Senior IT Project Manager - Oracle EBS Upgrade - REMOTE at NTT DATA, Inc. in Pittsburgh, US-PA, United States

Job description

• The Senior IT Project Manager - Oracle EBS Upgrade at NTT DATA is responsible for managing the end-to-end lifecycle of large-scale Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) upgrades, including planning, design, build, testing, deployment, hypercare, and closure. The role requires at least 10 years of IT project management experience, with 5-7 years leading Oracle EBS upgrades or major transformation initiatives. Key responsibilities include coordinating cross-functional teams, managing project governance, testing, cutover, and stakeholder communications. Candidates must demonstrate expertise in Oracle EBS architecture, integration, customization, and upgrade activities. The position offers a starting salary range of $87,952 – $162,875, with eligibility for incentive compensation and comprehensive benefits. A bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience is required.
• Req ID: 389163
• We are currently seeking a Senior IT Project Manager - Oracle EBS Upgrade - REMOTE to join our team in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (US-PA), United States (US).
• We are seeking an experienced Senior IT Project Manager to lead a complex, enterprise-scale Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) upgrade from initial planning through production deployment, hypercare, and stabilization.
• The ideal candidate will have 10+ years of IT project/program management experience, including hands-on leadership of at least two full-lifecycle Oracle EBS upgrades or major Oracle EBS transformation initiatives.
• This role will be responsible for managing the overall scope, schedule, budget, resources, risks, dependencies, governance, vendors, testing, cutover, and stakeholder communications. The Project Manager will coordinate across business, functional, application, technical, database, infrastructure, integration, security, testing, and third-party teams to ensure successful delivery.
• The successful candidate should be comfortable working with senior business leaders, IT leadership, Oracle/support organizations, system integrators, implementation partners, contractors, and third-party vendors in a complex enterprise environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end Oracle EBS upgrade lifecycle, including planning, assessment, design, build, remediation, testing, deployment, hypercare, stabilization, and project closure.
• Develop and maintain the overall upgrade strategy, roadmap, delivery milestones, and integrated project schedule.
• Coordinate activities across Oracle EBS applications, databases, infrastructure, integrations, security, customizations, environments, and third-party applications.
• Ensure application, technical, infrastructure, and business workstreams remain aligned throughout the upgrade.
• Manage upgrade dependencies, compatibility considerations, customization remediation, integration readiness, and environment planning.
• Develop and manage the Integrated Project Plan, including milestones, critical path, dependencies, resources, budgets, and delivery schedules.
• Manage multiple concurrent workstreams across business and technology organizations.
• Track project progress against scope, schedule, budget, quality, and resource commitments.
• Identify schedule conflicts, resource constraints, and cross-workstream dependencies and drive them to resolution.
• Ensure project deliverables, documentation, approvals, and stage-gate requirements are completed according to agreed timelines.
• Establish and manage effective project governance and operating cadence.
• Maintain comprehensive RAID logs covering Risks, Assumptions, Issues, and Dependencies.
• Drive risk identification, mitigation planning, issue resolution, and appropriate escalation.
• Establish and manage project change-control processes, including assessment of scope, schedule, resource, and financial impacts.
• Facilitate project governance meetings, leadership reviews, and decision-making forums.
• Provide clear and concise project health reporting, milestone tracking, and executive dashboards.
• System Integration Testing (SIT)
• Regression Testing
• User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
• Performance Testing
• Security Testing
• Coordinate testing schedules, environment readiness, business participation, and entry/exit criteria.
• Oversee defect management, prioritization, resolution, and escalation.
• Ensure critical business processes, integrations, customizations, and interfaces are appropriately validated before production deployment.
• Drive business and operational readiness for go-live.
• Develop and manage the comprehensive cutover strategy and detailed cutover plan.
• Coordinate and lead mock cutovers / dress rehearsals to validate deployment procedures and timing.
• Establish production readiness and go/no-go criteria.
• Lead production deployment and command-center activities across all participating teams.
• Coordinate business, application, infrastructure, integration, security, database, and vendor teams during cutover.
• Manage post-production hypercare and stabilization, ensuring issues are prioritized and resolved effectively.
• Facilitate transition to steady-state production support and formal project closure.
• Serve as the primary project management interface across business and IT stakeholders.
• Facilitate executive steering committee meetings, project governance reviews, and cross-functional workstream meetings.
• Communicate project status, risks, dependencies, decisions, financials, and milestones clearly to senior leadership.
• Drive timely decision-making and escalate critical issues when necessary.
• Build alignment among business stakeholders, technology teams, and external delivery partners.
• Coordinate internal teams, contractors, Oracle resources, implementation partners, consulting organizations, system integrators, and third-party vendors.
• Establish clear ownership and accountability for vendor deliverables.
• Track partner commitments, dependencies, deliverable quality, and schedule performance.
• Facilitate resolution of cross-vendor and cross-team dependencies.
• Manage project budgets, forecasts, financial performance, and resource capacity.
• Monitor actuals against forecasts and identify financial or resource risks.
• Manage project staffing requirements and capacity across multiple workstreams.
• Maintain project metrics, documentation, dashboards, and executive-level reporting.

