Sr Specialist, Oracle HCM Cloud Functional Lead

Con Edison; New York (NY); On-site; USD 125,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Con Edison seeks an Oracle HCM Cloud Functional Lead to guide HRIT change initiatives, gather requirements, design configurations, and support successful deployments. You will coordinate with HR, IT, and business stakeholders to ensure system capabilities align with organizational goals.

The role requires experience in Oracle HCM Cloud, data loading, testing, and documentation, with a focus on delivering reliable HR solutions and compliance across functions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 4+ years of relevant experience in HCM implementations or configurations.
• Experience with Oracle HCM Cloud including setup and testing.
• Ability to coordinate across HR, IT and business units to translate requirements into configurations.

Responsibilities

• Serve as functional lead for Oracle HCM Cloud, aligning capabilities with business goals.
• Identify and triage production issues with onsite/offshore teams, ensuring timely remediation.
• Manage monthly/quarterly patching, maintenance, and release readiness activities.
• Collaborate with business owners to define requirements, design solutions, and support implementation.
• Create and maintain system docs, specs, procedures, and end-user training materials.
• Load and convert workforce data using HDL and related tools.

Skills

Oracle HCM Cloud

Incident management

Root cause analysis

Stakeholder management

HR processes

Project management

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Associate's Degree

High School Diploma

Tools

HDL (HCM Data Loader)

FSM (Functional Setup Manager)

OTBI

HCM Data Loader (HDL)

Job description

Overview

Oracle Human Capital Management (HCM) Cloud Functional Lead is responsible for leading and implementing changes to HCM modules based on business requirements. This involves gathering and documenting requirements, designing configurations, managing implementations, and providing expert guidance on best practices. Key duties include collaborating with business and technical teams on configuring changes, addressing defects, loading data, leading testing efforts, to ensure successful delivery and support.

Overview

Oracle Human Capital Management (HCM) Cloud Functional Lead is responsible for leading and implementing changes to HCM modules based on business requirements. This involves gathering and documenting requirements, designing configurations, managing implementations, and providing expert guidance on best practices. Key duties include collaborating with business and technical teams on configuring changes, addressing defects, loading data, leading testing efforts, to ensure successful delivery and support. This position does not provide employment pursuant to the terms of a STEM OPT Training Plan.

Responsibilities

Core Responsibilities

• Serve as the functional lead and subject matter expert for Oracle HCM Cloud, partnering with HR, IT, and business stakeholders to align system capabilities with organizational objectives.
• Identify, triage, track, resolve, and validate production issues in partnership with onsite, offshore, and Oracle technical teams, ensuring timely remediation and minimal business disruption.
• Manage Oracle HCM Cloud monthly and quarterly patching, maintenance, and release readiness activities, including impact assessment, testing coordination, issue resolution, and stakeholder communication.
• Partner with business owners to define requirements, develop functional design documentation, translate business needs into solutions, conduct testing, and support implementation.
• Create and maintain system documentation, functional specifications, operating procedures, and end‑user training materials.
• Perform workforce and worker data loads and conversions using tools such as HCM Data Loader (HDL).
• Comply with the Companys Standards of Business Conduct; Data and Cyber Security requirements; and Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and Protected Health Information (PHI) policies and practices.

Qualifications

Required Education/Experience

• Bachelor's Degree and 4 years relevant work experience or
• Associate's Degree and 5 years relevant work experience or
• High School Diploma/GED and 6 years relevant work experience

Preferred Education/Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Information Systems and 4 years relevant work experience including Oracle HCM Cloud experience

Relevant Work Experience

• Demonstrated experience leading end-to-end system design and implementation, required.
• Experience with incident management, root cause analysis, and process improvement methodologies, required.
• Strong communication, project management, leadership, and stakeholder management skills, required.
• Demonstrated flexibility and ability to handle multiple tasks and assignments while working under tight deadlines, required.
• Extensive hands‑on experience with Oracle HCM Cloud, preferred.
• Strong understanding of HR processes, industry best practices, policies, and compliance requirements, preferred.
• Proficiency with the Oracle HCM Functional Setup Manager (FSM), preferred.
• Experience with data loading tools like HDL and knowledge of reporting tools such as OTBI, preferred.

Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrated analytical skills
• Demonstrated problem solving skills
• Ability to build strong customer relationships
• Articulate and responsive to colleagues
• Demonstrated customer service skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to simultaneously handle multiple priorities

Licenses and Certifications

• Driver's License Required

Physical Demands

• Sit or stand to answer a phone for the duration of the workday
• Sit or stand to use a keyboard, mouse, and computer for the duration of the workday

Additional Physical Demands

• The selected candidate will be assigned a System Emergency Assignment (i.e., an emergency response role) and will be expected to work non-business hours during emergencies, which may include nights, weekends, and holidays.