Job Description
Role: Senior Program Manager (Transformation Leader – Finance ERP Transformation III)
Location: Newport Beach CA
Duration: 06 Months
Note: On W2 candidates/ No H1B /No C2C
Complexity of Assignments
- Recognized as an ERP & Transformation expert within the organization, both within and beyond own function
- Experience in, Oracle Cloud Accounting Foundation, GL, Data Management, Cloud Analytics & Enterprise Performance Management or other ERP vendor equivalents.
- Experienced multi solutions and partner delivery deployments
- Interprets internal and external business issues and recommends program, process, product, or service improvements
- Shapes and influences the development of functional and enterprise strategy, particularly in the context of large transformation initiatives
- Solves unique and complex problems that have broad business impact
- Takes a broad, enterprise‑wide perspective to identify innovative and pragmatic solutions
- Judgment & Supervision
- Acts as a subject‑matter authority for ERP and Finance transformation delivery, advising leadership beyond the immediate program as needed. May lead large, cross‑functional programs and functional teams.
- Exercises significant judgment in balancing risk, scope, timeline, and business outcomes
How you’ll help move us forward
- Lead complex ERP and Finance Transformation programs, with accountability for end‑to‑end delivery, business outcomes, and executive visibility
- Develops and institutionalizes new or improved approaches to ERP program governance, testing, readiness, and risk management that can be reused across future enterprise initiatives.
- Serve as an accountable program leadership point across internal teams and multiple vendors / System Integrators, ensuring continuity, alignment and end-to-end execution ownership even as vendor teams or resources change
- Provide active execution leadership and enforcement across program standards, cadence, dependencies, and readiness decisions, exercising escalation authority to proactively surface and resolve cross-workstream risks, decision latency, and readiness gaps
- Communicate clearly and effectively with executive sponsors and senior stakeholders, surfacing risks, tradeoffs, and decisions in a timely manner
- Providing ERP oversight and managing interdependencies across various teams.
- Work closely with Finance, Technology, Data, Operations, Training, and Change teams to deliver projects smoothly and ensure readiness.
- Oversee end-to-end testing and assurance activities to align with overall program outcomes.
- Collaborate with change management and training teams, including those using vendor-led delivery models, to support successful adoption and sustained results.
- Develop integrated strategies for testing, assurance, risk management, and issue resolution across multiple workstreams.
- Maintain a proactive risk perspective to avoid last-minute discovery providing Business & Technology Readiness oversight and identification of readiness gaps, unaddressed dependencies, and consolidated risks during SIT, UAT, cutover, and operational readiness periods.
- Ensure continuity of execution leadership into post-go-live stabilization, Day 2 backlog delivery, and remaining migrations, without jeopardizing go-live outcomes.
Typical Qualifications
- 15+ years of experience in Transformation and project management, including large‑scale enterprise initiatives
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
- Project management certification (e.g., PMP, PgMP) preferred or Software Vendor implementation Methodologies/Certifications
The experience you bring
- Demonstrated experience leading ERP implementations, preferably Oracle Financials & SaaS-based ERP, with a strong focus on Finance domains
- Proven delivery leadership on parallel build, UAT execution, close simulations, cutover, and operational readiness
- Experience supporting or leading Finance Transformation initiatives
- Demonstrated experience managing complex, multi-vendor and System Integrator (SI) delivery models, including governance, performance management, and escalation
- Strong track record of driving clear ownership and accountability across complex, cross-functional and multi-vendor delivery environments
- Expertise in testing strategy leadership, risk management, and complex issue resolution
- Hands‑on experience with data migration and data governance in large transformation programs
- Exceptional cross‑functional coordination skills across business and technology teams in complex, high-visibility transformation programs
- Strong executive presence with the ability to influence, communicate, and drive alignment at senior leadership levels
What makes you stand out
- Experience leading enterprise Finance or ERP programs in regulated or complex environments
- Deep familiarity with ERP Financials & SaaS Solutions
- Ideally bring Knowledge of Snowflake, Oracle Cloud Accounting Foundation, GL, Data Management, Cloud Analytics & Enterprise Performance Management
- Ability to balance delivery rigor with pragmatism in highly visible, fast‑moving transformation efforts
- Track record of successfully navigating ambiguity, competing priorities, and senior stakeholder dynamics