Highgate · 1 day ago
Director, IT Enterprise Applications (Oracle ERP Financials – Functional)
Irving, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
8+ years expHighgate is a premier real estate investment and hospitality management company recognized as an innovator in the industry. They are seeking a senior Product Owner/Director to lead their business applications portfolio, focusing on Oracle ERP Cloud and driving the adoption of AI capabilities to enhance finance and operations workflows.
Hospitality
Responsibilities
Own the product strategy and roadmap for Oracle ERP Cloud (Financials, Procurement, Projects), OCI, and OIC, prioritizing outcomes, usability, performance, and compliance
Act as the single-threaded owner for application capabilities: define vision, write epics/user stories, maintain backlog, Conduct sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives, and measure impact through KPIs
Lead quarterly release planning and change management across SaaS and PaaS; ensure regression testing, business sign-offs, and production readiness
Drive integration architecture and standards on OIC (APIs, adapters, patterns, monitoring); partner with vendors and internal teams to modernize file-based loads to event/API-driven flows
Own production stability: triage incidents, managing SLAs, and lead root-cause analysis with offshore/onshore partners; implement observability, error handling, and proactive monitoring
Champion data quality and control design for month-end processes; coordinate with Accounting and Data Services on close calendars, reconciliations, and audit readiness (SOX)
Partner with stakeholders (Finance, Operations, Hotels) to capture requirements, map end-to-end processes, and deliver iterative enhancements
Manage vendor relationships and SOWs; track budgets and value realization for implementations, upgrades, and support engagements
Establish governance: standards, documentation, security roles, access reviews, and lifecycle management across environments (Dev/Test/Prod)
Mentor business and partner resources; build a culture of continuous improvement and customer-centric delivery
Lead experiments and rollout of AI Agents on Oracle Cloud (e.g., OCI Generative AI Agents, Oracle Digital Assistant, APEX AI Assistant) to automate finance and operations use cases
Design and productize agent “tooling” by exposing OIC integrations and ERP services to agents; define guardrails, observability, and fallback paths for safe automation
Measure agent impact (touchless invoices, automated reconciliations, exception triage) and drive continuous improvement while aligning with Highgate’s AI policy and risk controls
Qualification
Required
Degree in information systems, Computer Science, Finance, Business or ERP certifications + equivalent experience
8+ years in enterprise applications or product management; 4+ years with Oracle ERP Cloud and OIC/OCI
Hands-on with ERP configurations, role/security design, FRS/OTBI/BI reporting, and integration patterns
Experience running Agile ceremonies, writing user stories, and maintaining product backlogs
Demonstrated success leading cross-functional initiatives with Finance/Operations; strong stakeholder management
Background in audit/compliance (SOX), change management, testing, and release management
Vendor/SOW management experience; ability to lead offshore/onshore teams and drive SLA performance
Leading multi-country, multi-entity global rollouts of Oracle ERP Cloud, including phased deployment waves and regional cutovers
Experience building or leveraging AI Agents in Oracle Cloud (e.g., configuring OCI GenAI Agents, designing OIC-backed tools, deploying Oracle Digital Assistant etc.) to improve ERP workflows
Designing and rationalizing complex BU configurations—data access sets, security roles, hierarchies, approvals, and cross-entity reporting
Chart of Accounts (COA) redesign/migrations and alignment to global reporting standards; experience with multi-ledger, multi-currency
Orchestrating end-to-end UAT and release readiness across time zones with business sign-offs and regression suites
Company
Highgate
Highgate is a United States-based real estate investment and hospitality management firm.
10001+ employees
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Trilantic North America
2014-10-08Private Equity
Leadership Team
Arash Azarbarzin
Chief Executive Officer
Graham Rumble
Chief Financial Officer | Family Office
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