Senior Project Manager – PeopleSoft PUM Upgrades & OCI Migration

Job Details
• Job Title: Senior Project Manager – PeopleSoft PUM Upgrades & OCI Migration
• Location: NYC, NY 10004
• Employment Type: Contract
• Duration: 12 Months
• Experience: 15+ Years
• Work Authorization: GC / USC Only
• Interview Mode: F2F
• Work Type: Onsite
• Relocation: Yes
Job Summary
Seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager with 15+ years of IT and ERP project management experience, including extensive expertise in PeopleSoft applications, PeopleSoft Update Manager (PUM) upgrades, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) migrations.
The Project Manager will lead large-scale PeopleSoft transformation initiatives, manage cross-functional teams, engage executive stakeholders, and oversee modernization programs involving PeopleSoft applications, databases, middleware, and cloud infrastructure.
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 PeopleSoft project delivery experience
• Proven experience managing multiple PeopleSoft PUM upgrade projects
• Proven experience leading PeopleSoft migrations to OCI
• Strong knowledge of:
o PeopleSoft Architecture
o PeopleTools
o PUM
o Lifecycle Management
o Change Assistant
• Experience managing large-scale infrastructure modernization and cloud transformation initiatives
• Strong understanding of:
o Oracle Database
o WebLogic
o Integration Broker
o PeopleSoft environments
• Experience managing projects with $5M+ budgets
• Experience managing multiple stakeholder groups
• Experience working with executive leadership and steering committees
Required Technical Skills
PeopleSoft & Cloud
• PeopleSoft PUM Upgrades
• PeopleTools Upgrades
• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
• Oracle Database Administration
• WebLogic Administration
• PeopleSoft 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
Key Responsibilities
Program & Project Governance
• Lead overall governance of PeopleSoft PUM upgrade and OCI migration programs.
• Lead end-to-end delivery of PeopleSoft upgrade and cloud transformation programs.
• Manage project scope, risks, dependencies, issues, and change requests.
• Drive execution using Agile or Hybrid delivery methodologies.
• Ensure timely delivery while maintaining quality and budget objectives.
• Establish governance structures, reporting cadence, decision-making processes, and escalation procedures.
• Develop and maintain integrated project plans, milestones, budgets, dependencies, and risk registers.
• Monitor project health against approved scope, schedule, budget, and quality objectives.
• Coordinate steering committee meetings and executive status reviews.
• Provide regular 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, resources, and contractual obligations.
• Review and challenge project plans, estimates, technical approaches, and delivery schedules proposed by Oracle Consulting.
• Ensure vendor accountability for execution, issue resolution, and risk mitigation.
• Validate completion and acceptance of vendor deliverables.
• Escalate delivery risks, delays, and quality concerns.
PeopleSoft PUM Upgrade Management
• Oversee PeopleSoft PUM and PeopleTools upgrades across HCM, FSCM, ELM, Pensions, and other PeopleSoft applications.
• Coordinate fit-gap analysis, impact assessments, retrofit strategies, and testing cycles.
• Coordinate stakeholder participation in requirements validation, testing, training, and deployment.
• Monitor customization retrofit strategies and impact assessments.
• Ensure testing plans, defect management, and production readiness activities are properly executed.
• Track upgrade progress and go-live readiness.
OCI Migration Leadership
• Oversee migration of PeopleSoft environments from on-premises infrastructure to OCI.
• Review migration strategy, cutover plans, disaster recovery planning, security architecture, and infrastructure readiness.
• Coordinate infrastructure, security, networking, database, and application teams.
• Ensure operational readiness and support transition planning.
• Monitor migration risks and mitigation strategies.
• 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, migration execution, and post-production stabilization.
Stakeholder & Vendor Management
• Serve as primary liaison between business stakeholders, IT leadership, Oracle, system integrators, and third-party vendors.
• Facilitate executive steering committee meetings and governance reviews.
• Manage vendor deliverables, contractual obligations, and service-level agreements.
• Communicate 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 contractual obligations, SLAs, and governance requirements.
• Ensure change requests are evaluated and approved through established governance processes.
Preferred Qualifications
• PMP Certification
• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Certifications
• Agile/Scrum Certification
• Experience with HCM, FSCM, or ELM implementations/upgrades
• Cloud security, disaster recovery, and high-availability architecture experience
• Public sector, higher education, healthcare, or large enterprise experience
• Experience managing Oracle Consulting or major system integrators
• Knowledge of procurement, contract management, and vendor governance
Ideal Candidate
A 15+ year Senior Project Manager with deep PeopleSoft and ERP transformation experience, including 10+ years of PeopleSoft project delivery, multiple PUM upgrades, and proven leadership of PeopleSoft-to-OCI migrations. The ideal candidate will have experience managing $5M+ programs, executive stakeholders, major system integrators, cloud modernization, and large-scale enterprise transformation initiatives.