Global Delivery Leader

Oracle Consulting & Professional Services

Position Level: Executive Leadership

Business Scope: $300M+ Global Professional Services Organization

Reports To:

Chief Client Officer / Business Unit President

Geographic Scope:
Global — North America, EMEA, APAC, and Offshore Delivery Centers

The Chief Delivery Officer (CDO) / Global Delivery Leader is responsible for the strategic direction, operational performance, financial results, and overall execution of a global Oracle consulting and professional services organization generating $300+ million or more in annual revenue.

This executive leads a geographically distributed organization delivering complex Oracle Cloud SaaS, Oracle Technology, and enterprise transformation programs for large and multinational clients. The successful candidate has progressed from hands‑on Oracle project delivery through program, portfolio, and executive leadership roles.

The role combines Oracle ecosystem expertise, large‑scale P&L management, global delivery operations, executive client engagement, and the ability to translate business strategy into measurable operational results. A central mandate is embedding AI, automation, standardized methodologies, and innovative delivery models to improve productivity, quality, scalability, and profitability.

• Define and execute global delivery strategy aligned with growth, financial commitments, and Oracle practice priorities.

• Lead a $300M+ global services organization across geographies, industries, and service lines.

• Establish a scalable onshore, nearshore, and offshore operating model.

• Translate enterprise strategy into delivery plans, operating priorities, and measurable results.

• Build capabilities supporting growth, service expansion, acquisitions, and changing market demands.

• Develop a high‑performing global leadership team with clear financial, operational, and client accountability.

• Partner with Sales, Practice Leadership, Finance, HR, and executive management to align commitments and execution.

• Own revenue, gross margin, contribution margin, operating expenses, profitability, and delivery‑related financial commitments for a $300M+ business.

• Establish financial governance and deliver revenue and profitability objectives.

• Optimize utilization, realization, billable capacity, resource productivity, and delivery costs.

• Oversee forecasting, backlog conversion, project financial performance, and resource demand planning.

• Manage financial and delivery controls for time‑and‑material, fixed‑price, managed services, and outcome‑based engagements.

• Improve margins through delivery efficiency, global leverage, workforce optimization, and automation.

• Manage overruns, scope changes, contract obligations, and delivery‑related commercial risk.

• Provide executive oversight for Oracle implementations, modernization, and enterprise transformation programs.

• Apply progressive experience from project execution through increasingly complex delivery leadership roles.

• Demonstrate knowledge of Oracle Cloud ERP, HCM, SCM, EPM, and CX applications.

• Understand OCI, integration platforms, databases, analytics, and application modernization.

• Oversee multi‑workstream programs involving architecture, integration, data migration, change management, and process redesign.

• Set quality controls and governance across Oracle SaaS and Technology practices.

• Sponsor high‑risk engagements, lead escalations, and remain informed of Oracle product roadmaps.

• Design and optimize globally integrated onshore, nearshore, and offshore delivery capabilities.

• Clarify accountability…