Oracle Solutions Delivery Lead

An organisation are seeking an Oracle Fusion Delivery Lead to help them in the final phase of their implementation. The role is initially for 6 months.

The role is responsible for managing, co ordinating and driving the design, development and delivery of the Stratus workstream activities, to deliver the design of an optimised solution based Oracle modern best practises and design principles, to bring QA rigour and ensure supplier delivery is managed to quality and time, bringing deep domain knowledge with Oracle technical expertise to advise the SMEs and translate solution design impacts and technical configuration options, using non-technical terms into meaningful process driven solutions. Delivering and prioritising delivery such that delivery is on time, on budget and reduces complexity for users.

Working collaboratively with the Finance, Research Management, Digital Services and Stratus Programme teams to ensure that all HR/Finance/Research Management-related processes are aligned with the Stratus / Oracle system's requirements.

This role involves supporting change, supporting the transition, and coordinating all Stratus functions and ensuring the relevant training, communication, employee data migration, testing and compliance requirements are fully met.

The role will be the "go to" person for the cross workstream delivery and will ensure that operational teams are up to date on priorities, schedules and workstream progress, and that cross functional input requirements are well-planned to minimise the impact on operations.

Experience:

• Educated to a degree level in a relevant field or equivalent experience
• Oracle professional qualification / accreditation
• Project Management certification or equivalent experience
• Leadership/Management qualification or equivalent experience
• Specialist skills to devise and implement effective and efficient processes and procedures, aligned to Oracle modern best practise.
• Oracle technical skills to manage the design, configuration and delivery of security, roles, workflows and personalisation
• Oracle technologies and tools experience (reporting tools, PaaS, AI)
• Strong understanding of service within a complex organisation
• Managing new systems roll-out / project management
• Managing Transformation / change programmes
• Leading the delivery of Oracle to quality
• Working in matrix management structures
• Working with third party suppliers
• Working in an academic, research or charity environment