About The Position
The Oracle Cloud Procurement Functional Lead provides functional leadership for a full life cycle Oracle Cloud implementation for a public sector K-12 client in Maryland. The role leads the design, configuration, validation, testing, deployment, and stabilization of the Oracle Cloud Procurement solution and its integrations with related applications, including Financials and Inventory. Serving as the subject matter expert for Oracle Cloud Procurement, the Functional Lead works across Purchasing, Self Service Procurement, Supplier Portal, Sourcing/Negotiations, Supplier Qualification, and Procurement Contracts. The position combines Oracle product expertise, public sector procurement process knowledge, and client-facing leadership to deliver a solution aligned with client objectives and Oracle leading practices. Travel to the Maryland client site Monday through Thursday may be required.
Requirements
- 10+ years of ERP functional implementation experience, including substantial Oracle applications experience.
- Experience leading at least three full life cycle Oracle Cloud implementations.
- Deep functional expertise in Oracle Cloud Procurement, including Purchasing, Self Service Procurement, Supplier Portal, Sourcing/Negotiations, Supplier Qualification, and Procurement Contracts.
- Experience integrating Procurement with Oracle Cloud Financials, Inventory, Payables, General Ledger, Budgetary Control, and related applications and processes.
- Hands-on experience leading requirements gathering, fit-gap analysis, solution design, configuration, conference room pilots, testing, training, deployment, and post-go-live support.
- Ability to translate client requirements into scalable Oracle Cloud configurations and explain solution options, trade-offs, risks, and impacts.
- Experience developing functional design documentation, configuration workbooks, process flows, testing scenarios, test scripts, and user-facing materials.
- Strong client-facing consulting, facilitation, presentation, stakeholder management, and decision-driving skills.
- Experience leading functional teams in an onshore/offshore delivery model and collaborating across functional and technical workstreams.
- Excellent written and verbal communication, analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work independently, take initiative, adapt quickly, and deliver under pressure in a fast-moving consulting environment.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Bachelor’s degree in information technology, business, supply chain, finance, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
Nice To Haves
- Five or more end-to-end Oracle Cloud ERP implementations.
- SLED experience, particularly with public sector K-12 school systems or education clients.
- Experience with public sector procurement, budgetary control, approvals, supplier management, contracts, and regulatory or policy-driven purchasing processes.
- Oracle Cloud Procurement certification or related Oracle Cloud certifications.
- Experience with large, multi-application Oracle Cloud implementations spanning Procurement, Financials, HCM, Inventory, Projects, EPM, or related applications.
- Experience working for a systems integrator or consulting organization and leading client-facing delivery teams.
- Global implementation experience.
Responsibilities
- Lead the Oracle Cloud Procurement workstream through discovery, requirements, design, configuration, conference room pilots, testing, deployment, stabilization, and transition to support.
- Facilitate client design and business process workshops covering Procurement modules and related Inventory processes.
- Gather and document business requirements, lead fit-gap analysis, and recommend solutions balancing client needs, Oracle Cloud capabilities, public sector controls, and leading practices.
- Own functional solution design and configuration for assigned Procurement modules, documenting decisions, configurations, workflows, security considerations, and cross-functional dependencies.
- Partner with Financials, HCM, Inventory, technical, integration, data, reporting, security, change management, and testing leads to deliver an integrated Oracle Cloud solution.
- Define testing scenarios and validation scripts; support system integration testing, user acceptance testing, defect resolution, and client validation.
- Guide data conversion, integrations, reports, approvals, and security requirements with relevant technical and functional resources.
- Provide functional leadership during cutover, go-live, stabilization, and post-production support, including issue triage, root-cause analysis, and resolution of complex escalations.
- Lead and coordinate onshore and offshore functional resources, assign work, review deliverables, and ensure quality and schedule commitments.
- Communicate status, risks, issues, dependencies, decisions, and recommendations to project leadership, client workstream leaders, and executive stakeholders.
- Provide knowledge transfer, client training support, and guidance to business process owners, subject matter experts, and end users.
- Support proposals, estimates, demonstrations, and business development activities with Oracle Cloud Procurement expertise.
Benefits
- Comprehensive and competitive benefits package
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
