Program Director – Oracle Fusion ERP Implementation

About the role

The Program Director will lead end‑to‑end Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP implementations across multiple modules and geographies for a major client in the GCC and India. This senior position is responsible for establishing a PMO, governing delivery, and ensuring successful rollout and hyper‑care transition.

Key responsibilities

• Own end‑to‑end delivery of the programme, managing scope, schedule, cost, quality, risk and client satisfaction for Phase 1 and Phase 2 modules.
• Establish and run a PMO/Governance office reporting to client IT management, defining governance model, escalation matrix and SteerCo cadence.
• Secure sign‑off of Project Charter, PID and integrated plan before each stage‑gate.
• Drive Oracle True Cloud Method stage‑gates and deliver all artefacts (process decisions, configuration workbooks, RICE‑W register, test plan, cut‑over run‑book, decision log).
• Maintain a single‑source‑of‑truth PMO dashboard (schedule baseline vs actual, milestone burn‑down, defect ageing, RICE‑W backlog, adoption metrics) with client read‑only access.
• Own and manage RAID registers, driving mitigation and timely escalation of impacts.
• Control scope through the Change Advisory Board, assessing cost/timeline impact and preventing unmanaged scope creep.
• Govern resource mobilisation, visa and gate‑pass readiness, and ensure >80% named key personnel are locked.
• Chair Go/No‑Go and cut‑over decision‑centre meetings, acting as the named authority for cut‑over and rollback.
• Manage milestone‑based billing, SLA and service‑credit governance, and provide regular status reporting to client IT management.

Required profile

• 12–15 years of ERP programme delivery experience with at least 2–3 full Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP implementations as Program Director or Program Manager.
• Deep hands‑on command of Oracle’s True Cloud Method (Plan, Architect, Configure, Prototype, Validate, Deploy, Operate) and associated stage‑gate artefacts.
• Proven ability to govern multi‑entity, multi‑geography programmes, managing scope, schedule, cost, quality and risk at CXO level.
• PMP, PRINCE2 and Oracle Cloud programme credentials.

Required skills

• Oracle’s True Cloud Method
• Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP
• Primavera P6
• MS Project
• Smartsheet
• PMP
• Prince2