Senior Manager, Project Applications (Oracle Projects)

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Company Description Work with Us. Change the World. At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations. There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world. We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us. Job Description As a Senior Manager, Project Applications, you will lead the enterprise applications that support project accounting and project management across AECOM. Reporting to the Director of Project Administration and Financial Systems, you will be responsible for the strategy, reliability, support, enhancement roadmap, and delivery of Oracle Projects, related reports and interfaces, and custom project management applications. You will lead a blended team of internal analysts and external delivery partners while working closely with business and IT leaders across a complex global organization. This role requires a leader with deep project-accounting functional expertise, strong implementation and production-support experience, and the technical fluency to partner effectively with development, integration, reporting, and architecture teams. This position will offer flexibility for hybrid work schedules to include both in-office presence and telecommute/virtual work, to be based from either Houston or Dallas, TX. Key Responsibilities Lead, coach, and develop internal team members and outsourced resources; establish priorities, manage capacity, and hold delivery partners accountable for service levels, quality, and results. Own the stability, security, performance, and supportability of project applications, including incidents, service requests, recurring-problem resolution, enhancements, change control, access requests, audits, and corrective actions. Provide functional leadership for Oracle Projects and related project-accounting processes, such as project costing, project billing, revenue generation, AutoAccounting, burdening, transfer pricing, and cross-charge. Lead implementations, conversions, migrations, and major enhancements from requirements and solution design through configuration, testing, deployment, and post-production stabilization. Maintain a 12-month operational and enhancement roadmap, contribute to resource and budget planning, and align longer-term technology plans with business priorities. Partner with technical teams on application architecture, integrations, reporting, data, and scalable solutions while maintaining effective change-control and implementation practices. Build trusted relationships across business and IT teams, translate business needs into actionable solutions, support multiple business groups and country-specific localizations, and identify opportunities to improve application efficiency and user experience. Qualifications Minimum Qualifications Bachelor's Degree plus at least 10 years of experience supporting, implementing, and maintaining enterprise project applications, reports, and interfaces, including 3 years of leadership experience, or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education Deep functional experience supporting and improving enterprise project-accounting systems, with knowledge of processes such as project costing, project billing, revenue, burdening, transfer pricing, or cross-charge. Oracle Projects experience is strongly preferred; candidates with comparable enterprise project-accounting platform experience will also be considered. Experience leading a system implementation, conversion, migration, or major rollout through requirements, functional design, configuration, testing, deployment, and post-production stabilization, including the development of workflows, test cases, and implementation documentation. Experience owning production application support, including incident and service-request management, recurring-problem resolution, enhancements, change control, access, and audit support. Experience leading internal teams, vendors, or outsourced delivery partners, including responsibility for delivery quality, capacity, performance, and service-level compliance. Strong executive communication, facilitation, and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to influence business leaders and drive alignment across cross-functional teams. Preferred Qualifications Hands-on functional experience with Oracle E-Business Suite Projects or Oracle Fusion Cloud Project Management/PPM, including Project Costing and Project Billing. Experience supporting enterprise applications across multiple business groups and country-specific localizations within a large, global, project-based organization. Working knowledge of SQL, databases, integrations, enterprise reporting or BI tools, application architecture, and software development lifecycle methodologies; experience with Informatica, resource forecasting, budget planning, and long-range application roadmaps is a plus. Additional Information Relocation assistance is not available for this position Sponsorship for US work authorization is not available for this position, now or in the future. At AECOM, we are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously. To support this commitment, all newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment. About AECOM AECOM is proud to offer comprehensive benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees. Depending on your employment status, AECOM benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability benefits, paid time off, leaves of absences, voluntary benefits, perks, flexible work options , well-being resources, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, service recognition awards, retirement savings plan, and employee stock purchase plan. AECOM is the global infrastructure leader, committed to delivering a better world. As a trusted professional services firm powered by deep technical abilities, we solve our clients’ complex challenges in water, environment, energy, transportation and buildings. Our teams partner with public- and private-sector clients to create innovative, sustainable and resilient solutions throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm that had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. Learn more at aecom.com. What makes AECOM a great place to work You will be part of a global team that champions your growth and career ambitions. Work on groundbreaking projects - both in your local community and on a global scale - that are transforming our industry and shaping the future. With cutting-edge technology and a network of experts, you’ll have the resources to make a real impact. Our award-winning training and development programs are designed to expand your technical expertise and leadership skills, helping you build the career you’ve always envisioned. Here, you’ll find a welcoming workplace built on respect, collaboration and community—where you have the freedom to grow in a world of opportunity. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in your potential and are here to help you achieve it. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.