Oracle Fusion Program Director

Oracle Fusion Program Director

Requisition req
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Working Title Oracle Fusion Program Director

Position Grade 99

The University of New Mexico seeks an exceptional leader to direct its Oracle Cloud Transformation. This is more than an implementation; it is an opportunity to help shape the future of a premier flagship research university. This transformation is sponsored at the highest levels of university leadership and represents a critical strategic investment in how UNM serves its students, faculty, staff, and community.

The Director will play a defining leadership role in one of the university's most important strategic initiatives.

• Translate executive vision into a cohesive enterprise systems modernization
• Ensure alignment with UNM 2040 priorities and institutional strategy, maintaining a One University approach program-wide
• Serve as primary liaison to the Executive Sponsor and Steering Committee, ensuring alignment on priorities and decision-making
• Build upon existing approaches at UNM to establish and enforce governance structures, decision rights, and escalation paths
• Build upon existing approaches at UNM to develop and execute a comprehensive enterprise transformation strategy encompassing organizational change management, communications, stakeholder engagement, training, and adoption
• Lead enterprise business process redesign aligned to best practices and foster alignment amongst stakeholders to support adoption
• Prepare and deliver executive-level communications, recommendations, and status updates to sponsors, governance bodies, and institutional stakeholders
• Own program scope integrity and prevent fragmentation across functional areas
• Identify and manage enterprise-level risks and interdependencies
• Resolve conflicts between units and drive enterprise solutions
• Provide executive oversight of system integrator and software vendor, in close coordination with UNM IT
• Responsible for program financial performance, including budget management, contract expenditures, forecasting, and reporting
• Define and monitor measures of program success, adoption, and business value realization to ensure the transformation delivers the intended outcomes
• Build upon existing approaches at UNM to solidify the foundations for long-term enterprise system governance, operational ownership, and continuous improvement following implementation

The University is recruiting for this leadership role through both its employment process and a parallel procurement process for independent contractors. Individuals seeking employment with the University should apply through this position announcement. Independent consultants or firms interested in providing these services under a professional services agreement should respond through the corresponding procurement solicitation. Interested parties should participate in the process that best aligns with their preferred engagement model.

The University anticipates filling this leadership role through one of these two processes. For more information, visit (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..html

• Employees in this job title are subject to the terms and conditions of an employment contract. Employment contracts are typically subject to review and renewal on an annual basis.

Bachelor's degree and at least 10 years of experience directly related to the duties and responsibilities specified.

Completed degree(s) from an accredited institution that are above the minimum education requirement may be substituted for experience on a year‑for‑year basis.

• Demonstrated success delivering full lifecycle enterprise system implementations
• Experience managing complex, cross‑functional teams and external partners
• Demonstrated success leading organizational change and stakeholder engagement initiatives within large‑scale enterprise transformations
• Strong program management, financial oversight, and risk management skills
• Strong communication skills, and a proven ability to build consensus across diverse stakeholder groups with competing priorities
• Experience…