Oracle HCM Technical Lead

About the role

The Human Capital Management (HCM) Technical Lead, reporting into GTech Enterprise Systems, is accountable for delivering scalable, secure, and standards-based solutions in Grant Thornton’s Oracle HCM environment that enable the strategic and operational objectives of the People & Culture (P&C) organization.

Responsibilities

• Leading the technical delivery of Oracle HCM solutions supporting People & Culture, including Core HR, Talent, Payroll, Benefits, Time & Labor, Absence, Recruiting, Learning, and Compensation modules.

• Owning end-to-end Oracle HCM solution design, ensuring functional requirements are translated into scalable technical designs aligned with enterprise standards.

• Directing configuration, development, module extensions, integrations, and reporting within the Oracle HCM ecosystem.

• Ensuring adherence to GTech SDLC standards, including requirements traceability, design reviews, testing strategy, release planning, and stage-gate governance.

• Leading and coordinating technical teams, including Oracle developers, integration specialists, data specialists, and external system integrators, e.g. Oracle Consulting Services talent.

• Overseeing the execution of GTech’s testing strategies, including unit testing, system integration testing (SIT), regression testing, and supporting user acceptance testing (UAT).

• Managing Oracle quarterly releases, assessing impact, coordinating regression testing, and ensuring timely and stable adoption of new functionality.

• Partnering with P&C Product Owners and Business Process SMEs to:

  • Clarify requirements and acceptance criteria

  • Perform end-to-end impact analysis

  • Design solutions aligned to out-of-the-box capabilities

  • Leverage a Design Review Board approach for all desired solutions requiring platform customization to realize desired business outcomes

• Overseeing technical vendor and system integrator performance, including delivery quality, adherence to standards, and on-time execution.

• Ensuring all solutions comply with security, risk, data privacy, and regulatory requirements, including HR data protection standards.

• Collaborating with Enterprise Architecture and Enterprise Data & Analytics teams to ensure integration patterns, data flows, and reporting solutions align to enterprise strategy.

• Supporting go-live readiness, cutover execution, and post-go-live hyper care.

• Acting as a technical advisor to GTech and P&C leadership on Oracle HCM capabilities, limitations, and roadmap considerations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced or Master’s degree preferred.
• 12+ years of progressive experience delivering enterprise HCM solutions, with deep hands-on Oracle HCM Cloud expertise.
• Proven experience leading full lifecycle Oracle HCM implementations, including design, build, test, and deployment.
• Strong functional and technical knowledge across multiple Oracle HCM modules, including: Core HR & Workforce Structures, Talent Management, Payroll & Benefits, Time & Labor / Absence, Recruiting & Learning, Compensation.
• Experience with Oracle HCM integrations, including REST/SOAP APIs, HCM Extracts, HDL, Fast Formula, and middleware platforms.
• Strong understanding of Oracle HCM security models, roles, privileges, and data access controls.
• Experience managing quarterly Oracle Cloud releases and regression testing cycles.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical delivery teams across multiple geographies.
• Experience working with system integrators and external vendors, including performance management and quality oversight.
• Strong understanding of enterprise SDLC, testing methodologies, and release management.
• Experience delivering solutions in Agile methodologies, SAFe preferred.
• Experience in a professional services or complex enterprise environment is strongly preferred.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate requirements and delivery solutions to business and technical audiences.
• Ability to influence without authority and drive outcomes through collaboration.
• Willingness to travel as needed.