Job Description

Company Description

Version 1\xe2\x80\x99s market leading Oracle Applications Practice specialises in Finance, Supply Chain, HR, and Payroll Solutions with over 650 Oracle Specialists across the UK, Ireland, US, Australia, India and Slovenia.

We deliver consulting and managed services to transform and optimise ways of working for more than 230 customers through the provision of specialist knowledge right across the Oracle product stack \xe2\x80\x93 Oracle Fusion Cloud for ERP, HCM and EPM, eBusiness Suite, JDEdwards, Peoplesoft and Hyperion, not to mention extensive expertise in Analytics, Infrastructure, and Integration.

We have grown both organically and through acquisition, with our most recent acquisition of EPM and Analytics experts Qubix bringing 170 specialists to our team.

Our Oracle Fusion Cloud team has grown significantly over the past 3 years powered by recent business wins including Galliford Try, Bank of England, An Post, Inizio Health, Birmingham City Council, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and QBE Insurance.

We have an exciting growth strategy that will see further rapid growth and opportunity to drive value for our customers into 2024 and beyond.

• Number 1 - Best place to work in Ireland #GPTW2023
• 5th Best Large Workplace in the UK #GPTW2023
• 10th place in Glassdoor Top 50 UK companies
• UK & Ireland\xe2\x80\x99s premier Oracle, Microsoft & AWS partner
• Market leader in Oracle ERP and Cloud Applications
• Consulting, implementation, and support services
• 3000+ strong, \xe2\x82\xac255m/\xc2\xa3220m revenue business
• ERP Partner of the Year

Oracle Programme Manager

Oracle Cloud (ERP, HCM, EPM) Programme Manager (UK Public Sector) - Remote

REMOTE BASED \xe2\x80\x93 CAN BE BASED ANYWHERE IN UK

MUST BE SC CLEARED OR ELIGIBLE FOR SC CLEARANCE

Would like you like the opportunity to expand your skillset further, leading and overseeing Oracle Cloud projects across ERP/HCM?

In addition, the opportunity to progress to Delivery Director and upwards to Practice Head?

How would you like to join an award-winning Oracle Partner with over 650 dedicated Oracle consultants across the US, UK, Ireland, Australia, India and Slovenia who deliver Finance, Supply Chain and HR solutions that underpin digital transformation for our customers businesses.

Here at Version 1, we are currently in the market for an experienced Oracle Cloud ERP Programme Manager to join our growing Cloud Practice.

You will have the opportunity to work with the latest cloud technology and worked on projects across a multiplicity of sectors and industries.

Oracle Programme Manager



As a Programme Manager, you\xe2\x80\x99ll operate an environment where change is a constant. Our customers are demanding more agility from their Finance and HR systems to meet the evolving demands of their staff and customers alike and many of these are choosing to transform Finance and HR functions using Oracle Fusion Cloud.

For many, their Finance and HR systems are at the heart of their ability to run their business and make decisions about the future. Changing those systems and associated processes is usually complex, disruptive, critical, and necessary.

When we partner with our customers to deliver these programmes, you will be critical to the success of the projects and programmes from both the customer and Version 1 point of view, ensuring that the transformation journey is positive experience for everyone.

Oracle experience is NOT mandatory for this role. The role will suit you, if you have worked in Finance and\\or HR transformation projects, with Oracle or other technologies such as SAP, Workday, Sage, etc.

This is an opportunity to join one of the leading Oracle Consultancies in Ireland & the UK, and the opportunity for the right candidate to further progress to Delivery Director \\ Practice Director

There are three major facets to strong Programme Management at Version 1 \xe2\x80\x93 you\xe2\x80\x99re not expected to have all these criteria as there will be ample opportunity for career development in the role:

• Communication
• Planning and Organisation
• Change Management

Communication

You will:

• Set a clear vision and communicate this to your project/programme team(s), including customer project team members, motivating them to deliver on the vision and, ensuring that the teams understand the big picture and the part they play in it.

