Oracle Consulting delivers very large and complex business and IT delivery projects based on the Oracle SaaS offerings (ERP, EPM, HCM, CX). These leading edge Cloud and Non-Cloud engagements can be highly challenging and are therefore strategically important to the Oracle business running across a wide variety of customers and industries.

Often Project/Program Managers are hard pressed for time due to multi-tasking on projects, necessitating a need to offload/supplement certain repeatable operational tasks, thus enabling them to focus on strategic activities.

Oracle Global Services Center (GSC), leadership team have decided to launch a new Project PMO service across EMEA Consulting & other geographies across the globe, to help supplement the role of Project/Program Managers.

The individual PMO member will be an integral part of the project, enabling the Project/Program Manager towards ensuring successful delivery & customer outcomes, by providing a consistent framework to facilitate best practices for project governance and support. 

Scope of the role

The project PMO supports the Project / Program Management teams to keep the project running as effectively as possible. They have the responsibility for timely reporting of financial aspects, help the PM in planning & monitoring, tracking of actions, signoffs, risks & issues, and be the custodian of project repository, standards, tools etc to ensure compliance and adherence. The detailed list of activities is depicted below.

Financials: Track & Reporting on budget, milestones, revenue forecasting, invoicing, timesheets Planning: Update the project plan or collate inputs for the same Onboarding & Offboarding of project team members Help facilitation of meetings & minuting Governance: Preparation of internal (weekly & monthly status reports) & internal steerco Tracking of project deliverables & acceptance certificates sign-off Track actions related to risks, issues & change requests Support, track and record the using of re-usable assets and the harvesting of assets Work closely with customer PMO organizations when needed, and interact with stakeholders at various levels Quality Assurance: Proof reading of PM artefacts Assuring formatting/presentation Tracking peer reviews Supporting OSSA compliance (track team members OSSA certifications) Standards & Processes: Help setup standards, templates, tools, and procedures for smooth project delivery Ensure all members of the project follow all relevant policies and procedures relating to the project Manage Project Repository/Collaboration Portal Setup and control of the project Library, Confluence and Jira Work on own initiative on a day-to-day basis, autonomously, escalating any issues that may arise to project management team