Role: Subject Matter Expert
Location: Washington, DC Metropolitan area (On-site)
Duration: Long Term Contract
Task Description
Subject Matter Experts (SMEs): Advises on overall strategy and the path forward and responsible for the implementation. Demonstrated experience with either implementation of a large-scale cloud based ERP system, or experience with IV&V of a cloud based ERP system. Engage with leadership and key stakeholders. Provide highly technical and specialize expertise. May review the work of junior staff, perform assessments and analysis, and draft and present findings and reports. Minimum 10 – 15 years as a practitioner.
Verification & Validation
- Work with SI and Metro to establish the governance structure, roles and responsibilities, processes, and cadences to effectively manage scope, decisions, risks, and issues pertaining to the IV & V work.
- Finalize the formulation of software metrics definition, assessment, and reporting.
- Set up requirements validation methods (testing, simulations, analysis).
- Establish test planning, test conduct, test measurement, and test reporting at various implementation phases.
- Utilize expert level understanding of software development strategies/methodologies, and Software design tools/methodologies to develop processes and tailor tools for managing and tracking implementation.
- Establish the processes for managing risks, action items, issues and decisions and associated escalation plans, as well as the processes for managing and tracking requirements.
- Document and present recommendations that adhere to the parameters outlined by the Metro Executive staff while mitigating identified risks.
Change/Communications
- Assess and classify impacts of the defined change management plan presented by SI and Metro PMO on stakeholders and stakeholder groups. Review communications methods, cadences, and communications used for updates to the stakeholders.
- Assess the Change Measurement Approach and criteria, present recommendations for improved results.
Required Skills/Level Of Experience
Relevant professional achievements, relevant experience (with a preference for demonstrated experience with large scale ERP implementations or IV&V – to include but not limited to HCM, Finance, Grants, Procurement, and Learning Management) demonstrated through professional qualifications, resume, certifications, and relevant skills.
Minimum 10 – 15 Years As a Practitioner, Including
- PeopleSoft 9.1 Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
- Oracle Fusion ERP System, including all Financial, Procurement, Human Capital Management and Enterprise Learning Management modules
- Systems/Application modernization and migration
- Enterprise Strategy and Change Management for complex digital modernization, demonstrated through either implementation of a large-scale cloud based ERP system, or experience with IV&V of a cloud based ERP system.
- Engagement with leadership and key stakeholders.
- Providing highly technical and specialized expertise.
- Review of the work of junior staff, performance assessments and analysis, and drafting and presenting findings and reports.
Demonstrated Experience With
- Large Scale ERP Implementation
- Software metrics definition, assessment, and reporting
- Software estimating models / methods.
- Software development strategies/methodologies
- Software design tools/methodologies
- Risk assessment, mitigation, tracking, and reporting methods.
- Requirements validation methods (testing, simulations, analysis)
- Test planning, test conduct, test measurement, and test reporting
- Tools/environments that support software development.
- Change management experience of complex implementations.
- Project Management knowledge of Industry Standards (PMBOK, IEEE, CMMI, etc.)
Nice To Have Skills
Prior experience includes:
- IV&V
- Systems Engineering, Development and Deployment
- Application Development and Deployment
- Software Quality Assurance
- Familiarity with public transit operations and environment.