• Be known as a highly to effective communicator, regularly chairing, presenting, and participating in board level steering groups involving customer C-suite level executives.
• Be a leader - managing your Version 1 team, ensuring that the teams are delivering the outcomes. You\xe2\x80\x99ll participate at Practice-level to ensure strong alignment across the different project teams e.g., for sharing resources and specialist skills.
• Control and report progress to the Steering Group/Sponsor, and internally within Version 1 senior stakeholders, ensuring that risks and issues are escalated appropriately.
• Be able motivate both Version 1 and customer teams to work together at pace, overcome obstacles and meet challenging deadlines.
• Build relationships with key stakeholders ensuring they are regularly briefed and have clarity on key timelines, events and resource asks.

Planning and Organisation

You will:

• Work with the customer to identify and agree the project scope, goals, milestones, dependencies, etc and secure the required resources (people and budget).
• Be proactive in identifying potential risks and issues and have a contingency plan in place to mitigate these and keep the project on track.
• Work with a globally dispersed team, in an onshore-offshore environment, ensuring alignment across everyone involved on your programme.
• Closely monitor and report on project budget, taking ownership for the P&L targets for your programme, and ensuring clear financial arrangements are in place for the programme.
• Develop well thought-out, achievable project plans underpinned by Version 1\xe2\x80\x99s MAXIMISE project methodology. You must be able to demonstrate you have worked to a methodology.
• Clearly understand the dependencies on, and responsibilities of, external parties such as customers or 3rd party software providers, developing a plan to manage and report on them.
• Clearly articulate key project phases and stage gates, what will be required to achieve these and how this will be evidenced by the project team.

Change Management

You will:

• Be able to roll-out and land methodologies and approaches across large teams of consultants who will have taken disparate approaches in their past experiences.
• Be able to continuously manage a large team through complex, global change.
• Be a great listener and in-tune with what is going on day to day in your programmes and get ahead of problems, resolving them before they escalate.
• Be the key interface to our customers, helping them navigate the challenges and risks that are part of all transformative programmes \xe2\x80\x93 often it is the first time they have done such a transformation and you need to be their guide.
• Be willing to challenge the status quo in pursuit of a better outcome for both the customer and Version 1.
• Support pre-sales and business development opportunities.

Qualifications

You will have experience of:

• Leading projects and programmes within an ERP/HCM/EPM landscape
• Managing and motivating team of 25+ consultants
• Leading programmes and teams that may have resources in multiple countries.
• C-Suite level stakeholder management, negotiation, and presentation skills.
• Ownership for financial outcomes on Fixed Price or T&M projects with budgets up to \xc2\xa3/\xe2\x82\xac5m
• Implementing strong governance and compliance frameworks (Gate Control, Status Reporting, Steering Forums, Design Authorities).
• Leading scope management with stakeholders and customers to align with business outcomes.
• Working to Project management methodology standards e.g., MSP or PRINCE2.

Additional Information

Why Version 1?

• Quarterly performance related profit share (Paid the last 55 quarters)
• Certified Great Place to Work for over 10 years in a row (Number 1 in Ireland)
• Career Progression
• Employee Discount Scheme - available online and in a wide range of stores
• Flexible and Remote working Options
• Lunchtime activities including but not limited to fitness, yoga, financial advice and wellbeing.
• Pension
• Private Healthcare Cover
• Life Assurance
• Offer incentives for accreditations and educational assistance for courses relevant to your role.
• Version 1 Excellence Awards (annual)
• \xe2\x80\x98Call-Out\xe2\x80\x99: platform where colleagues grant you points that can be exchanged for gifts.
• Fostering several Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging schemes
• And many more exciting benefits\xe2\x80\xa6 drop us a note to find out more

This is an opportunity to join one of the fastest-growing ERP Consultancies in Ireland & the UK.

This is a full-time permanent role with some occasional client site travel.

Expenses will be covered.

Permanent applications ideally. Must have work permit due to timeframes.

We are an equal opportunities employer. Please refer to our Diversity & Inclusion statement located at:

Please note: We have an internal recruitment team and does not accept agency candidates. If you want to join the team here at Version 1, get in touch with us directly!

Ashley Billington
Version 1 Talent Acquisition
Tel: +44 7840 839 370

Version 1