Introduction
At IBM Consulting UK FutureNow, you’ll build a career at the forefront of hybrid cloud and AI, working with leading clients across the public and private sectors. You’ll collaborate with top industry professionals, gain hands‑on experience with cutting‑edge technologies, and deliver solutions that create real business impact. From day one, you’ll work on meaningful, high‑profile programmes that stretch your skills and accelerate your growth. We invest heavily in you—supporting continuous learning, in‑demand skills development, and long‑term career progression. You’ll thrive in a flexible, inclusive environment that values curiosity, encourages reinvention, and recognises what makes you unique.
Benefits
We offer tools and policies to support your work‑life balance, including flexible working approaches, sabbatical programmes, paid paternity leave, maternity leave and an innovative maternity returners scheme. More traditional benefits include 25 days holiday (in addition to public holidays), private medical, dental & optical cover, online shopping discounts, an Employee Assistance Program, life assurance and a group pension plan through salary sacrifice.
Your role and responsibilities
As an Oracle Project Manager you will be responsible for the successful delivery of Oracle Cloud (SaaS) implementations, including ERP, HCM, SCM, CX, or EPM. This role manages the full project lifecycle from initiation and design through deployment and post go‑live support, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within scope, and on budget, while meeting business and technical objectives.
The role requires strong stakeholder management, structured project governance, and hands‑on experience delivering Oracle SaaS solutions using IBM methodology or a similar implementation framework. The Project Manager role within the Oracle Practice is a key role with a clear and visible delivery responsibility to the business and FutureNow customers. The Project Manager is responsible for Oracle project quality and delivery in accordance with consistent project methodology, processes, and policies. Monitoring and control of projects progress using clear and concise metrics to ensure the project health is on track is the key to this success.
You will work with and support your peers to ensure project processes and deliverables are met. In addition to project‑related activities, you will also contribute to proposal development and play an important role in building our Oracle Cloud capabilities and offerings.
A proven track record of successful project delivery is vital.
Essential Skills & Experience
* Up to 10 years of functional experience delivering Oracle Cloud Projects
* Excellent knowledge and implementation experience of Oracle HCM/ERP Cloud, including multiple demonstrable examples of delivering large‑scale Oracle projects with multiple modules
* Strong client‑facing / consultancy experience and ability to build strong lasting relationships
* Proven, full lifecycle implementation experience of delivering Oracle based HCM or ERP solutions to medium and large enterprise clients
* Strong commercial management skills
* Excellent presentation skills
* Well organised and structured in approach
* Strong written and verbal communication skills
* Excellent client management skills
* Excellent conflict management skills
* Strong analytical ability
* Emotionally intelligent and compassionate, and able to encourage a culture in which every team member can be themselves and thrive at IBM FutureNow
* A motivation to ensure that IBM FutureNow continues to grow and improve
* A willingness to travel and be away from home
Required Education
None
Preferred Education
Bachelor's Degree
Required Technical and Professional Expertise
* Extensive hands‑on functional experience delivering Oracle Cloud solutions, with a proven track record in large enterprise environments
* Deep expertise in Oracle HCM Cloud and/or Oracle ERP Cloud, with multiple full lifecycle implementations under your belt
* Strong consultancy and client‑facing skills, with the ability to influence, communicate, and build lasting executive‑level relationships
* Demonstrated success managing complex, multi‑module Oracle programmes from initial mobilisation to production deployment
* Strong commercial management capabilities, including budget ownership, contract adherence, and financial oversight
* Proven leadership presence, able to energise teams and drive clarity and confidence in fast‑moving environments
Preferred Technical and Professional Experience
* Experience working in an environment alongside other Oracle Cloud products such as: Service Cloud (CX), Planning & Budgeting (EPM), Fusion Data Intelligence (FDI)
* Experience of supporting pre‑sales activities, including responding to ITT/RFPs
* Experience of Higher Education or central government customers
* Prince2 Practitioner Certification, or equivalent, desirable
Pre‑employment Screening
This role is subject to pre‑employment screening in line with the UK Government’s Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). An additional range of Personal Security Controls referred to as National Security Vetting (NVS) may apply, which could include meeting the eligibility requirements for The Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV).
Other Relevant Job Details
IBM wants you to bring your whole self to work and for you this might mean the ability to work flexibly. If you are interested in a flexible working pattern, please talk to our recruitment team to find out if this is possible in the current working environment.
Equality and Diversity
IBM is proud to be an equal‑opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.
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