to-end lifecycle of ERP initiatives—scoping, budgeting, resource planning, activation, and continuous monitoring of portfolio health.
• Lead special projects (up to 10%): translating customer needs, meeting results, status reporting, and managing customer relationships and expectations.
• This leadership role plays a critical part in ensuring our Oracle Cloud and UKG applications are strategically aligned, efficiently executed, and continuously evolved to support the organization’s mission and operational goals.

*Local candidates or those willing to relocate to Los Angeles are preferred; remote candidates may be considered in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Minnesota, Nevada, Oregon, or Texas*

Qualifications

Experience Requirements:

• Seven (7) plus years of IT program or portfolio management experience.
• Proven record of execution to time and budget in full life cycle healthcare technology implementation projects.
• Solid understanding of Oracle Cloud ERP across Finance, Supply Chain, HCM, and Payroll (preferred).
• Experience with UKG Timekeeping & Scheduling (preferred).
• Exceptional skills in executive communication, resource alignment, and cross-functional facilitation.

Educational/Certificate Requirements:

• High School Diploma/GED.
• Bachelor’s degree in Healthcare, Management, Business or related field, preferred.
• PMP (Project Management Professional) and/or PMI-ACP (PMI Agile Certified Practitioner) and/or CSM (Certified Scrum Master) preferred.

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