Sr IT Project Manager with Oracle EBS

Cardinal Integrated Technologies Inc is seeking a senior IT project manager to lead an Oracle EBS upgrade. The role is responsible for managing the full upgrade lifecycle, project governance, cross-functional teams, testing, cutover, deployment, financials, risks, vendors, and post-go-live stabilization.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the end-to-end Oracle EBS upgrade lifecycle, including planning, design, build, testing, deployment, hyper care, and project closure
• Develop and manage the integrated project plan, milestones, critical path, resources, budget, dependencies, and delivery schedule
• Establish and manage project governance, status reporting, decision-making, escalation, change control, and RAID management
• Coordinate Oracle EBS application, database, infrastructure, integration, security, customization, environment, and third-party compatibility activities
• Lead testing governance across SIT, regression, performance, security, and UAT, including defect management and business readiness
• Develop and manage cutover plans, mock cutovers, go/no-go criteria, production deployment, command-center activities, and post-go-live stabilization
• Identify and manage project risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, and mitigation plans, escalating critical items as appropriate
• Facilitate executive steering committees, project governance meetings, and cross-functional workstream alignment while providing clear project health and milestone reporting
• Coordinate internal teams, contractors, Oracle resources, implementation partners, and third-party vendors, ensuring accountability for deliverables and commitments
• Manage project financials, forecasts, schedule performance, resource capacity, project metrics, documentation, and executive dashboards

Requirements:

• 10+ years of IT project or program management experience, including large enterprise application implementations, upgrades, or transformations
• Hands-on project management experience leading at least two full-lifecycle Oracle EBS upgrade or major Oracle EBS transformation
• Demonstrated experience leading application or ERP upgrades in mid- to high-complexity enterprise environments, including multiple workstreams, integrations, business functions, and technical dependencies
• Strong understanding of Oracle EBS architecture, modules, integrations, customizations, environments, and upgrade dependencies
• Experience managing upgrade activities including impact assessments, customization remediation, integration and regression testing, UAT, performance testing, cutover, deployment, and hypercare
• Demonstrated experience managing large cross-functional teams and complex, multi-workstream enterprise projects
• Strong experience with integrated project plans, RAID logs, dependency management, change control, cutover planning, and executive reporting
• Experience managing implementation partners, consulting organizations, and third-party vendors
• Strong executive communication, stakeholder management, facilitation, risk management, and problem-solving skills
• Working knowledge of SDLC, release management, testing methodologies, and IT change-control processes
• Experience with project management tools such as Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, Jira, Confluence, ServiceNow, or equivalent
• Bachelor's degree in information technology, Computer Science, Business, Engineering, a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience
• Experience managing Oracle EBS Release 12.2.x upgrades
• Familiarity with Oracle EBS functional areas, integrations, customizations, and supporting Oracle technologies
• Experience working in regulated environments and with global or multi-business-unit deployments
• PMP, PgMP, PMI-ACP, SAFe, Scrum, or similar project/program management certification