Oracle Project / Programme Director

At Sopra Steria, our work is driven by people and purpose. We partner with clients across government, defence, policing, healthcare and other essential services to deliver digital transformation that genuinely improves lives. Guided by our values of Respect, Excellence, Empathy and Community, we are committed to shaping a better future through technology and collaboration.

We are now looking for an Oracle Programme Manager / Director to lead the mobilisation and delivery of large, complex Oracle transformation programmes across the UK public sector. This is a high-impact, client-facing leadership role where you will shape programme strategy and delivery, engage senior stakeholders, and lead multidisciplinary teams to deliver outcomes at scale. Experience within highly regulated environments such as defence, blue-light, policing or healthcare will be particularly valuable.

This role is hybrid variable, with a base location of London and some travel anticipated.

What you'll be doing:

• Lead end-to-end delivery of large-scale Oracle transformation programmes across ERP, HCM, Payroll, Procurement, EPM and associated data, integration and business change workstreams.
• Own programme mobilisation, roadmap, governance, delivery planning and transition into service, ensuring a smooth path to hypercare.
• Drive an outcomes-focused approach with emphasis on business readiness, user adoption, service stability and benefits realisation.
• Build and maintain trusted relationships with senior stakeholders, while leading governance forums and overseeing system integrators, partners and suppliers.
• Manage programme financials, including budget, forecasting, commercial controls and change, alongside robust oversight of risk, dependencies, scope and quality.
• Contribute to wider business growth by supporting bids, shaping Oracle opportunities and developing delivery capability through coaching and leadership

What you’ll bring:

• Proven track record leading large, complex Oracle transformation programmes in public sector, defence, policing/blue-light, healthcare or similarly regulated sectors.
• Strong experience delivering Oracle-based transformation across ERP, HCM, Payroll, Procurement, EPM, integration, data migration and business change.
• Exceptional stakeholder management and executive communication skills with evidence of influencing at board and steering committee level..
• Strong supplier and partner management capability including SI oversight, contract management and escalation handling.
• Proven success delivering against time, cost, quality and benefit targets in large-scale programmes.
• Strong governance discipline with experience of programme controls, assurance and delivery methodologies such as MSP or PRINCE2.

It would be great if you had:

• Experience working in secure or high-assurance environments including SC or DV-cleared programmes.
• Experience of shared services, multi-entity transformation and service transition environments.
• Experience supporting bids, pre-sales shaping and portfolio growth activities.
• Previous consulting or system integrator background with strong commercial acumen.

If you’re interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we’re looking for, please do apply, we’d love to hear from you!

Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent
Location: London
Security Clearance Level: SC
Internal Recruiter: Amy
Salary: Competitive
Benefits: bonus, £6,600 car allowance, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, private medical, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund.

Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improves performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you’re interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.

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Sopra Steria’s Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions to Central Government clients. The work we do makes a real difference to the client’s goal of National Security, and we operate in a unique and privileged environment. We are given time for professional development activities, and we coach and mentor our colleagues, sharing knowledge and learning from each other. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported and have pride in their work for the customer, delivering outstanding rates of customer satisfaction in the UK’s most complex safety- and security-critical markets.