Project PMO

Oracle Consulting delivers very large and complex business and IT delivery projects based on the Oracle SaaS offerings (ERP EPM HCM CX). These leading edge Cloud and Non-Cloud engagements can be highly challenging and are therefore strategically important to the Oracle business running across a wide variety of customers and industries.

Often Project/Program Managers are hard pressed for time due to multi-tasking on projects necessitating a need to offload/supplement certain repeatable operational tasks thus enabling them to focus on strategic activities.

Oracle Global Services Center (GSC) leadership team have decided to launch a new Project PMO service across EMEA Consulting & other geographies across the globe to help supplement the role of Project/Program Managers.

The individual PMO member will be an integral part of the project enabling the Project/Program Manager towards ensuring successful delivery & customer outcomes by providing a consistent framework to facilitate best practices for project governance and support.

Scope of the role

The project PMO supports the Project / Program Management teams to keep the project running as effectively as possible. They have the responsibility for timely reporting of financial aspects help the PM in planning & monitoring tracking of actions signoffs risks & issues and be the custodian of project repository standards tools etc to ensure compliance and adherence. The detailed list of activities is depicted below.

• Financials:
  • Track & Reporting on budget milestones revenue forecasting invoicing timesheets
• Planning:
  • Update the project plan or collate inputs for the same
  • Onboarding & Offboarding of project team members
  • Help facilitation of meetings & minuting
• Governance:
  • Preparation of internal (weekly & monthly status reports) & internal steerco
  • Tracking of project deliverables & acceptance certificates sign-off
  • Track actions related to risks issues & change requests
  • Support track and record the using of re-usable assets and the harvesting of assets
  • Work closely with customer PMO organizations when needed and interact with stakeholders at various levels
• Quality Assurance:
  • Proof reading of PM artefacts
  • Assuring formatting/presentation
  • Tracking peer reviews
  • Supporting OSSA compliance (track team members OSSA certifications)
• Standards & Processes:
  • Help setup standards templates tools and procedures for smooth project delivery
  • Ensure all members of the project follow all relevant policies and procedures relating to the project
  • Manage Project Repository/Collaboration Portal
  • Setup and control of the project Library Confluence and Jira
  • Work on own initiative on a day-to-day basis autonomously escalating any issues that may arise to project management team

Experience & Skills

• Bachelors degree in computer science business or a related field
• Must have been playing a Project Manager or PMO role in IT companies
  • Oracle Applications & Oracle Cloud Products based experience would be preferred
• 2 years ofexclusiveProject Management and/or PMO and related experience
  • PMI PMP or PRINCE2 certification desirable
• Strong Knowledge/Experience of Project Management Methodologies systems & tools
  • Having expertise & experience in Microsoft Project Plan (MSP) & Jira
  • Exposure/experience in Oracle related systems tools & processes such as - GSOP TCM PFM PEM IP Collab Portal would be an advantage
• Willingness to travel upto 25% of the time to customer locations
• Ability and experienced in preparing accurate weekly and monthly project status reports.
  • Performing analysis & insights for Management reporting
• Ability to see through potential risks and issues with suitable mitigation plans
• Collaborative & Assertive;Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work with & influence both peer & senior level stakeholders
• Proven ability to standardize processes compile & implement best practices
• Excellent planningand organizational skills
• Ability to work at both micro and macro levels
• Ability to work independently follow-up & get things done
• Multi-tasker; be able tomanage multiple projects in parallel
• Self-motivated & Pro-active
• Keen eye for detail and desire to probe further into data
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal in English