Oracle Cloud - Solution Lead - Oracle Cloud ERP

Location: Chicago IL Fully onsite role
The Solution Lead - Oracle Fusion Cloud is responsible for helping to design and implement our Oracle ERP Fusion Cloud solution to ensure the proper delivery of the solution meeting business and technical requirements. This resource will work with the system integration team to validate the solution design to ensure it is implemented leveraging leading practices to build secure, highly available, and perform and ERP Cloud solution. This position resides in ERP Portfolio Management of the Information and Technology Services (ITS) and reports to the CPS ERP Portfolio Management Director. The Solution Lead is accountable for the following responsibilities:

• Assist in architecting and validating Oracle ERP Cloud based SaaS solutions to enable cloud solutions fully meeting business and technical requirements with due consideration for performance, security, scalability and high availability of the solution.
• Work closely with business stakeholders, ERP Cloud Vendors, and third-party solution providers, as well as system integrators to define and design CPS ERP Cloud technology footprint as part of the implementation roadmap.
• Work with Business Analysts, SMEs and technical members to manage project work stream solutions.
• Define standard operating procedures for making key design decisions in compliance with enterprise architecture standards and allowing Oracle and non-Oracle technologies to seamlessly integrate.
• Lead Solution Design workshops and building technical strategies for conversions, integrations, reports and extensions leveraging Oracle SaaS platform for a large and complex Oracle Fusion implementation.
• Lead the design of Oracle Fusion solutions for Procurement, Inventory, Projects and Grants Management, Asset Management, HCM, and Payroll to address public sector-specific needs.
• Develop end-to-end functional architectures that integrate seamlessly with existing systems and processes.
• Ensure solutions comply with public sector regulations, procurement policies, and asset management standards.
• Build solutions designs and support complex Oracle ERP SaaS solutions to address business requirements.
• Design solutions for streamlined procurement processes, including supplier management, sourcing, and contract lifecycle management.
• Implement workflows for approvals, compliance checks, and vendor onboarding specific to public sector requirements.
• Enable automation of procurement reporting and audits in line with regulatory standards.
• Ensure accurate project cost allocation, budgeting, and reporting.
• Implement robust tracking for public sector project funding and resource utilization.
• Develop architectural artifacts (blueprints, roadmaps, strategies, white papers, presentations, etc.) for CPS ERP Transformation Program.
• Proactively contribute, recommend, and identify risks and solutions associated with proposed or existing software applications strategies.
• The Solution Lead is versatile enough to understand several different applications, and to be a Subject Matter Expert in relation to one or several category of applications.
• In order to be successful and achieve the above responsibilities, the Solution Lead for Oracle

Fusion Cloud ERP must possess the following skills, abilities, and qualifications: Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Demonstrated knowledge required to leverage Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC) to design and implement cloud and on-premises application integrations.
• Experience planning ERP Cloud instance strategy for SaaS and PaaS solutions.
• Experience across all RICE design/ development on Oracle ERP Cloud tech stack.
• Experience designing and implementing Commercial off the Shelf Packaged SaaS solutions.
• The candidate should have a broad business background and good interpersonal communications skills and a thorough understanding of Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP.
• Oracle Cloud Financials and Supply Chain implementation experience.
• Full life-cycle project development including Requirements, Design, Development, Testing and Roll-out
• Knowledge of Enterprise Structures, module-specific configurations, ability to do requirement analysis and deliver functional design documents of the mentioned modules.
• Ability to quickly understand the business requirement and to design solution concepts
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrates experience in multiple business processes, ability to architect and design technology solutions and manage cross functional teams, projects, vendor management.
• Ability to Lead and design Cloud ERP and other third-party SaaS based Project solutions, manage all aspects of Program BRIDGE Oracle Fusion and third-party applications, support, and operations, including planning, designing, implementing, integrating, testing, and supporting and maintaining various functions.

Type of Education Required:

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university is required.
• A major in Business Administration, Information Technology, or Engineering is preferred.
• Master's Degree preferably an MBA with a major in MIS, Supply Chain Management,

Finance or Accounting preferred. Type of Experience and Number of Years:

• At least Ten (10) years of demonstrated experience as ERP Solution Lead.