Technical PM – Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne (JDE E1)

VDart Inc; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

VDart Inc is seeking an experienced Technical Project Manager with 10+ years IT experience to lead Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne implementations, upgrades, and integrations in a regulated healthcare/Life Sciences context. This remote contract role requires strong JDE E1 architecture knowledge and executive collaboration.

You will manage end-to-end delivery, develop plans and budgets, coordinate cross-functional teams and vendors, and ensure compliance with GxP, CSV/CSA, and FDA-regulated

Qualifications

• 10+ years IT/ERP experience with technical PM focus.
• 3–5 years delivering JDE E1 implementations.
• Strong understanding of JDE E1 architecture and modules.
• Experience in Healthcare/Life Sciences or regulated environments; GxP/compliance knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end JDE E1 implementation, upgrade, migration, and integration projects.
• Manage full lifecycle: discovery through hypercare.
• Develop detailed project plans, budgets, RAID logs, and metrics.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams and vendors.
• Identify risks and drive mitigation and resolution.
• Provide executive status reporting on risks, dependencies, and finances.

Skills

Technical PM

JDE E1

ERP integrations

Regulated environments

GxP/CSV/SOX

Stakeholder mgmt

Cross-team leadership

Agile/Waterfall/Hybrid

JDE modules OTC/Finance

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

MS Project

Azure DevOps

Smartsheet

Job description

Title: Technical PM Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne (JDE E1)

Location: Remote

Type: Contract

Position Summary:

• We are seeking an experienced Technical Project Manager with 10+ years of overall IT experience and strong hands‑on project management experience delivering Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne (JDE E1) implementations, upgrades, integrations, and transformation initiatives.
• The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of JDE E1 architecture, functional modules, integrations, data migration, testing, cutover, and production deployment, combined with proven experience managing complex ERP programs involving multiple business and technology teams.
• Experience working within the Healthcare, Life Sciences, Pharmaceutical, Medical Devices, or other regulated environments is highly preferred, with an understanding of regulatory, compliance, validation, and quality requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

JDE E1 Implementation & Technical Project Management

• Lead end‑to‑end delivery of Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne (JDE E1) implementation, upgrade, enhancement, migration, and integration projects.
• Manage projects across the complete lifecycle, including discovery, requirements, solution design, development/configuration, integration, data migration, testing, UAT, cutover, go‑live, and hypercare.
• Develop and manage detailed project plans, schedules, milestones, dependencies, budgets, resource plans, RAID logs, and delivery metrics.
• Coordinate activities across JDE functional consultants, technical teams, developers, integration teams, infrastructure, database, QA, business teams, and third‑party vendors.
• Identify project risks, technical dependencies, resource constraints, and delivery issues and drive timely mitigation and resolution.
• Manage scope, schedule, budget, quality, and stakeholder expectations throughout the project lifecycle.

Oracle JDE EnterpriseOne

• Provide project leadership across JDE E1 implementations involving business functions such as:
• Order‑to‑Cash (OTC)
• Procurement / Procure‑to‑Pay (P2P)
• Inventory & Distribution
• Manufacturing
• Finance
• Supply Chain / Logistics
• Understand JDE E1 technical components, integrations, interfaces, batch processes, reports, workflows, security, and data dependencies.
• Coordinate JDE integrations with enterprise applications, third‑party platforms, middleware, APIs, databases, and external systems.
• Oversee data conversion, migration, reconciliation, interface testing, integration testing, regression testing, and UAT activities.
• Manage technical readiness and business readiness for production deployment.
• Develop and execute cutover, go‑live, rollback, and hypercare plans.
• Healthcare / Life Sciences & Compliance
• Manage ERP initiatives within Healthcare, Life Sciences, Pharmaceutical, Medical Devices, or regulated environments.
• Ensure project activities align with applicable quality, compliance, validation, security, and audit requirements.
• Work effectively with Quality, Regulatory, Compliance, Validation, and business stakeholders.
• Experience with GxP, CSV/CSA, SOX, FDA‑regulated environments, or similar compliance frameworks is preferred.
• Ensure appropriate documentation, traceability, testing evidence, approvals, and governance are maintained throughout the implementation lifecycle.
• Stakeholder & Vendor Management
• Serve as the primary point of coordination between business stakeholders, IT teams, JDE consultants, vendors, and senior leadership.
• Facilitate project governance meetings, steering committee updates, status reviews, technical discussions, and escalation meetings.
• Translate complex technical issues into clear business impacts, risks, options, and recommendations.
• Manage third‑party implementation partners and vendors against agreed scope, milestones, SLAs, and deliverables.
• Provide clear executive‑level reporting on project status, risks, dependencies, financials, and key decisions.

Required Skills & Experience:

• 10+ years of overall IT/ERP experience, with significant experience in Technical Project Management.
• 3 to 5 years of strong experience managing Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne (JDE E1) implementations.
• 3 to 5 years of demonstrated experience delivering at least one end‑to‑end JDE E1 implementation or major transformation program.
• 3 to 5 years of strong understanding of the JDE E1 implementation lifecycle and architecture.
• 5+ years of good functional understanding of JDE modules such as OTC, Procurement, Inventory, Distribution, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Finance.
• 5+ years of experience managing integrations, interfaces, data migration, testing, UAT, cutover, go‑live, and hypercare.
• Strong understanding of ERP integration patterns, APIs, middleware, databases, and enterprise application landscapes.
• Experience managing cross‑functional and geographically distributed teams.
• Strong experience with project planning, RAID management, resource management, financial tracking, change management, and executive reporting.
• Experience working in Healthcare/Life Sciences/Pharmaceutical/Medical Devices or regulated environments.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, leadership, and problem‑solving skills.
• Experience with Agile, Waterfall, or Hybrid delivery methodologies.
• Experience with project management and collaboration tools such as JIRA, Confluence, MS Project, Azure DevOps, Smartsheet, or similar tools.
• Preferred Qualifications
• PMP, PRINCE2, PMI-ACP, Scrum Master, or equivalent project management certification.
• Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne implementation experience in a Life Sciences or Healthcare organization.
• Experience with GxP, CSV/CSA, FDA, SOX, or validated systems.
• Experience managing JDE integrations with other ERP, CRM, WMS, MES, PLM, supply chain, or enterprise platforms.
• Experience managing global ERP implementations involving multiple sites, business units, or countries.