Senior Technical Project Manager

Clayton Homes (New); United States; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company match

Medical, dental and vision plans

Paid time off

Job summary

Clayton Homes is seeking a PMO Project Manager III to lead complex ERP modernization initiatives, focusing on Oracle Fusion Cloud Financials and related processes. The role drives planning, governance, and delivery across multiple workstreams and partner teams.

The ideal candidate blends strong project management fundamentals with executive communication skills, business process understanding, and collaboration across technology and functional groups to drive timely value delivery.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP projects, with exposure to Financials, financial reporting, or finance‑related processes preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead project plans spanning scope, schedule, resources, dependencies, and milestones with clear project health visibility.

Skills

Oracle Fusion ERP

Project management

Executive communications

Stakeholder engagement

Agile/Hybrid/Waterfall

PMO governance

Vendor coordination

PM certification (PMP)

Microsoft 365 tools

ServiceNow SPM/PPM

Smartsheet

Education

PMP certification or equivalent

Tools

ServiceNow SPM/PPM

Smartsheet

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

MS Project

Teams

Job description

Position Summary

The PMO Project Manager (Project Manager III) leads complex, cross-functional delivery within our Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) modernization portfolio, with a focus on Oracle Fusion Cloud Financials and related business processes. This role drives project planning, stakeholder alignment, executive communications, governance, and delivery execution across multiple workstreams. The ideal candidate combines strong project management fundamentals with the ability to communicate effectively with executives, understand business processes, and partner across technology and functional teams.

About The Team

You will join the PMO supporting enterprise-impacting initiatives on our ERP platform. The team partners closely with Finance, Technology, Data & Integrations, and Business Operations to deliver modernization outcomes that improve decision quality, close cycles, and operating efficiency. The PM III collaborates with project managers, business owners, solution architects, and vendor/implementation partners to ensure consistent standards and value delivery.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead project plans spanning scope, schedule, resources, dependencies, and key milestones while maintaining clear visibility into project health and delivery progress.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams and facilitate resolution of risks, issues, and dependencies that could impact timelines or business outcomes.
• Establish governance routines, maintain decision logs, and provide consistent communication to executive sponsors and business stakeholders.
• Prepare executive-ready status reporting that highlights progress, risks, decisions needed, and anticipated business impacts.
• Support testing, cutover, go-live readiness, and hypercare activities to ensure successful deployments and business adoption.
• Partner with Finance, Technology, and Operations teams to translate business objectives into actionable project plans and priorities.
• Coordinate activities with implementation partners and vendors, ensuring accountability to agreed deliverables and timelines.
• Leverage PMO standards, methodologies, and tools including ServiceNow SPM/PPM and Smartsheet where applicable.

Projects & Scope

You’ll Support Lead delivery of Oracle Fusion Cloud initiatives across ERP‑related platforms with a primary focus on Financials and supporting business processes. Coordinate workstreams involving finance operations, integrations, data conversion, testing, reporting, training, and deployment readiness. Manage medium to large-scale programs while driving alignment, resolving ambiguity, and maintaining focus on successful business outcomes.

Primary Qualifications

• Experience delivering Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP projects, with exposure to Financials, financial reporting, or finance‑related business processes strongly preferred.
• Strong project management experience including planning, governance, risk management, stakeholder engagement, and executive communications.
• Ability to understand business processes and facilitate discussions between technical and business teams without requiring deep Business Analyst specialization.
• Experience working with implementation partners and navigating Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid delivery approaches.
• Exceptional communication, executive presence, organization, and ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders.
• PMP certification or equivalent project leadership experience preferred.
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 tools including Excel, PowerPoint, Project, and Teams.
• Experience with ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management (SPM/PPM) and Smartsheet is desired.

