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About the Role
Cipher7 is seeking a Functional Assurance Lead to serve as the customer-side authority for Oracle Project Portfolio Management (PPM) and cost management solutions in Dubai. The role requires 10+ years of deep functional experience in Oracle PPM Cloud and strong assurance skills.
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Responsibilities
- Independently assure Oracle OPC, Unifier, PPM, and Cost OS solution designs, configurations, and proposed capabilities
- Challenge assumptions, interpretations, and claims made by the implementation partner regarding Oracle’s functional capabilities
- Ensure solutions adhere to the Customer’s governance model, business rules, project lifecycle controls, and compliance needs
- Conduct IT–business gap analysis between Customer requirements and standard Oracle Cloud capabilities
- Provide assurance across PPM, cost management, contract control, budget management, forecasting, cash flow, portfolio governance, and reporting solutions
- Validate data models, cost structures, approval workflows, audit trails, and segregation of duties
- Review and validate integrations with Microsoft ecosystem, Oracle ERP, JAGGAER, Box, Tableau, Snowflake, and Clarity PPM
- Support the Customer through the transition away from Clarity PPM
Requirements
- 10+ years of deep functional experience in Oracle PPM Cloud, Oracle Project Costing, Project Controls, or Oracle Unifier
- Strong understanding of project governance, cost control, capital projects, financial tracking, portfolio management, and project delivery frameworks
- Experience operating on the client side, evaluating vendor/partner deliverables independently
- Strong experience conducting functional assurance, risk identification, design validation, and solution review
- Understanding of data models, integrations, master data structures, approval flows, financial controls, and reporting frameworks
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
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Role Overview
- The Functional Assurance Lead serves as the customer side authority for Oracle Project Portfolio Management (PPM), Project Controls, Unifier, Cost OS, and cost management capabilities.
- The role ensures that Oracle Cloud solutions delivered by the implementation partner meet the Customer’s operating model, governance standards, business requirements, and long term sustainability goals.
- This position operates independently from the Oracle implementation partner and all managed service providers, providing unbiased validation, challenge, and oversight.
Key Responsibilities
- Protect the Customer’s business interests by independently assuring Oracle OPC, Unifier, PPM, and Cost OS solution designs.
- Challenge assumptions, interpretations, and claims made by the implementation partner.
- Ensure solutions adhere to the Customer’s governance model, business rules, project lifecycle controls, and compliance needs.
- Conduct IT–business gap analysis between Customer requirements and standard Oracle Cloud capabilities.
- Provide clear recommendations to minimise unnecessary customisations.
- Provide assurance across PPM, cost management, contract control, budget management, forecasting, cash flow, portfolio governance, and reporting solutions.
- Validate data models, cost structures, approval workflows, audit trails, and segregation of duties.
- Review and validate integrations across all phases.
- Support the Customer through the transition away from Clarity PPM.
- Work closely with the implementation partner to ensure all Business Technology governance documentation is produced to the required standard.
- Support the Customer during commercial discussions and claims management.
- Recommend improvements to reporting, governance, internal controls, and ways of working.
Skills & Experience Required
- 10+ years of deep functional experience in Oracle PPM Cloud, Oracle Project Costing, Project Controls, or Oracle Unifier.
- Strong understanding of project governance, cost control, capital projects, financial tracking, portfolio management, and project delivery frameworks.
- Experience operating on the client side, evaluating vendor/partner deliverables independently.
- Strong experience conducting functional assurance, risk identification, design validation, and solution review.
- Understanding of data models, integrations, master data structures, approval flows, financial controls, and reporting frameworks.
- Exposure to enterprise level ecosystems (Microsoft 365, ERP systems, procurement systems, data platforms, etc.).
- Strong analytical, problem solving, and critical thinking skills.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management, including senior leadership interaction.
- Ability to drive constructive challenge while maintaining strong collaborative relationships.
Preferred Qualifications
- Oracle Cloud certifications (PPM, Costing, Project Controls).
- Experience with large scale Oracle Cloud transformation programs.
- Experience transitioning from Clarity PPM to Oracle PPM.
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