Senior ERP Product Owner - Manufacturing

About the role

Leads the strategic functional direction of Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) modules at global scale — ensuring cross-module coherence, driving process convergence across regions, and shaping the long-term evolution of the platform. Serves as the single point of design authority for Oracle EBS functional domains, translating enterprise business strategy into a unified, scalable ERP roadmap aligned to manufacturing operations.

Responsibilities

• Governs the strategic evolution of Oracle EBS functional domains, ensuring coherence and harmonization across all global modules and business units
• Defines and drives global convergence initiatives — aligning processes, data models, and solution patterns across regions to eliminate fragmentation
• Serves as the bridge between enterprise objectives and platform capabilities
• Shapes the long-term platform roadmap, anticipating business needs and positioning Oracle EBS capabilities ahead of demand
• Owns the end-to-end prioritization process for Oracle EBS capabilities, balancing global needs, functional dependencies, and long-term transformation goals
• Validates and refines business demand, ensuring correct alignment of backlog items with strategic priorities and architectural standards
• Arbitrates competing priorities across regions and business units, applying a consistent framework for investment decisions
• Coordinates feasibility assessments, high-level solutioning, and design authority activities across functional teams
• Validates functional solutions and configuration enhancements against platform integrity, cross-module dependencies, and scalability requirements
• Evaluates long-term implications of design choices, ensuring decisions do not create technical debt or compromise future flexibility
• Validates cross-functional platform initiatives and Oracle EBS module enhancement roadmaps, including scope definition and delivery planning
• Tracks completion of Oracle EBS module enhancements — including configuration updates, functional changes, and release outcomes
• Ensures delivery milestones align with committed timelines and that release outcomes meet functional acceptance criteria

Qualifications

• 8-10 years of experience in Oracle EBS product ownership, functional leadership, or global process governance
• Proven track record managing Oracle EBS modules at enterprise scale, including cross-module alignment and multi-region convergence
• Demonstrated experience prioritizing complex Oracle EBS backlogs and balancing global, functional, and technical constraints
• Experience operating within matrixed, multi-stakeholder environments across geographies and business units
• University degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Administration, or equivalent experience; Advanced Degree may be required

Technical Skills

• Deep understanding of Oracle EBS architectures, module interactions, and integration patterns
• Ability to evaluate functional impacts, cross-module dependencies, and long-term implications of design choices
• Familiarity with Oracle EBS configuration management, release processes, and upgrade planning
• Working knowledge of data models, process harmonization frameworks, and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) convergence methodologies

Communication & Influence

• Ability to articulate complex technical trade-offs to senior business stakeholders in clear, decision-ready terms
• Promised ability to build consensus across competing regional and functional priorities
• Skilled at orchestrating alignment across distributed teams without direct authority

Professional Competencies

• Strategic thinking — ability to connect platform decisions to long-term business outcomes
• Decisive leadership — comfortable making high-stakes prioritization calls with incomplete information
• Systems-level perspective — sees interdependencies across modules, regions, and timelines
• Influence without authority — drives convergence and alignment across matrixed organizations

Physical & Environmental Demands

Standard office environment; no unusual physical demands

Time Travel Required Up to 15%