Senior Project Manager, ERP Transformation (Hire to Retire)

Chicago Public Schools • Chicago, IL

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About The Position

Reporting to the Executive Director of ERP Business Transformation, the Senior Project Manager, ERP Business Transformation is responsible for leading CPS business units and functional departments to develop business requirements and functional designs for the Oracle Fusion Cloud. These requirements and functional designs may vary in scope and complexity, but are considered to be an integral part of replacing our current ERP platform with a modern, cloud-based solution that is essential to enhance the efficiency, agility, and cost-effectiveness of the District's administrative processes. A cloud-based ERP solution will enable us to streamline data management, improve accessibility for all stakeholders, and provide real-time analytics for informed decision-making, ultimately empowering our District to better serve our students and community. The Senior Project Manager, ERP Transformation for each area will provide leadership, consulting, project management, change management, analytical support, and implementation support for all assigned areas. In addition, this role will address resistance and challenges that need to be resolved to deepen the adoption and ultimate transformation. This is a full-time exempt position that will be paid for time worked on a salary basis.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university required; Focus in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, or related field preferred.
• Master's degree preferred.
• Minimum of six (6) years of professional project management and/or business process management experience in a large decentralized organization.
• Minimum of three (3) years of project management, business process re-engineering, budgetary, contract management, and financial analysis experience.
• Experience working in a Talent Management/Procurement/Finance strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Act as a key liaison for one of the identified CPS business units and functional departments to develop business requirements and functional designs for Finance, Procurement or Talent.
• Communicate priorities, relevant project information, and decisions to appropriate staff regarding requests, projects, and initiatives.
• Support CPS business unit BPO and Subject Matter Experts in the development of the ERP business case, design and deployment.
• Support the business unit within the assigned functional areas to define business strategy, evaluate proposals, build and determine investments, plan new joint initiatives, and determine how they fit into business capability roadmaps and the CPS 5-Year strategic priorities from 2025 to 2029.
• Support the review, revisions and documentation of existing business processes and/or departmental procedures for optimal efficiency and maximization of CPS resources and to ensure compliance with all Federal, State and Local requirements.
• Support the business unit in the development of new business processes to ensure the most effective and efficient operations for the department.
• Maintain and report on the status of ongoing and future projects; Serve as the liaison to internal CPS Units and external parties to ensure timely and successful completion of Program Bridge.
• Participate in meetings, workshops, design activities, testing, and deployment to understand and ensure business requirements are successfully implemented.
• Ensure the implementation of the program aligning the necessary resources, and maintain oversight of the program execution for identified Business units to ensure targets set are met.
• Supervisory responsibility for hiring and managing the Business Process Ownership team, including performance management, development, and time approval.
• Other duties and work streams as assigned.

Benefits

• Access to reliable transportation to travel locally to CPS locations.
• Ability to travel domestically to conferences with ERP executive sponsors, and other required events.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree