Oracle EPM Technical Product Owner
Position Overview
The Oracle EPM / EPBCS Owner is accountable for the strategy, delivery, governance, and operational excellence of Guardian’s Oracle Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) ecosystem, with a primary focus on Enterprise Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service (EPBCS). This role serves as the single point of ownership for EPBCS, ensuring the platform is scalable, secure, well governed, and continuously optimized to support Financial Planning, Budgeting, Forecasting, and Performance Management objectives.
Reporting to the Platform Owner, Finance Technology, this leader partners closely with Finance, FP&A, Controllership, and Technology teams to translate business strategy into robust and sustainable EPBCS capabilities. The role blends deep functional and technical expertise in Oracle EPM with strong execution discipline, vendor oversight, and cross-functional leadership to deliver measurable business outcomes. Experience with additional Oracle EPM modules (e.g., EPCM) is considered a strong plus.
You Will (Key Responsibilities):
Strategic Leadership
- Define and own the EPM / EPBCS product roadmap, aligned to Finance transformation priorities and the broader Oracle platform strategy.
- Act as the EPM / EPBCS subject matter authority, advising‑ Finance and Technology leadership on planning capabilities, design approaches, and trade‑offs.
- Identify and drive opportunities to improve planning cycle efficiency, automation, usability, and data quality through Oracle EPM capabilities.
- Provide strategic input on the adoption of additional Oracle EPM modules, including EPCM, as applicable.
Module Ownership & Delivery
- Own the end-to-end‑ lifecycle of the EPBCS module, including solution design, configuration, enhancements, upgrades, quarterly cloud releases, patches, and release readiness.
- Ensure EPBCS solutions are fit for‑ purpose‑, supportable, and scalable, with clear functional & Technology ownership and sound architectural alignment.
- Partner with Integration, Data, Infrastructure, and Security teams to ensure reliable data flows, role based‑ access controls, and platform stability.
- Lead EPBCS modernization initiatives such as driver based‑ planning, workflow automation, master data governance, and reduction of manual processes.
- Establish a metrics driven‑ performance framework for EPM processes, translating operational KPIs and control indicators into actionable insights that guide prioritization and investment decisions.
Governance, Controls & Performance Management
- Establish and enforce EPBCS governance standards across configuration, metadata, security, integrations, and change management.
- Own EPBCS demand intake, prioritization, testing coordination, release management, and production deployment.
- Monitor and report on platform health, adoption, automation levels, planning cycle effectiveness, data integrity, and operational resilience.
- Ensure EPM processes and controls meet internal audit, compliance, and regulatory expectations.
- Support governance considerations for adjacent Oracle EPM modules (including EPCM), as relevant.
Team Leadership & Vendor Management
- Lead and develop the EPM / EPBCS product team, including functional leads, technical specialists, and integration resources.
- Define the EPM operating model, roles, and ways of working across internal teams and system integrator partners.
- Manage relationships with Oracle and EPM implementation/support vendors, ensuring high-quality‑ delivery, effective knowledge transfer, and value realization.
Stakeholder Engagement
- Serve as a trusted partner to the Platform Owner, Head of Finance Technology, FP&A leadership, Corporate Finance, and business planning teams.
- Translate business planning requirements into scalable EPBCS designs while actively managing scope, risk, dependencies, and technical debt.
- Provide transparent communication on roadmap progress, platform performance, risks, and dependencies to Finance and Technology leadership.
You Have (Qualifications)
- 10+ years of experience in Oracle EPM and/or enterprise financial systems leadership roles.
- Deep hands-on and architectural expertise in Oracle EPBCS, including planning models, metadata, business rules, security, integrations, and production support operations.‑
- Strong understanding of financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and performance management disciplines.
- Proven experience owning and leading module level‑ delivery and production support within complex Oracle environments, ensuring stability, performance, and continuous improvement.
- Experience working with integrations, data governance, enterprise reporting ecosystems, and post go‑ ‑live operational support models.
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross functional‑ teams and manage system integrator and vendor relationships, including support and managed services partners.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and decision-making‑ skills.
- Experience in insurance, financial services, or other regulated industries preferred.
- Familiarity with Oracle Cloud release management, quarterly updates, regression testing, incident management, and change management practices.
- Experience with additional Oracle EPM modules (e.g., EPCM) is a plus.
Location:
- Three days a week at a Guardian location on New York, NY, Stamford, CT or Holmdel, NJ
Salary Range:
$118,980.00 - $195,465.00The salary range reflected above is a good faith estimate of base pay for the primary location of the position. The salary for this position ultimately will be determined based on the education, experience, knowledge, and abilities of the successful candidate. In addition to salary, this role may also be eligible for annual, sales, or other incentive compensation.
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As part of Guardian’s Purpose – to inspire well-being – we are committed to offering contemporary, supportive, flexible, and inclusive benefits and resources to our colleagues. Explore our company benefits at www.guardianlife.com/careers/corporate/benefits. Benefits apply to full-time eligible employees. Interns are not eligible for most Company benefits.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Guardian is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, affectional or sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, marital status, disability, military or veteran status, or any other classification protected by applicable law.
Accommodations
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Visa Sponsorship
Guardian is not currently or in the foreseeable future sponsoring employment visas. In order to be a successful applicant. you must be legally authorized to work in the United States, without the need for employer sponsorship.
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Skills Required
- 10+ years of experience in Oracle EPM and/or enterprise financial systems leadership roles.
- Deep hands-on and architectural expertise in Oracle EPBCS.
- Strong understanding of financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and performance management disciplines.
- Proven experience owning and leading module level delivery and production support within complex Oracle environments.
- Experience working with integrations, data governance, and enterprise reporting ecosystems.
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross functional teams and manage system integrator and vendor relationships.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and decision-making skills.
- Experience in insurance, financial services, or regulated industries preferred.
- Familiarity with Oracle Cloud release management practices.
- Experience with additional Oracle EPM modules (e.g., EPCM) is a plus.
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