Senior Manager, Project Applications (Oracle Projects)

AECOM; Dallas (TX); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Paid time off

Retirement savings plan

Employee stock purchase plan

Flexible work options

Job summary

AECOM seeks a Senior Manager, Project Applications to lead enterprise project accounting and project management applications across our global organization. You will own project costing, billing, revenue, and related processes, guiding a blended team of staff and partners.

Reporting to the Director of Project Administration and Financial Systems, you will translate complex business needs into practical technology solutions and collaborate with Finance, IT, and architecture teams to deliver

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree plus 10 years of experience in enterprise project applications, with 3 years in leadership.
• Deep functional experience in project-accounting (costing, billing, revenue, burdening, transfer pricing, cross-charge). Oracle Projects preferred.
• Experience leading a system implementation, conversion, migration, or major rollout through full lifecycle.
• Experience owning production application support including incidents, changes, audits, and SLA compliance.
• Leadership of internal teams and outsourced delivery partners with a focus on delivery quality.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop internal and outsourced teams, set priorities and ensure delivery quality.
• Own enterprise applications for project costing, billing, revenue recognition, burdening, transfer pricing, and cross-charge.
• Partner with Finance and Controllership to clarify requirements and translate needs into functional solutions.
• Evaluate requirements against application capabilities and coordinate with architecture, integration and reporting teams.
• Oversee production application support, change control, and post‑production stabilization.
• Lead implementations, conversions, migrations and major enhancements from design to deployment.
• Maintain an operational and enhancement roadmap aligned with business priorities.

Skills

Leadership experience

Executive communication

Project accounting

Oracle Projects experience

Stakeholder management

Requirements translation

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Oracle E-Business Suite

Oracle Fusion Cloud PPM

Job description

Company Description

Work with Us. Change the World.

At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.

There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.

We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.

Job Description

AECOM is seeking a Senior Manager, Project Applications to lead the enterprise applications that support project accounting and project management across our global organization.

Reporting to the Director of Project Administration and Financial Systems, this leader will have ownership of critical applications supporting project costing, billing, revenue and related project financial processes. The role will lead a blended team of internal employees and external delivery partners while working closely with Finance, Project Controls, IT and other business stakeholders.

The successful candidate will combine strong people leadership, deep project-accounting knowledge, enterprise application ownership and the ability to translate complex business needs into practical technology solutions. This person will help define business requirements, evaluate solution options, establish priorities and partner with development, integration, reporting and architecture teams to deliver reliable and scalable solutions.

The role currently oversees approximately 4–5 direct team members while helping lead outsourced delivery resources within a broader global organization.

This position will offer flexibility for hybrid work schedules to include both in-office presence and telecommute/virtual work, to be based from either Houston or Dallas, TX.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop internal team members and outsourced delivery partners, establishing priorities, managing capacity and creating accountability for delivery quality, service levels and results.
• Own and continuously improve enterprise applications supporting project costing, project billing, revenue recognition, burdening, transfer pricing, cross-charge and related project-accounting processes.
• Partner with Finance, Controllership, Billing, Project Controls and other business stakeholders to understand business challenges, clarify requirements and translate needs into actionable functional solutions.
• Evaluate business requirements against application capabilities, identify solution options and tradeoffs, and work with development, integration, reporting and architecture teams to deliver effective solutions.
• Oversee production application support, including incidents, recurring problems, service requests, enhancements, change control, access, audits and corrective actions. These responsibilities are already a significant component of the role in the intake.
• Lead implementations, conversions, migrations and significant application enhancements from requirements and functional design through testing, deployment and post-production stabilization.
• Maintain an operational and enhancement roadmap, balance immediate business needs with longer-term priorities, and contribute to resource, budget and application modernization planning.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree plus at least 10 years of experience supporting, implementing, and maintaining enterprise project applications, reports, and interfaces, including 3 years of leadership experience, or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education
• Deep functional experience supporting and improving enterprise project-accounting systems, with knowledge of processes such as project costing, project billing, revenue, burdening, transfer pricing, or cross-charge. Oracle Projects experience is strongly preferred; candidates with comparable enterprise project-accounting platform experience will also be considered.
• Experience leading a system implementation, conversion, migration, or major rollout through requirements, functional design, configuration, testing, deployment and post-production stabilization, including the development of workflows, test cases, and implementation documentation.
• Experience owning production application support, including incident and service-request management, recurring-problem resolution, enhancements, change control, access, and audit support.
• Experience leading internal teams, vendors, or outsourced delivery partners, including responsibility for delivery quality, capacity, performance, and service-level compliance.
• Strong executive communication, facilitation, and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to influence business leaders and drive alignment across cross-functional teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Functional experience with Oracle E-Business Suite Projects or Oracle Fusion Cloud Project Management/PPM, particularly Project Costing, Project Billing, revenue, burdening, transfer pricing, or cross-charge.
• Prior direct people-management experience leading and developing enterprise application or functional teams, including coaching, performance management, prioritization, and team development.
• Experience supporting project-accounting applications across multiple business groups and/or countries within a large, global, project-based organization.
• Working knowledge of integrations, reporting/BI, data, SQL, application architecture, and software development lifecycle practices, with the ability to effectively partner with developers and other technical specialists.

Additional Information

• Relocation assistance is not available for this position
• Sponsorship for US work authorization is not available for this position, now or in the future.

At AECOM, we are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously. To support this commitment, all newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.

Offered rate of compensation will be based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. The range for this position is $160000 to $200000.

Compensation: USD 160000 - USD 200000 - yearly

About AECOM

AECOM is proud to offer comprehensive benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees.

• Depending on your employment status, AECOM benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life, AD&DD, disability benefits, paid time off, leaves of absences, voluntary benefits, perks, flexible work options, well-being resources, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, service recognition awards, retirement savings plan, and employee stock purchase plan.

AECOM is the global infrastructure leader, committed to delivering a better world. As a trusted professional services firm powered by deep technical abilities, we solve our clients’ complex challenges in water, environment, energy, transportation and buildings. Our teams partner with public- and private-sector clients to create innovative, sustainable and resilient solutions throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm that had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. Learn more at aecom.com.

What makes AECOM a great place to work

You will be part of a global team that champions your growth and career ambitions. Work on groundbreaking projects - both in your local community and on a global scale - that are transforming our industry and shaping the future. With cutting-edge technology and a network of experts, you’ll have the resources to make a real impact. Our award-winning training and development programs are designed to expand your technical expertise and leadership skills, helping you build the career you’ve always envisioned. Here, you’ll find a welcoming workplace built on respect, collaboration and community—where you have the freedom to grow in a world of opportunity.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in your potential and are here to help you achieve it. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.