Senior Project Manager - Retail

** Job Description*
* The Senior Project Manager will be primarily responsible for managing the delivery of Oracle Net Suite Professional Services implementations of the Oracle Net Suite application, including but not limited to complex, multi-workstream programs which could include Oracle Net Suite ERP as well as other Oracle Net Suite products, integrations, and third-parties. Under the guidance of the Oracle Net Suite delivery methodology and established PMO standards, this role drives engagements to scope, time, and budget - all while ensuring the highest degree of customer satisfaction and business outcomes.

The Senior Project Manager is a key player in leading, tracking, and communicating project and program progress as well as ensuring quality delivery. This includes planning customer-specific engagements, leading business requirements development, review and signoff, orchestrating configuration, data migration, integrations, customization, multi-workstream planning and alignment, controlling scope, driving organizational change when needed, and ensuring timely resolution of discrepancies and project roadblocks.

The Senior Project Manager will lead multiple concurrent projects and work with a number of resources and stakeholders across a matrixed, often global environment.

From initiation through completion, the Senior Project Manager will construct, present, and secure signoffs on key deliverables such as program kickoff presentations, integrated project plans and WBS, regular status reports, risk and issue logs, cutover plans, and change orders when required. They will facilitate planning sessions and governance forums (e.g., steering committees) throughout the project lifecycle. Critical to success will be setting and managing expectations regarding project scope, the Oracle Net Suite delivery model, collaborator roles and responsibilities, timelines, critical issue and organizational change processes, communication, risk management, and multi-workstream orchestration.

** Responsibilities*
* Preferred Qualifications /Skills include:

+ Outstanding client-facing skills with a history of building extraordinary relationships with clients, colleagues, third parties, and demonstrated C-level engagement.

+ Ability to handle a variety of projects simultaneously; adapts quickly-manages multiple deadlines and challenging priorities in a fast-paced, constantly evolving environment.

+ Strong communication and interpersonal skills, including experience delivering presentations and managing meetings via web conferencing to diverse stakeholder groups.

+ Strong influencing and negotiation skills with diverse stakeholder groups.

+ Very strong organizational skills and attention to detail.

+ Exceptional critical issue and risk management skills, including timely mitigation, escalation and resolution.

+ Thrives in ambiguity; structures unformed problems, clarifies priorities, and drives decisions with incomplete information.

+ Demonstrates thoughtfulness and excellent judgment when selecting methods and techniques for achieving project success.

+ Independently organizes and performs required work with minimal guidance, direction, and follow-up.

+ Ability to forecast work accurately, proactively manage workload, and assist project teams and customers with doing the same.

+ Excellent teamwork skills; works effectively as part of multiple, varied project teams and demonstrates genuine commitment to team success.

+ Takes initiative and ownership. Proactive, passionate about results, with a solution-focused approach and can-do demeanor in all aspects of project delivery.

+ Strong background in project management, including experience developing work-breakdown structures and project plans, most notably in Microsoft Project.

+ Strong client management skills and the ability to work with customers to develop and manage an implementation plan, including governance and benefits realization.

+ Hands-on vendor/partner management experience with SDN and localization providers (tax, payments, EDI, logistics, country localizations), including SOWs, SLAs, and escalations.

+ Contributes to continuous improvement through data and feedback loops, embracing rapidly evolving ways of working within established frameworks and practices.

+ Implementation experience with Oracle Net Suite ERP as well as other Oracle Net Suite applications, and a solid understanding of integration, data migration, customization, and related ERP implementation principles;
Suite Script/Suite Talk/REST and middleware/iPaaS coordination experience a plus.

+ Experience delivering analytics programs with Net Suite Analytics Warehouse (or comparable data warehouse/BI), including data pipelines, modeling, security/roles, and dashboard delivery a plus.

+ Formal Project Management methodology training with significant practical use; certifications such as Project Management Professional (PMP) are a plus.

+ 8-10 years of cumulative relevant experience, including 4 years of Net Suite ERP…