Desired Skills

• Working knowledge of Oracle Fusion Financials and how core finance processes connect across the enterprise.
• Experience supporting ERP deployments, cutover planning, hypercare, and operational stabilization activities.
• Understanding of financial processes such as General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Fixed Assets, Cash Management, and reporting concepts.
• Ability to analyze business processes, identify improvement opportunities, and collaborate on solution delivery.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to simplify complex topics for executive and business audiences.
• Composure & Resilience Coaching & Developing Others

Role Details

• Work Arrangement: Hybrid; specific onsite cadence to be defined based on candidate location and program needs.
• Reporting Line: Reports directly to the Senior PMO Manager (PMO).

Why Clayton?

Clayton is committed to opening doors to a better life. Clayton is a leading single-family, values-driven home builder dedicated to attainable housing, sustainable practices and creating a world-class experience for customers and team members. Our company portfolio includes a broad offering of attainable housing, and as a vertically integrated home builder, we are uniquely positioned to serve customers through every stage of the homeownership journey – building, selling, financing, and insuring homes. Our success is in our team members – join our team and see how you can help us build a better tomorrow. As a shared service, Home Team team members support many functions across the Clayton enterprise. The Home Team includes wellbeing, internal audit, accounting/finance, marketing, legal, campus operations, and more. We believe our strength is our people. That's why we invest in opportunities for our team members to personally and professionally grow. As a leader in modern and attainable housing, Clayton is committed to delivering forward-looking technology solutions. With a dedicated team of over 500 technology professionals, we continue to evolve and innovate, ensuring we remain at the forefront of our industry. Our collaborative and innovative culture encourages team members to grow to their full potential. Our focus on team member experience, development and engagement is paramount, offering career pathing and leadership development opportunities to foster growth and success within our organization.

Benefits

• Competitive benefits including 401(k) with 100% company match of the first 4%; medical, dental and vision plans; paid time off days and holidays.
• Quarterly bonus program.
• Recognized as one of East Tennessee’s top technology workplaces.
• Wellness programs that focus on emotional, social, spiritual, intellectual, environmental, physical, and financial well-being.
• Onsite fitness facility with full gym, workout classes, volleyball and basketball, ping-pong, and disc golf course.
• Paid Time Off for Volunteer work.
• Quarterly profit share bonus program.
• Onsite gym with variety of classes, wellness, professional and personal development programs and much more!

Business Unit – B00023 Technology

The Clayton story began in 1956 with a simple but powerful mission – helping more hardworking families across America achieve homeownership. Clayton is committed to Opening Doors to a Better Life. We are a leading single family, values driven home builder dedicated to attainable housing, sustainable practices and a world class experience for customers and team members. Our company portfolio includes a broad offering of attainable housing, and as a vertically integrated home builder, we are uniquely positioned to serve customers through every stage of the homeownership journey building, selling, financing, and insuring homes. Our success is in our team members – join our team and see how you can help us build a better tomorrow. As a shared service, Home Team team members support many functions across the Clayton enterprise. The Home Team includes wellbeing, internal audit, accounting/finance, marketing, legal, campus operations, and more. We believe our strength is our people. That's why we invest in opportunities for our team members to personally and professionally grow. As a leader in modern and attainable housing, Clayton is committed to delivering forward-looking technology solutions. With a dedicated team of over 500 technology professionals, we continue to evolve and innovate, ensuring we remain at the forefront of our industry. Our collaborative and innovative culture encourages team members to grow to their full potential. Our focus on team member experience, development and engagement is paramount, offering career pathing and leadership development opportunities to foster growth and success within our organization. Clayton Home Building Group has more than 12,000 team members across the United States, and built more than 59,000 homes last year. Home Building Group makes the dream of homeownership a reality every single day, delivering quality-built homes at an attainable price. We are dedicated to a world‑class team member experience, environmentally responsible building practices and helping provide attainable housing for all. This business unit is comprised of Clayton Manufacturing, Clayton Supply, and Clayton Properties Group. With 2,900+ team members and 400+ Retail locations nationwide, our home consultants create a world‑class home buying experience by assisting customers in identifying a floor plan, selecting options, and coordinating the construction process. Clayton Retail sells more than 25,000 homes annually, as we strive to help customers achieve homeownership across America.

Equal Opportunity / Diversity

Clayton is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.