Sr IT Project Manager with Oracle EBS

TekWissen LLC; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

TekWissen LLC seeks a Sr IT Project Manager to lead Oracle EBS upgrade initiatives in a Pittsburgh-based hybrid role. You will guide end-to-end lifecycle management, governance, and cross-functional collaboration across IT and business units to ensure successful delivery.

Ideal candidates bring 10+ years in IT project management, strong Oracle EBS upgrade experience, and proven executive communication. This temporary role offers a structured program with clear milestones and stakeholder

Qualifications

• 10+ years IT project or program management experience in enterprise environments.
• Hands-on PM leading at least two full-lifecycle Oracle EBS upgrades.
• Experience leading ERP upgrades across multiple workstreams, with dependencies and integrations.
• Experience managing upgrade activities including impact assessments, testing, cutover, and hypercare.
• Strong executive communication, stakeholder management and facilitation skills.
• Knowledge of SDLC, release management and IT change-control processes.
• Experience with MS Project, Smartsheet, Jira, Confluence, ServiceNow.
• Bachelor's degree in information technology, CS, or engineering (or equivalent).

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end Oracle EBS upgrade lifecycle from planning to go-live and hyper care.
• Develop and manage integrated project plan, milestones, budget, and resources.
• Establish governance, reporting, escalation, and RAID management.
• Coordinate Oracle EBS activities across apps, database, infrastructure, and integrations.
• Lead testing governance across SIT, regression, performance, security, and UAT.
• Develop and manage cutover plans, go/no-go criteria, and production deployment.
• Identify and manage risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, and mitigations.
• Facilitate steering committees and cross-functional alignment with clear milestone reporting.
• Coordinate internal teams, contractors, Oracle resources, and vendors for deliverables.

Skills

Oracle EBS

Project management

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Cross-functional coordination

Budget management

Vendor management

SDLC

Microsoft Project

Jira/Confluence

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS/Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Project

Jira

Confluence

Smartsheet

ServiceNow

Job description

Overview

TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. Our client provider of digital technology and transformation, information technology and services

Position

Sr IT Project Manager with Oracle EBS

Location

Pittsburgh, PA

Duration

6 Months

Job Type

Temporary Assignment

Work Type

Hybrid

Job Description

Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end Oracle EBS upgrade lifecycle, including planning, design, build, testing, deployment, hyper care, and project closure.
• Develop and manage the integrated project plan, milestones, critical path, resources, budget, dependencies, and delivery schedule.
• Establish and manage project governance, status reporting, decision-making, escalation, change control, and RAID management.
• Coordinate Oracle EBS application, database, infrastructure, integration, security, customization, environment, and third-party compatibility activities.
• Lead testing governance across SIT, regression, performance, security, and UAT, including defect management and business readiness.
• Develop and manage cutover plans, mock cutovers, go/no-go criteria, production deployment, command-center activities, and post-go-live stabilization.
• Identify and manage project risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, and mitigation plans, escalating critical items as appropriate.
• Facilitate executive steering committees, project governance meetings, and cross-functional workstream alignment while providing clear project health and milestone reporting.
• Coordinate internal teams, contractors, Oracle resources, implementation partners, and third-party vendors, ensuring accountability for deliverables and commitments.
• Manage project financials, forecasts, schedule performance, resource capacity, project metrics, documentation, and executive dashboards

Key Skills

Must-Have Qualifications

• 10+ years of IT project or program management experience, including large enterprise application implementations, upgrades, or transformations.
• Hands-on project management experience leading at least two full-lifecycle Oracle EBS upgrade or major Oracle EBS transformation.
• Demonstrated experience leading application or ERP upgrades in mid- to high-complexity enterprise environments, including multiple workstreams, integrations, business functions, and technical dependencies. Strong understanding of Oracle EBS architecture, modules, integrations, customizations, environments, and upgrade dependencies.
• Experience managing upgrade activities including impact assessments, customization remediation, integration and regression testing, UAT, performance testing, cutover, deployment, and hypercare. Demonstrated experience managing large cross-functional teams and complex, multi-workstream enterprise projects.
• Strong experience with integrated project plans, RAID logs, dependency management, change control, cutover planning, and executive reporting.
• Experience managing implementation partners, consulting organizations, and third-party vendors.
• Strong executive communication, stakeholder management, facilitation, risk management, and problem-solving skills.
• Working knowledge of SDLC, release management, testing methodologies, and IT change-control processes.
• Experience with project management tools such as Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, Jira, Confluence, ServiceNow, or equivalent.
• Bachelor's degree in information technology, Computer Science, Business, Engineering, a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience managing Oracle EBS Release 12.2.x upgrades.
• Familiarity with Oracle EBS functional areas, integrations, customizations, and supporting Oracle technologies.
• Experience working in regulated environments and with global or multi-business-unit deployments.
• PMP, PgMP, PMI-ACP, SAFe, Scrum, or similar project/program management certification.
• Experience with Past client exp is is a plus.

Key Competencies

• Enterprise project leadership, Oracle EBS upgrade management, project governance, executive stakeholder management, cross-functional coordination, risk and dependency management, vendor management, testing and cutover governance, budget and resource management, change control, decision facilitation, and clear written and verbal communication.
• Success Measures Successful delivery of the Oracle EBS upgrade within approved scope, schedule, and budget, with validated business processes and integrations, effective cutover and production stabilization, minimal business disruption, and clear stakeholder communication

TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.