Oracle Cloud HCM Functional Lead

SC&H • Baltimore, MD

2d • $180,000 - $220,000

About The Position

The Oracle Cloud HCM Functional Lead will own the HCM workstream on a large Oracle Cloud implementation, leading design, configuration, and delivery across the employee lifecycle from hire to retire. Core HR, Talent Management, and Oracle Recruiting Cloud are central to the role, with additional coverage across Payroll, Time & Labor, Benefits, Absence Management, and Compensation depending on the candidate’s expertise and the program’s staffing plan.

The role partners with Finance and Projects on payroll costing to General Ledger and labor distribution, and with the Technical Lead on HCM data conversion and integrations. The lead will drive requirements and design, configure HCM modules, manage security and workflows, guide data conversion and testing, deliver training, and support cutover and post-go-live stabilization.

Requirements

• At least 6 years of Oracle HCM functional experience.
• At least 2 full-lifecycle Oracle Cloud (Fusion) HCM implementations.
• Deep, hands-on configuration expertise in Core HR (Global Human Resources), Talent Management, and Oracle Recruiting Cloud.
• Working configuration knowledge of at least one additional module: Payroll, Time & Labor, Benefits, Absence Management, or Compensation.
• Strong command of HCM foundational design, including enterprise structures, workforce structures, person and employment models, and downstream effects of early design choices.
• Understanding of HCM touchpoints with Finance, including payroll costing, GL mapping, and labor distribution.
• Experience writing functional documentation such as FDDs, test scripts, and configuration workbooks.
• Experience facilitating workshops with HR leadership and process owners.
• Experience leading or executing SIT/UAT test cycles with structured defect management.

Nice To Haves

• Oracle Cloud HCM certifications across multiple modules.
• Hands-on experience with US Payroll implementation, including parallel testing and third-party integrations for tax filing, garnishments, and 401(k).
• Experience with HDL (HCM Data Loader) conversions and HCM Extracts from the functional side.
• Familiarity with Redwood UX adoption, Journeys design, and Oracle quarterly release management for HCM.
• Exposure to Workforce Compensation cycles, HCM Communicate, or Oracle ME.
• Public sector or union-environment HCM experience, including position control, union rules in Time & Labor, or step-based pay.
• Consulting experience with direct client-facing delivery responsibility and experience mentoring analysts.

Responsibilities

• Lead HCM requirements and design workshops and drive fit/gap decisions to documented, signed-off designs.
• Configure Core HR (Global Human Resources), including enterprise and workforce structures, jobs and positions, grades, person and employment models, and lifecycle actions.
• Design and configure Talent Management features, including goals, performance, talent review and succession, and career development.
• Design and configure Oracle Recruiting Cloud, including requisitions, candidate experience, application flows, offers, and recruiting-to-onboarding handoffs through Journeys.
• Lead or support design and configuration of Payroll, Time & Labor, Benefits, Absence Management, and Compensation modules in scope.
• Own HCM security and workflow design, including roles, areas of responsibility, data security, approval rules, and HR Help Desk considerations.
• Design employee and manager self-service experiences emphasizing Redwood, including Journeys for onboarding and lifecycle events.
• Define HCM master data and conversion requirements for workers, assignments, salary, and balances; validate HDL-converted data during mock cycles with the Technical Lead.
• Coordinate HCM touchpoints with other workstreams, including payroll costing to General Ledger, labor distribution to Projects, and worker-to-expense and procurement linkages.
• Author functional design documents, configuration workbooks, and process flows to SC&H documentation standards.
• Build test scenarios and lead HCM SIT and UAT cycles, including parallel payroll testing when Payroll is in scope.
• Deliver train-the-trainer sessions for HR, recruiting, and payroll teams and support end-user training materials and job aids.
• Support cutover execution and hypercare to stabilize HR and payroll operations after go-live.

Benefits

• Real equity ownership for every colleague with at least 1 year of service, as an employee-owned firm.
• Comprehensive health plan with multiple options.
• At least 4 weeks of paid time off.
• 8 firm-paid holidays.
• 401(k) with employer match.
• Annual firm trip for the employee and a guest to an all-inclusive tropical location.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed