Samay Consulting is seeking an experienced Program Manager to lead the implementation of Oracle PPM and Grants Management for a large organization in the healthcare and higher education sectors. This client-facing role requires strong stakeholder management and project coordination skills to ensure successful project delivery across multiple workstreams.
Responsibilities:
- Oversee end-to-end delivery of the Oracle PPM and Grants Management implementation across healthcare and higher education business units
- Represent the voice of business owners and process owners throughout all phases of the project, including design, build, testing, and go-live
- Coordinate with and provide oversight of the systems integrator, reviewing implementation decisions, design recommendations, and configuration choices against best practices and organizational requirements
- Apply working knowledge of Oracle Grants to evaluate and challenge functional recommendations, ensuring alignment with compliance requirements and operational realities
- Facilitate and track requirements gathering sessions, design workshops, and sign-off activities with cross-functional stakeholders
- Monitor and drive resolution of open decisions, action items, risks, and issues across all project workstreams
- Maintain project schedules and status reporting; escalate blockers proactively to keep the project on track
- Coordinate testing activities (SIT, UAT) including preparation of test scenarios, stakeholder participation, and defect resolution tracking
- Serve as a single point of coordination between business stakeholders, the SI team, functional analysts, and IT leadership
- Ensure project governance practices are followed including change control, documentation standards, and stakeholder communication
Requirements:
- 8+ years of project or program management experience, with a focus on enterprise ERP implementations
- Demonstrated experience managing Oracle Fusion or Oracle Cloud implementations, specifically Oracle PPM and/or Grants Management modules
- Solid functional understanding of Oracle Grants, including award management, budget controls, billing, and compliance requirements specific to sponsored programs
- Proven experience working in or alongside healthcare and/or higher education environments
- Strong track record of managing systems integrator relationships and holding SI teams accountable to scope, quality, and timelines
- Ability to interpret functional and technical design decisions and evaluate their business impact
- Excellent stakeholder management skills with experience working with C-level sponsors, process owners, and end users simultaneously
- Proficiency with project management tools (e.g., MS Project, Smartsheet, Jira) and documentation standards
- PMP certification or equivalent preferred
- Prior experience working as a program manager representing the client's interests
- Familiarity with federal grant compliance requirements (e.g., Uniform Guidance, NIH, NSF award terms)
- Experience coordinating across matrixed organizations with multiple business units and shared services functions
- Background in Oracle EBS to Fusion migrations is a plus