Version 1’s market leading Oracle Applications Practice specialises in Finance, Supply Chain, HR, and Payroll Solutions with over 650 Oracle Specialists across the UK, Ireland, US, Australia, India and Slovenia.

We deliver consulting and managed services to transform and optimise ways of working for more than 230 customers through the provision of specialist knowledge right across the Oracle product stack – Oracle Fusion Cloud for ERP, HCM and EPM, eBusiness Suite, JDEdwards, Peoplesoft and Hyperion, not to mention extensive expertise in Infrastructure, and Integration.

We have grown both organically and through acquisition, with our most recent acquisition of EPM experts Qubix bringing 170 specialists to our team.

Our Oracle Fusion Cloud team has grown significantly over the past 3 years powered by recent business wins including Galliford Try, Bank of England, An Post, Inizio Health, Birmingham City Council, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and QBE Insurance.

We have an exciting growth strategy that will see further rapid growth and opportunity to drive value for our customers into 2024 and beyond.

• Number 1 - Best place to work in Ireland #GPTW2023
• 5th Best Large Workplace in the UK #GPTW2023
• 10th place in Glassdoor Top 50 UK companies
• UK & Ireland’s premier Oracle, Microsoft & AWS partner  
• Market leader in Oracle ERP and Cloud Applications  
• Consulting, implementation, and support services  
• 3200+ strong, €255m/£220m revenue business  
• ERP Partner of the Year  

Oracle Delivery Director

Oracle Cloud (ERP, HCM, EPM) Delivery Director (Financial Services) - Remote

REMOTE BASED – CAN BE BASED ANYWHERE IN IRELAND

Would you like the opportunity to oversee and drive forward a portfolio within Oracle Cloud (ERP, HCM, ERP), with the role growing into Practice Head and then Managing Director?

How would you like to join an award-winning Oracle Partner with over 650 dedicated Oracle consultants across the US, UK, Ireland, Australia, India and Slovenia who deliver Finance, Supply Chain and HR solutions that underpin digital transformation for our customers businesses.

Here at Version 1, we are currently in the market for an experienced Oracle Delivery Director to join our growing Cloud Practice.

You will have the opportunity to work with the latest cloud technology and worked on projects across a multiplicity of sectors and industries.

Oracle Delivery Director

Job Description

You will be overseeing a team of over 80 consultants within the Oracle Cloud Applications practice, to deliver a portfolio of circa £/€8m project services in the Financial Services sector.

You will be reporting to the Oracle Cloud Applications Practice Head, and you will oversee a team of senior colleagues across the delivery and commercial roles.

This is a senior role in Version 1, with opportunity for you to further progress into senior practice leadership roles across Version1.

In this role you will have full ownership for the P&L of the portfolio and as such, you will likely have held portfolio or programme management roles in the past with responsibility for budgets in the region of £/€500k to £/€3m, or beyond.

You will have experience in delivering Customer First outcomes and will understand the challenges in delivering transformational change involving Finance and HR systems.

Skills such as the ability to inspire and drive teams, commercial acumen, ability to ask tough questions, curiosity, and willingness to learn are regarded as more important in this role than a deep understanding of Oracle ERP, EPM or HCM.

You will be seen as central in the shaping and delivery of key proposals and will be recognised by customers and colleagues as a leader who can bring together the right group of people to deliver the right solution.

• You will have expertise in overseeing a team, in managing and growing a portfolio of projects/customers.
• You will be passionate about defining and developing solutions which meet customer challenges.
• In addition, you will understand the commercial balance required to deliver these solutions between top and bottom-line growth.
• You’ll enjoy customer engagement and be comfortable with balancing multiple competing demands.
• Furthermore, you will be overseeing and developing a diverse and highly talented team and promoting and inspiring our core values right across the delivery team.

Role Requirements:

The role will be divided across three areas of responsibility – Customer Delivery, Commercial Growth and People Leadership.

Customer Delivery

• You will have full accountability for the delivery of end-to-end Customer engagements ensuring our customer is at the heart of everything we do.
• We understand their ways of working and that we deliver successfully for them.
• You will likely spend a considerable amount of time engaged in Customer forums (e.g., Steering Groups etc) and travel to Customer sites from time to time.

Commercial Growth

• You will work closely with Commercial colleagues to build and support compelling proposals and customer offerings.
• In addition, these will enable and support our continued growth ambition for the practice and deliver profitable outcomes.
• You’ll have your own P&L and be accountable for that.

People Leadership

• You will lead a team of diverse professionals across our ERP, EPM and HCM teams located across the UK, Ireland, and India.
• You will ensure that we continue to have world class levels of engagement and that we are ensuring that our teams deliver excellently through the use of our methodologies and accelerators.
• Furthermore, ensuring they are suitably skilled and informed in line with the continuously changing nature of Oracle Fusion Cloud products.

Why Version 1?

• Quarterly performance related profit share (Paid the last 55 quarters)
• Certified Great Place to Work for over 10 years in a row (Number 1 in Ireland)
• Career Progression
• Generous Holiday Allowance
• Employee Discount Scheme - available online and in a wide range of stores
• Flexible and Remote working Options
• Lunchtime activities including but not limited to fitness, yoga, financial advice and wellbeing.
• Pension
• Private Healthcare Cover
• Life Assurance
• Offer incentives for accreditations and educational assistance for courses relevant to your role.
• Version 1 Excellence Awards (annual)
• ‘Call-Out’: platform where colleagues grant you points that can be exchanged for gifts.
• Fostering several Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging schemes
• And many more exciting benefits… drop us a note to find out more.

This is an opportunity to join one of the fastest-growing ERP Consultancies in Ireland & the UK. 

This is a full-time permanent role with some occasional client site travel.

Expenses will be covered.

Permanent applications ideally. Must have work permit due to timeframes.  

We are an equal opportunities employer. Please refer to our Diversity & Inclusion statement located at: 

https://www.version1.com/careers/culture/

Please note: We have an internal recruitment team and does not accept agency candidates. If you want to join the team here at Version 1, get in touch with us directly!

Ashley Billington
Version 1 Talent Acquisition
Tel: +44 7840 839 370