ERP Technical Team Lead

Chicago Public Schools (CPS) is a district on the rise, serving over 320,000 students in 500+ schools and employing over 44,000 people, most of them teachers. CPS has set ambitious goals to ensure that every student, in every school and every neighborhood, has access to a world‑class learning experience that prepares each for success in college, career, and civic life. In order to fulfill this mission, we make three commitments to our students, their families, and all Chicagoans: academic progress, financial stability, and integrity.

Six core values are embedded within these commitments – student‑centered, whole child, equity, academic excellence, community partnership, and continuous learning.

CPS is currently undertaking a multi‑year ERP modernization program for migrating and upgrading on‑premise Oracle E‑Business Financials, Oracle People Soft Human Capital Management Applications, and Kronos Workforce Management System to the latest SaaS‑based Oracle Cloud ERP Platform as part of business and technology transformation.

The ERP Technical Team Lead – Oracle Fusion Integration is responsible for the orchestration of integration to and from the District’s Oracle Fusion Cloud environments to meet the business and technical requirements for the ERP Modernization Program. This position resides in ERP Portfolio Management of the Information and Technology Services (ITS) / ERP Modernization Program and reports to the Director of ERP Portfolio Management.

This role is responsible for the orchestration of On‑Premise Oracle E‑Business and Oracle People Soft migration and integration activities to Oracle Fusion Cloud to meet business requirements.

• Develop Integration strategy and plans with solid experience in developing inbound and outbound integrations for ERP applications.
• Recruit, onboard, and provide direction, guidance, and strong leadership and performance management to the Technical team to ensure robust learning and career development consistent with the CPS values and mission; foster collaboration and effective integration of efforts with division‑wide initiatives.
• Define roles and responsibilities for the technical integration activities.
• Review and provide comments and suggestions on the integration work deliverables.
• Document technical activity timelines for dry‑run testing and production deployment.
• Develop an integration checklist and sign‑off process to ensure completion of planned activities.
• Drive technical design and data mapping activities for each inbound and outbound integration with Oracle Fusion Cloud.
• Assist with determining boundary applications and establishing security controls.
• Develop unit and end‑to‑end integration test plans.
• Work with system integrators, third‑party vendors, and internal application owners to deliver work products.
• Document the end‑to‑end integration test results.
• Other duties and work streams as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university is required.
• Master’s of Business Administration is preferred.
• Oracle ERP Cloud certifications are preferred.
• Oracle Fusion Technical Certification is preferred.

• A minimum of seven (7) years of ERP integration experience, including:
  • A minimum of five (5) years of experience in managing and leading Oracle Fusion Cloud integration workstream—On‑Premise Oracle E‑Business and Oracle People Soft to Oracle Fusion Cloud.
  • A minimum of five (5) years of experience managing technical integration activities for Oracle ERP Cloud Tech stack.
  • A minimum of two (2) years of recent end‑to‑end full life cycle experience as an Oracle Fusion integration technical lead implementing Oracle Fusion Financials, HCM, Projects, Grants & Assets, and Procurement Cloud Services, including preparation of strategy, plan, timing, dependencies, and sequencing of tasks.
• Experience with OIC, third‑party software integration, including Hexagon, Grants Now, Workforce, Banks, Data warehouse environments, and State and public entities.
• Experience in the business context in Financials and Procurement, HCM, and Payroll and integrating the relevant Oracle Fusion Cloud Services with other…