Requirements

• 10+ years of IT Project / Program Management experience, including large-scale enterprise application implementations, upgrades, or transformation programs.
• 5 to 7 years of hands-on project management experience leading at least two full-lifecycle Oracle EBS upgrades or major Oracle EBS transformation initiatives.
• 5+ years of demonstrated experience managing mid- to high-complexity ERP/application upgrade programs involving multiple business functions, integrations, technical dependencies, and workstreams.
• 5+ years of strong understanding of Oracle EBS architecture, modules, integrations, customizations, environments, and upgrade dependencies.
• Impact assessments
• Customization remediation
• Integration testing
• Regression testing
• UAT
• Performance testing
• Cutover
• Production deployment
• Hypercare and stabilization
• Experience managing Oracle EBS Release 12.2.x upgrades.
• Strong familiarity with Oracle EBS functional areas, integrations, customizations, and supporting Oracle technologies.
• Experience delivering ERP/application programs within regulated environments.
• Experience supporting global or multi-business-unit deployments.
• Experience working with geographically distributed business and technology teams.
• PMP, PgMP, PMI-ACP, SAFe, Scrum, or similar project/program management certification.
• Experience with Thermo Fisher Project Governance is highly desirable.
• Strong experience managing large cross-functional and multi-workstream teams.
• Integrated project plans
• RAID logs
• Dependency management
• Change control
• Testing governance
• Cutover plans
• Executive reporting
• Experience managing implementation partners, consulting organizations, system integrators, and third-party vendors.
• Strong executive communication, stakeholder management, facilitation, negotiation, risk management, and problem-solving capabilities.
• Working knowledge of SDLC, release management, testing methodologies, and IT change-control processes.
• Experience with project management and collaboration 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.

Skills

Required

• IT Project / Program Management
• Cutover and go-live management
• Stakeholder and executive management
• Vendor and partner management
• Financial and resource management

Preferred

• Oracle EBS Release 12.2.x upgrades
• Experience in regulated environments
• Geographically distributed teams
• Thermo Fisher Project Governance

Benefits

• NTT DATA provides a reasonable range of compensation for U.S.-based positions. The starting pay range for this role is $87,952 – 162,875. Actual compensation will depend on a number of factors, including the candidate’s relevant experience, technical skills, and other qualifications.
• This position may also be eligible for incentive compensation based on individual and/or company performance.
• This position is eligible for company benefits including medical, dental, and vision insurance with an employer contribution, flexible spending or health savings account, life and AD&D insurance, short and long term disability coverage, paid time off, employee assistance, participation in a 401k program with company match, and additional voluntary or legally-required benefits.