IT Oracle EBS Technical Project Manager, Remote North America

Ciena Corporation
Remote US, MD Full Time
POSTED ON 3/15/2023 CLOSED ON 6/17/2023

Job Posting for IT Oracle EBS Technical Project Manager, Remote North America at Ciena Corporation

Ciena is committed to our people-first philosophy. Our teams enjoy a culture focused on prioritizing a personalized and flexible work environment that empowers an individual’s passions, growth, wellbeing and belonging. We’re a technology company that leads with our humanity—driving our business priorities alongside meaningful social, community, and societal impact. Why Ciena: We are big proponents of life-work integration and provide the flexibility and tools to make it a reality with remote work and potentially, part-time work. We believe an inclusive, diverse and barrier-free work environment makes for empowered and committed employees. We recognize the importance of well-being and offer programs and benefits to support and sustain the mental and physical health of our employees and their families and also offer a variety of paid family leave programs. We are committed to employee development, offering tuition reimbursement and a variety of in-house learning and mentorship opportunities. We know that financial security is important. We offer competitive salaries and incentive programs, RSU’s (job level specific) and an employee share option purchase program. We realize time away to recharge is non-negotiable. We offer flexible paid time off! Great work deserves recognition. We have a robust recognition program, with ongoing and enhanced awards for exemplary performance. How You Will Contribute: Reporting to the Director, IT PMO, as a Lead, PMO, you will steward multiple strategic projects focused on IT centric applications deployments across platforms such as Oracle EBS, SaleForce, and a variety of SaaS applications. A candidate should have experience implementing SaaS solutions including vendor management and large scale solutions delivery, especially Oracle EBS. The project teams are made up of globally distributed technical and business teams, often with a mix of internal and vendor resources to deliver solutions and services to clients. In this role, you can function as the Project Manager and/or Technical Lead and will collaborate with subject matter experts to translate project objectives and requirements into schedules and tasks and drive technical tasks to through delivery and testing cycles. Candidate needs to demonstrate experience managing medium to large scale projects/programs and technical lead roles. In this role, you may perform multiple roles and should be able to demonstrate experience with the following: Partner with Business Functional Leads and System Implementation Partner to prioritize requirements, and estimate effort and resources required to satisfy both - Project Execution and Tracking. Able to work as a technical lead on projects to support the technical delivery functions and tasks across all work products including but not limited to configuration activities, integrations, technical build, driving testing cycles, and alignment of build to requirements. You will work on efforts that impact Oracle supply chain and finance processes (for example: Order to Cash, Demand to Deliver). Direct activities, assign responsibilities, set expectations and motivate team members toward achieving program/project objectives. Provide input into vendor negotiations and manage vendor within defined contract parameters. Manage projects using different methodologies as needed by the project (Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid, FastFail, etc) Coordinate with IT directors, Business Managers, Resource Managers and IT PMO Manager for resource assignments, creation of project deliverables, issue resolution and escalation and overall delivery of work elements. What Does Ciena Expect of You? Initiative – you’re a self-starter who works with limited direction and is committed to delivering against challenging deadlines. A customer first mentality – what’s important to the customer is also important to you. Agility – you are readily able to manage competing and ever-changing priorities and maintain a balanced and methodical approach to problem solving. Communication expertise – you possess the ability to tailor your message and ideas to the audience to ensure understanding and consensus. The flexibility to work independently and as part of a broader team – you thrive in a team environment, are comfortable working independently, and know how to get things done in a virtual environment. Relationship builder – with a demonstrable ability to influence, you’re able to quickly develop trusted connections and get work done through others. Critical thinking – you readily approach problems in a consistent and systematic way. A commitment to ongoing learning – increasing your knowledge of rules, regulations, and standards in the fields of internal audit, IT, and related matters of interest to the department. The Must Haves: Highly-experienced individual interested in progressing their career with proven history of successful project management and technical leadership roles with Oracle applications and other relevant tools. Demonstrated knowledge of End to End Oracle Supply Chain and Financial business processes with a focus on Order to Cash and Demand to Deliver and the ability to translate requirements into Functional / Technical requirements. General understanding of Oracle configurations and work products. Demonstrated record of accomplishment of successfully delivering software development projects, including project scope, schedule, resources, quality, costs and change management Ability to provide leadership to business analysts and collaborate with customers and develop strategies and solutions of high business value Professional Scrum Master (PSM), Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Practitioner or Project Management Professional (PMP) certification Strong interpersonal skills including mentoring, coaching, collaborating, and team building and ability to work independently with little hands-on supervision delivering across aggressive timelines Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Technology or related fields coupled with extensive project and program management experience. Assets: Experience in managing Oracle / Oracle ERP-related projects. Knowledge of EDI and PL/SQL is an advantage Creative approach to problem-solving with the ability to focus on details while maintaining the “big picture” view Candidate should be flexible to working US and India hours if needed. Experience on documentation creation for As-Is / To-Be process flows (MD50, BR100, Testing scripts, etc). Solid understanding of and demonstrated experience in using appropriate tools: Agile Project Management tools such as Jira, Rally or equivalent. Microsoft Project, Visio, and all Microsoft Office Tools. #LI-REMOTE #LI-BS1 At Ciena, we are committed to building and fostering an environment in which our employees feel respected, valued, and heard. Ciena values the diversity of its workforce and respects its employees as individuals. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination. If contacted in relation to a job opportunity, please advise Ciena of any accommodation measures you may require.
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