CoE Validation Senior Manager
Preferred Qualifications
EMEA Centre of Excellence Validation 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 theOracle business. This can be across a wide
variety of customers and industries. A need exists for a highly talented
Validation Director to deliver customer success against these challenging
situations.
The Validation Director has responsibility for the successful
delivery of the Oracle Consulting Test and Validation activities at the
customer. They are expected to operate at the senior stakeholder level –
typically a C-level executive but equally, they will need to manage their
senior stakeholders in the Oracle organisation. This is a senior level role and
candidates will be expected to take high levels of responsibility for customer
and Oracle success.
It is a very exciting time in Oracle Consulting with our strong
focus on delivery of cloud solutions using our highly
advanced methods and tools across the EMEA region. Industry and IT
experience is highly valuable to us. Existing Oracle application knowledge is
desirable but not essential.
SCOPE OF THE ROLE
The Validation Director is responsible for the successful testing
and validation activities as a key element of our major business and IT
programs.
They will be expected to lead and drive all aspects of the testing
and validation activities on a program from staffing, execution planning and
control and stakeholder management both within the customer and Oracle:
To act as a trusted advisor to senior clients:
To drive successful validation 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
on a program or projects
closely against it
the customer and Oracle Corporation
Manage and mitigate Test and associated project risks
Both advise and challenge the customer throughout the Testing /
Validation phases
/ Testing
Oracle across our Development , Support and Consulting businesses
organisation to enable constant improvement of our Validation Approach and
execution
assisting colleagues from other regions and practices
Knowledge and Competency Requirements
Description/Level Requirements
Education
Degree educated or equivalent
Qualified Test Manager through a recognized institute
Preferably holds a professional qualification (eg accountancy)
Experience/Technical/ Professional knowledge
full implementation lifecycles
10 years of experience in Testing
Strong and demonstrable awareness of different project
management methods
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 Validation Director plays within it
using packaged applications (Oracle, SAP, JDE, Microsoft etc)
A creative and agile problem-solver
Experience with interacting with third party resources,
including offshore teams
effective work rapport with distributed team members
share knowledge and skills with other team members
that exceed business objectives and drive business success for our customers
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 and impact on Test approaches
Politically-aware
Ability to present an argument: persuasive
Willing and able to travel for project work throughout the EMEA
region for extended periods, and has a European work permit
Location
Based in EMEA
As an acknowledged authority within Oracle, this senior-level
management position provides consistent high quality and innovative solution
leadership with industry-wide impact. Responsible for guiding the successful validation
(testing) of an integrated business solution ensuring high quality and timely
delivery within budget to the customer’s satisfaction.
Provide technical leadership and help drive cross-team testengineering efforts to build systems and services that improve operationalefficiency, increase velocity of test timescales, and drive reliability, scaleand performance
Establish and develop process and methodologies to meet and executeon test strategy
Possess modern Dev Ops mindset to delivering best in class SaaS andPaaS4SaaS applications by focusing on comprehensive testing (includingautomation) of end to end flows
Analyze and understand existing test coverage and automationframeworks, identifying opportunities for redesign, replacement, reusability,and improvement in efficiency and performance.
Develop coding standards, procedures, and methodology for automatedtesting, working with other internal QA leaders, as well as functional andtechnical architects, to identify and align on best practices, incorporatingthe latest industry tools and technologies.
Direct teams to create test plans, defining the test architecture,specifying positive and negative testing techniques, and addressing servicefunctionality, monitoring, integration, performance, resiliency, security,scalability, and reliability.
Identify and/or design modern automated test techniques to updateand upgrade existing manual and automated tests
Drive end-to-end test automation, with automated test environmentdeployment, zero manual testing, and integrated, aggregated status reporting.
Use Agile techniques to develop new capabilities and features forautomated test harnesses and frameworks.
Work with service development and release engineering to evolve theautomated test portfolio usage in the continuous integration/continuousdeployment (CI/CD) flow.
Provide leadership and guidance within the Consulting community fortesting excellence particularly focussing on Automated tools.
Understand the pain points, problems, and challenges faced by thetest teams, provide direction to address them and in turn enhance quality andproductivity.
As a position of professional influence, this individual frequently operatesat the leading edge of technology. Recommends and justifies enhancements toOracle products to meet very complex customer needs. Exercises creativity andindependent judgment in identifying and resolving major issues and risksimpacting project success.
Provides direction and mentoring to project teams.
As a thought leader and trusted advisor, effectively influencesdecisions at the leadership level of customer organizations.
Comfortable working in a matrix management environment. Stronginfluencing and negotiation skills to deal with internal stakeholders,customers, and vendors. Product, technology or industry expertise relevant tothe portfolio focus.
Detailed Description and Job Requirements
As a recognized authority and leading contributor within their practice, this senior-level consulting position provides consistent high quality and innovative solution leadership to a project team. Leads the solution design and implementation aspects of engagement(s) ensuring high quality, integrated software solutions within constraints of time and budget.
Analyzes business needs to help ensure Oracle solution meets the customer’s objectives by combining industry best practices, product knowledge, and business acumen. Exercises judgment and business acumen in selecting methods and techniques to deliver functional and technical solutions on non-routine and very complex aspects of applications and technology installations. Provides direction and mentoring to project teams, and effectively influences customer leadership on key decisions. Supports the business development efforts by pursuing new opportunities and extensions. Collaborates with the consulting sales team by providing domain expertise. Resolves complex customer issues by recommending and implementing solutions. Demonstrates expertise in multiple business processes across two or more product families or ability to architect and design technology solutions encompassing multiple products and make decisions based on impact across the stack.
8-10 years of experience relevant to this position including 4 years of consulting experience. Prior team leadership or management experience preferred. Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience preferred. Product or technical expertise relevant to practice focus. Ability to communicate effectively. Ability to build rapport with team members and clients. Strong influencing and negotiation skills. Ability to travel as needed.
As part of Oracle's employment process candidates will be required to successfully complete a pre-employment screening process. This will involve identity and employment verification, professional references, education verification and professional qualifications and memberships (if applicable).
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Organization: Oracle