Senior Program Director EMEA PD CoE

Oracle; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 800,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Senior Program Director, where you will lead the delivery of complex IT and business programs. This role demands a seasoned professional with extensive experience in program management and stakeholder engagement. You will be responsible for ensuring successful implementation of Oracle's innovative solutions, driving customer success, and overseeing project delivery across the EMEA region. If you thrive in dynamic environments and are passionate about delivering results that exceed expectations, this is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact and advance your career in a prestigious organization.

Qualifications

• 10-15 years of experience as a program director in full implementation lifecycles.
• Strong understanding of commercial aspects and project management methods.

Responsibilities

• Lead and drive all aspects of major business and IT programs.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior clients and manage stakeholder relationships.

Skills

Program Management

Stakeholder Management

Project Management Methods

Problem Solving

Leadership

Communication Skills

Commercial Awareness

Team Building

Fluency in English

Education

Degree or equivalent

Qualified Program or Project Manager

Professional qualification (e.g. accountancy)

Tools

Oracle Product Set

Consulting Methods and Tools

Job description

As an acknowledged authority within Oracle, this senior-level program management position provides innovative solution leadership with significant industry-wide impact. Has wide latitude in guiding the successful implementation of an integrated business solution ensuring high quality and timely delivery within budget to the customer’s satisfaction.

Oracle Consulting delivers very large and complex business and IT delivery projects based on the Oracle product set. These can be highly challenging and at the leading edge of cloud projects and are therefore strategically important to the Oracle business. A need exists for highly talented senior program directors to deliver customer success against these challenging situations.

The Program Director has responsibility for the successful delivery of the Oracle Consulting engagement at the customer.

They are expected to operate at the senior stakeholder level – typically a C-level executive but equally, they will need to manage their senior stakeholders in the Oracle organisation. This is a senior level role and candidates will be expected to take high levels of responsibility for customer and Oracle success.

It is a very exciting time in Oracle Consulting with our strong focus on delivery of cloud solutions using our highly advanced methods and tools across the EMEA region. Industry and IT experience is highly valuable to us. Existing Oracle application knowledge is desirable but not essential.

SCOPE OF THE ROLE

The Program Director is responsible for the successful and profitable delivery of our major business and IT programs.

They will be expected to lead and drive all aspects of the program from staffing, budgetary control and stakeholder management both within the customer and Oracle:

1. To act as a trusted advisor to senior clients.
2. To drive successful outcomes for our major customers using the Oracle product set and Oracle Consulting methods and tools.
3. To be commercially astute when delivering an engagement.
4. To act as ambassadors for Oracle solutions throughout a customer engagement.
5. Take full accountability for the successful delivery of a program or projects.
6. Develop a practical program delivery plan and deliver closely against it.
7. Manage the staff and resources to ensure optimum outcomes for the customer and Oracle Corporation.
8. Manage and mitigate program and project risks.
9. Both advise and challenge the customer throughout the program.
10. Take full ownership to drive “best practice” in delivering a program.
11. Develop strong relationships with the senior stakeholders within Oracle across our Licence and Consulting businesses.
12. Manage the re-use and feedback into the Oracle delivery organisation to enable constant improvement of our program delivery.
13. Build a strong personal community within Oracle by sharing and assisting colleagues from other regions and practices.

Knowledge and Competency Requirements

Description/Level Requirements

Education

• Degree educated or equivalent.
• Qualified Program or Project Manager through a recognized institute.
• Preferably holds a professional qualification (e.g. accountancy).

Experience/Technical/Professional Knowledge

• 10-15 years of relevant experience as a program director through full implementation lifecycles.
• 10 years of experience with a consulting organisation.
• Strong and demonstrable awareness of different project management methods.
• Excellent facilitation and management skills of the most senior customer stakeholders within the business and IT.
• Ability to deliver results while under pressure.
• A strong understanding of the commercial aspects of a consulting organisation and the role a program director plays within it.
• Experience of delivering at least 4 major projects using packaged applications (Oracle, SAP, JDE, Microsoft etc).
• A creative and agile problem-solver.
• Experience with interacting with third-party resources, including offshore teams.
• Strong team building skills, with ability to build quick and effective work rapport with distributed team members.
• Must be self-motivated in learning new concepts and willing to share knowledge and skills with other team members.
• Outspoken and passionate about delivering successful programs that exceed business objectives and drive business success for our customers.
• Must have the highest level of leadership and communication skills, with the ability to explain complex solutions and ideas. Excellent presentation skills.
• Can demonstrate a strong awareness of the differences between cloud and on-premise solutions and their benefits.
• Politically-aware.
• Ability to present an argument: persuasive.
• Willing and able to travel for project work throughout the EMEA region for extended periods, and has a European work permit.
• Fluent in English, other European language an advantage.

Location

Based in EMEA.

As part of Oracle's employment process candidates will be required to complete a pre-employment screening process, prior to an offer being made. This will involve