Emea Programme Director for Africa

EMEA Programme Director for Africa-22000BVS

**Applicants are required to read, write, and speak the following languages***: English

**Preferred Qualifications**

Oracle Consulting

Location: Flexible: Anywhere in South Africa or Nairobi, Kenya

Job Title: Senior Program Director

CONTEXT
Oracle Consulting delivers very large and complex business and IT delivery projects based on the Oracle product set. These can be highly challenging and at the leading edge of cloud projects and are therefore strategically important to the Oracle business. This can be across a wide variety of customers and industries. A need exists for highly talented senior program directors to deliver customer success against these challenging situations.

SCOPE OF THE ROLE

The Program Director is responsible for the successful and profitable delivery of our major business and IT programs.
They will be expected to lead and drive all aspects of the program from staffing, budgetary control and stakeholder management both within the customer and Oracle:

- To act as a trusted advisor to senior clients
- To drive successful outcomes for our major customers using the Oracle product set and Oracle Consulting methods and tools
- To be commercially astute when delivering an engagement
- To act as ambassadors for Oracle solutions throughout a customer engagement
- Take full accountability for the successful delivery of a program or projects
- Develop a practical program delivery plan and deliver closely against it
- Manage the staff and resources to ensure optimum outcomes for the customer and Oracle Corporation
- Manage and mitigate program and project risks
- Both advise and challenge the customer throughout the program
- Take full ownership to drive “best practice” in delivering a program
- Develop strong relationships with the senior stakeholders within Oracle across our Licence and Consulting businesses
- Manage the re-use and feedback into the Oracle delivery organisation to enable constant improvement of our program delivery
- Build a strong personal community within Oracle by sharing and assisting colleagues from other regions and practices

Knowledge and Competency Requirements

Description/Level Requirements
Education
- Degree educated or equivalent
- Qualified Program or Project Manager through a recognized institute
- Preferably holds a professional qualification (eg accountancy)

Experience/Technical/ Professional knowledge
- 10-15 years of relevant experience as a program director through full implementation lifecycles
- 10 years of experience with a consulting organisation
- Strong and demonstrable awareness of different project management methods
- Excellent facilitation and management skills of the most senior customer stakeholders within the business and IT
- Ability to deliver results while under pressure
- A strong understanding of the commercial aspects of a consulting organisation and the role a program director plays within it
- A creative and agile problem-solver
- Experience with interacting with third party resources, including offshore teams
- Strong team building skills, with ability to build quick and effective work rapport with distributed team members
- Must be self-motivated in learning new concepts and willing to share knowledge and skills with other team members
- Outspoken and passionate about delivering successful programs that exceed business objectives and drive business success for our customers
- Must have the highest level of leadership and communication skills, with the ability to explain complex solutions and ideas. Excellent presentation skills
- Can demonstrate a strong awareness of the differences between cloud and on-premise solutions and their benefits
- Politically-aware
- Ability to present an argument: persuasive
- Fluent in English

**Detailed Description and Job Requirements**

As an acknowledged authority within Oracle, this senior-level project management position provides consistent high quality and innovative solution leadership with industry-wide impact. Responsible for guiding the successful implementation of an integrated business solution ensuring high quality and timely delivery within budget to the customer’s satisfaction.

10+ years of experience relevant to this position including 3 years of project management experience. Demonstrated ability to follow solid project management principles and successfully manage projects of increasing complexity. Comfortable working in a matrix management environment. Strong influencing and negotiation skills to deal with internal stakeholders, customers, and vendors. Product, technology or industry expertise relevant to the portfolio focus. Selling skills preferred. Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience. PMI certification preferred. Ability to travel as needed.

**Job**: Consulting

**Travel**: Yes, 100 % of the Time

**Location**: ZA-ZA,South Africa-Johannesburg

**Other Locations**: ZA-South Africa, KE-KE,Kenya-Nairobi, ZA-ZA,South