Oracle Cloud ERP is the market-leading Financial Management suite for global enterprises. This positions plays a leadership role in creating the strategy and driving the execution for Next-Gen Cloud ERP, including shaping and delivering the overall product vision, record-to-report accounting process reimagination, user design, and service delivery.

This position takes a leadership role in representing Oracle Financials to internal (e.g., engineering, UX, QA/release, vertical peer development, outbound product marketing, sales, and other field organizations) and external (e.g., analysts, customers/prospects, system integrators/partners, etc.) audiences.

This is an opportunity to significantly impact the Oracle SaaS Portfolio and play a broad and diverse role in influencing an incumbent business that grows at 30% YoY while investing in strategic
initiatives to shape the future of finance five years from now.

Key Responsibilities
As Sr. Director Applications Development within Oracle ERP Cloud, you will be critical in leading a team of functional architects, technical architects, and product managers responsible for managing large-scale, cross-functional, cross-divisional initiatives within Oracle’s OCI Platform & ERP Applications Development organizations. You will lead an elite team that manages complex, crossfunctional programs that accelerates and enables ERP Cloud’s top business initiatives. As a seasoned leader, you will take proactive ownership of complex planning, resolve various execution challenges, thoroughly understand the product areas, and provide strategic recommendations to consistently meet business objectives. You will also ensure initiatives align with strategy and provide progressive visibility against those initiatives. The team is expected to own solution architecture from beginning to end, ensuring thorough execution of the project and more effective communication. The team works with various organization leaders to ensure the completion of critical project activities. The team drives strategic cross-organizational programs and will partner with the cross-functional and cross-business unit leadership teams to drive the strategy of these programs, as well as help plan, organize, and work with teams to execute the vision. In addition,
you will:

• Take ownership of complex parallel cross-functional projects, define initiative/architecture blueprint, and establish standards, best practices, and governance models.
• Drive data-driven decisions, establish pragmatic phased progression, operating models, and cohesive communication plans for large-scale initiatives, and work with the leaders to prepare
  effective execution plans.
• Anticipate and remove obstacles that slow down, cause excessive churns, or prevent project teams from delivering on project goals.
• Create a collaborative environment among all the stakeholders, provide support and vision, and effectively communicate with the leadership team.
  
  

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Domain expert in ERP across its multi-dimensions.
• Strong development and architectural experience within large entities for mission-critical applications.
• 15+ years of experience leading large-scale enterprise technology/product programs.
• 10+ years of people management experience.
• Expert at evangelizing and then executing new strategies across the complex matrix.
• Amazing strategic thinker, good at anticipating outcomes, fast at course correction, and incorporating senior exec feedback.
• Can roll up sleeves, get into the details, and take design reviews seriously.
• Consistently drives high standards for individual contributors and junior managers/directors to accomplish key goals.
• Attitude of “Enabling the success of development and product teams.”

Leadership Competencies

Performance, drive, and execution —Holds self and others accountable for delivering shareholder value. Creates and instills a performance-driven, results-orientation culture based on data and facts. Takes full accountability for the achievement of organizational results. Delivers audience-appropriate messages about financial performance and future expectations.

Collaboration —Fosters collaboration between business leaders. Facilitates consensus among diverse stakeholders with opposing viewpoints on critical issues. Drives a diverse and inclusive culture throughout the organization. Instills a sense of common purpose, joint mission, and mutual responsibility to create and support business outcomes. Aligns strategic priorities of own area with the direction and priorities of the broader organization.

Communicating for impact —Ensures clarity around the organization's strategic intent and business objectives. Champions strategic initiatives in ways that generate organization-wide understanding and support. Builds confidence and inspires support through a convincing presentation style.

Inspirational leadership —Establishes and models authentic leadership across internal and external boundaries. Builds internal and external reputation as a strategic business leader. Inspires and empowers others toward the achievement of goals and strategies. Employs and develops the right talent at every level.

Competitive edge —Predicts changes in customer expectations; takes advantage of opportunities to shape and reshape market propositions. Builds long-term business value. Creates a culture of innovation and encourages entrepreneurship. Strategically develops various options/paths to achieve business objectives within a changing environment.

Change agility —Initiates strategic change initiatives anticipating a changing external environment. Champions organizational change initiatives in a way that helps people understand, appreciate, and support them. Guides the organization to remain flexible in a changing, competitive environment. Fosters creativity measured risk-taking actions and entrepreneurial thinking in others

Mastering complexity —Makes decisions about the long-term strategy to grow the business sustainably. Creates an environment that shapes and supports cross-functional analysis of problems and decision-making. Actively supports the resolution of ambiguous, complex problems that cross organizational boundaries. Creates an environment of personal accountability and ownership for problem-solving.

Education
A Bachelors’ degree is preferred. An advanced degree is a plus.