PeopleSoft Project Manager

Seekinga Program/Project Managertojoinclient’s ITteamtodevelopalong-term strategy for our People Soft FCSM implementation and serve as the People Soft 9.2 Upgrade Project Manager to lead Financials and Supply Chain business stakeholders through a People Soft FSCM 8.9 to 9.2upgrade.

Theapplicantwillberesponsiblefortheplanningandexecutionof

ITprojectsthatincludeany andallphasesoftheprojectlifecyclewhileincorporatingsuitable

SDLCpracticesandensuring on-timeprojectdeliverywithinbudget.

Thisrolewillprovideoverallleadershipandoverseeall aspectsof

People

SoftFSCMupgradeatour

Bostonbasedlocation.

Additionally,thisrolewillbe requiredtounderstandcomplextechnicalrequirementsandeffectivelymanageandovercome obstacles to continue forwardprogress.

• Develop 5-year roadmap for financial systems
• Perform withastrongsenseofurgency and ability to meet deadlines.
• Lead business-facing activities for planned 9.2 upgrade including Fit/Gap assessment
• Manage multiple ongoing and planned business process-related projects within People Soft Financials
• Act as IT program lead for business-driven process improvement efforts
• Develop and communicate strategies to deliver business objectives; lead team in implementation of approved strategies
• Effectively communicate status, progress, and issues to stakeholders and senior management
• Facilitate and lead the definition of the project scope, project management/SDLC approach, milestones, tasks, deliverables, and resource requirements.
• Establish a communication strategy in partnership with the business, IT sponsors and effectively communicate project related information to team members, IT management, and customers throughout the project lifecycle.
• Develop and maintain project plans, status reports, risk and issue logs, budget/ongoing project forecast of resources and materials and other project related artifacts.
• Schedule, run, and document project meetings
• Organize and manage project plan to lead upgrade, as well as prepare material and deliver bi‑weekly steering committee meetings on project status
• Effectively negotiate project resource needs and competing priorities with IT and business stakeholders
• Assist business in fully integrating People Soft FSCM system into their current business environment and provide input on best practices
• Create and execute strategies for risk mitigation and contingency planning
• Ensure that assigned projects are conducted in compliance with all department standards, policies, and guidelines. Apply appropriate levels of tailoring to meet project-specific needs, while still operating within the standard project management framework.
• Efficiently identify and resolve project issues.
• Coach, mentor, motivate and supervise project team members and other project managers.
• Escalate issues that require executive, management or business attention.
• Manage vendor performance and drive deliverables to meet agreed upon target dates and levels of quality.
• Ensure business engagement throughout the project, project decision making, managing scope/budget changes, business requirements elicitation and prioritization, acceptance testing, training, etc. and foster confidence and trust with business stakeholders

• Demonstrated leader in delivering solutions for Oracle ERP People Soft Financials and Supply Chain Management and ability to thrive in a team setting, quickly adaptable, and contributes high value to the project at hand
• Strong verbal, presentation, and written communication skills with executive business stakeholders, technical staff, application users, and third party vendors
• Knowledge and application of industry standard project management principles and methodologies delivered using various systems development life cycles including Agile Scrum
• Strong familiarity with project management software and MS Office.
• Ability to define, manage, and exceed business customer expectations.
• Can operate at the macro level, driving large teams with multiple stakeholders but also has the ability to individually contribute to work products when required.
• Work effectively with project team members, subcontractors, and business stakeholders in a diverse team environment demonstrating the…