About the Role
RESPEC is seeking a highly experienced Manager, PeopleSoft Technology Operations to provide strategic leadership, operational oversight, and technical direction for a large enterprise resource planning (ERP) environment supporting statewide business operations. This role is ideal for a senior technology leader with deep experience in PeopleSoft, Oracle technologies, managed services oversight, enterprise architecture, and public-sector ERP operations. The selected candidate will play a critical role in ensuring the stability, performance, and strategic evolution of enterprise applications that support a broad statewide user community. Success in this position requires a unique combination of executive-level communication skills, technical depth, vendor management expertise, and extensive experience supporting large government technology programs.
Responsibilities
- Lead strategic planning, operational governance, and technology roadmap initiatives for a complex enterprise application ecosystem.
- Oversee outsourced service providers and technical teams responsible for application support, production operations, system enhancements, and service delivery.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership by presenting recommendations, operational updates, risk assessments, and modernization strategies.
- Manage enterprise application support activities including production operations, incident management, change management, release coordination, and continuous improvement efforts.
- Provide leadership across data integration initiatives, software development lifecycle (SDLC) processes, IT security controls, and enterprise architecture activities.
- Collaborate with business stakeholders, technical teams, and vendor partners to ensure technology investments align with organizational objectives and contractual commitments.
- Support governance activities related to technology procurements, vendor accountability, compliance requirements, and operational best practices while maintaining high levels of service quality and system availability.
Requirements
- 20+ years of experience supporting enterprise technology environments, including significant experience working directly for or supporting state government organizations.
- Experience in enterprise application operations, strategic technology planning, roadmap development, technical leadership, stakeholder engagement, and cross-functional program management.
- Extensive experience supporting mission-critical enterprise systems and driving long-term technology initiatives in complex organizational environments.
- 10+ years of experience managing technical teams, managed service providers, and outsourced support organizations.
- Experience presenting to executive leadership, leading enterprise technology projects, managing vendor relationships, and enforcing contractual service obligations.
- Enterprise data integration and data quality management.
- Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) methodologies.
- IT security controls and governance practices.
- IT service management and ITIL-based operations.
- Large-scale ERP production support environments.
- Enterprise application deployment and release management.
- Extensive experience working with PeopleSoft FSCM and/or HCM 9.2.
- Extensive experience working with PeopleTools.
- Extensive experience working with PeopleCode.
- Extensive experience working with Application Designer.
- Extensive experience working with SQL.
- Extensive experience working with PS Query.
- Extensive experience working with SQR.
- Extensive experience working with Application Engine.
- Extensive experience working with Oracle Database 11g or higher.
- Experience supporting large multi-organization ERP environments and enterprise-scale production operations is essential.
- Experience supporting statewide financial systems.
- Experience with enterprise technology governance.
- Experience with public-sector ERP modernization initiatives.
- Extensive knowledge of software and hardware management best practices.
- Experience developing technical specifications for IT procurements.
- Proven record of supporting complex enterprise environments with multiple stakeholder groups.
- Experience participating in technology evaluations.
- Experience in vendor selection efforts.
- Experience in procurement planning.
- Experience with accessibility compliance initiatives.
- Experience with enterprise architecture programs.
Skills
- PeopleSoft
- Oracle technologies
- Managed services oversight
- Enterprise architecture
- Public-sector ERP operations
- Executive-level communication
- Vendor management
- PeopleSoft FSCM
- PeopleSoft HCM 9.2
- PeopleTools
- PeopleCode
- Application Designer
- SQL
- PS Query
- SQR
- Application Engine
- Oracle Database 11g
- Data integration
- Data quality management
- SDLC methodologies
- IT security controls
- IT governance
- IT service management
- ITIL
- ERP production support
- Application deployment
- Release management
Location
- Austin, Texas
- Remote within the continental United States
Work Type
- Remote
- Occasional on-site meetings
- Standard business hours
- Periodic evening, weekend, holiday, and after-hours support
Experience Level
- 20+ Years of Experience
- 10+ Years of Experience
- Senior technology leader
About the Company
- Big challenges need bold thinkers.
- RESPEC is 100% employee-owned, which means we take ownership of every challenge.
- Here, your ideas drive real solutions.
- Since 1969, we’ve tackled complex challenges in energy transition, infrastructure resilience, digital transformation, and sustainability.
- At RESPEC, you’ll work alongside clients to take on critical problems.
- Depending on your expertise, you might design infrastructure in remote locations, develop renewable energy solutions for global projects, or apply data-driven technology to improve mining and water systems.
- We bring deep technical knowledge, real-world experience, and a commitment to work that matters.
- If you're looking for a place where your contributions have real impact, you’ll fit right in.
- We do not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters.
Equal Opportunity
- All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
