Senior Project Manager (PeopleSoft PUM Upgrades & OCI Migration) 5817-1

Job Title: Senior Project Manager (People. Soft PUM Upgrades & OCI Migration) 5817-1 Client: Metropolitan Transportation Authority location: New York, NY Duration: 12 Months Note: This is a Hybrid role. We are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager with over 15 years of IT and ERP project management experience, including extensive expertise in People.

Soft applications, People. Soft Update Manager (PUM) upgrades, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) migrations. The ideal candidate will lead large-scale People. Soft transformation initiatives, manage cross-functional teams, engage with executive stakeholders, and ensure successful delivery of modernization programs involving People.

Soft applications, databases, middleware, and cloud infrastructure. The Project Manager will be responsible for planning, governance, risk management, resource coordination, vendor management, and end-to-end execution of People. Soft upgrade and cloud migration projects while ensuring business continuity and compliance with organizational standards.

Key Responsibilities

Program & Project Governance Lead overall governance of People. Soft PUM upgrade and OCI migration programs on behalf of the client organization. Lead end-to-end delivery of People. Soft upgrade and cloud transformation programs. Manage project scope, risks, dependencies, issues, and change requests. Drive project execution using Agile or Hybrid delivery methodologies.

Ensure timely delivery of milestones while maintaining quality and budget objectives. Establish project governance structure, reporting cadence, decision-making processes, and escalation procedures. Develop and maintain integrated project plans, milestones, budgets, dependencies, and risk registers. Monitor project health and ensure adherence to approved scope, schedule, budget, and quality objectives.

Coordinate steering committee meetings and executive status reviews. Provide regular project status reporting to executive leadership and steering committees. Vendor Oversight & Management Serve as the primary point of contact for implementation partners. Oversee vendor performance, deliverables, milestones, resource commitments, and contractual obligations.

Review and challenge project plans, estimates, technical approaches, and delivery schedules proposed by Oracle Consulting. Ensure vendor accountability for project execution, issue resolution, and risk mitigation. Validate completion and acceptance of vendor deliverables. Escalate delivery risks, delays, and quality concerns as necessary.

People. Soft PUM Upgrade Management Oversee People. Soft PUM and People. Tools upgrade initiatives across HCM, FSCM, ELM, Pensions and other People. Soft applications. Coordinate fit-gap analysis, impact assessments, retrofit strategies, and testing cycles. Coordinate business stakeholder participation in requirements validation, testing, training, and deployment activities.

Monitor customization retrofit strategies and impact assessments. Ensure testing plans, defect management processes, and production readiness activities are adequately executed by Oracle. Track upgrade progress and readiness for go-live. OCI Migration Leadership Oversee migration of People. Soft environments from on-premises infrastructure to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).

Review migration strategy, cutover plans, disaster recovery planning, security architecture, and infrastructure readiness. Coordinate internal infrastructure, security, networking, database, and application teams. Ensure operational readiness and support transition planning. Monitor migration risks and ensure appropriate mitigation strategies are implemented.

Manage OCI architecture reviews, security compliance, disaster recovery planning, and performance optimization. Collaborate with infrastructure, database, network, security, and cloud engineering teams. Ensure successful cutover planning, migration execution, and post-production stabilization. Stakeholder & Vendor Management Serve as the primary liaison between business stakeholders, IT leadership, Oracle, system integrators, and third-party vendors.

Facilitate executive steering committee meetings and project governance reviews. Manage vendor deliverables, contractual obligations, and service-level agreements. Communicate project risks, mitigation plans, and strategic recommendations to senior management. Risk, Financial & Contract Management Manage project budgets, forecasts, invoices, and vendor expenditures.

Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks and dependencies. Monitor compliance with contractual obligations, service-level agreements, and project governance requirements. Ensure change requests are evaluated and approved through established governance processes. Required Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field.

15+ years of project management experience in enterprise ERP environments. 10+ years of People. Soft project delivery experience. Proven experience managing multiple People. Soft PUM upgrade projects. Proven experience leading People. Soft migrations to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). Strong knowledge of People. Soft Architecture, People.

Tools, PUM, Lifecycle Management, and Change Assistant. Experience managing large-scale infrastructure modernization and cloud transformation initiatives. Strong understanding of Oracle Database, Web. Logic, Integration Broker, and People. Soft environments. Demonstrated success managing projects with budgets exceeding $5M and multiple stakeholder groups.

Experience working with executive leadership and steering committees.

Preferred Qualifications

PMP Certification. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Certifications. Agile/Scrum Certification. Experience with HCM, FSCM, or ELM implementations/upgrades. Experience with cloud security, disaster recovery, and high-availability architectures. Experience with public sector, higher education, healthcare, or large enterprise environments.

Experience managing Oracle Consulting or other major system integrators. Knowledge of procurement, contract management, and vendor governance.

Required Skills

Functional & Technical People. Soft PUM Upgrades People. Tools Upgrades Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Oracle Database Administration Web. Logic Administration People. Soft Architecture Cloud Migration Strategy ERP Modernization Disaster Recovery Planning Performance Optimization Project Management Program Management Portfolio Management Budget & Financial Management Risk Management Resource Planning Executive Communication Vendor Management Governance & Compliance Agile/Scrum Methodologies Additional Skills and Information:

• PMP Certification.
• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Certifications.
• Agile/Scrum Certification.
• Experience with HCM, FSCM, or ELM implementations/upgrades.
• Experience with cloud security, disaster recovery, and high-availability architectures.
• Experience with public sector, higher education, healthcare, or large enterprise environments.
• Experience managing Oracle Consulting or other major system integrators.
• Knowledge of procurement, contract management, and vendor governance. If you are: bright, motivated, skilled, a difference-maker, able to get things done, work with minimum direction, enthusiastic, a thinker, able to juggle and multi-task, communicate effectively, and lead, then we would like to hear from you. We need exceptionally capable people for this role for our client, so get back to us and tell us why you think you are a fit.

About Us

Since 2000, Tri-Force Consulting Services ( https://triforce-inc.com ) has been an MBE/SDB certified IT Consulting firm in the Philadelphia region. Tri-Force specializes in IT staffing, software development (web and mobile apps), systems integration, data analytics, system automation, cybersecurity, and cloud technology solutions for government and commercial clients.

Tri-Force works with clients to overcome obstacles such as increasing productivity, increasing efficiencies through automation, and lowering costs. Our clients benefit from our three distinguishing core values: integrity, diligence, and technological excellence. Tri-Force is a six-time winner among the fastest-growing companies in Philadelphia and a four-time winner on the Inc.

5000 list of the nation's fastest-growing companies.