{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"ca3d01cf3d5e5174ea0cd959","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/ca3d01cf3d5e5174ea0cd959","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/ca3d01cf3d5e5174ea0cd959","title":"Functional Architect (PPM)","description":"Role Purpose\n\nThe Functional Architect provides functional design leadership across Project Portfolio Management capabilities, ensuring business requirements, business processes, and system functionality are translated into coherent, scalable, and globally standardised solutions.\n\nThe role acts as the bridge between Business Architecture, Process Leadership, Subject Matter Experts, Delivery teams, and Oracle Fusion solution design. The Functional Architect is accountable for functional integrity, ensuring solutions align to the Global Target Operating Model, support business outcomes, and remain sustainable over the long term.\n\nCore Accountabilities\n\nFunctional Solution Design\n\nTranslate approved business requirements and process designs into detailed functional solution designs.\nDefine functional rules, business logic, process flows, data requirements, and solution behaviours.\nEnsure functional solutions remain aligned to enterprise process standards and target operating models.\nIdentify opportunities for simplification, standardisation, and reuse across regions and business functions.\n\nFunctional Architecture Leadership\n\nAct as the functional design authority for assigned business capabilities and Oracle Fusion modules.\nProvide expert guidance on Oracle capability and solution options.\nAssess impacts, risks, dependencies, and trade-offs associated with design decisions.\nEnsure functional decisions consider upstream and downstream process implications across the end-to-end process landscape.\nPartner with Business Architects, Global Process Owners, and Global Process Leads to ensure solution alignment with the Global Target Operating Model.\nEnsure process intent is accurately reflected within functional solution design.\nChallenge requirements and design assumptions where improvements in standardisation, scalability, or operational efficiency can be achieved.\nSupport design governance forums and decision-making processes.\n\nDelivery and Change Support\n\nProvide functional leadership throughout design, build, testing, deployment, and stabilisation activities.\nReview solution configuration against approved functional requirements and design intent.\nSupport business testing, defect resolution, and functional issue triage.\nAssess the impact of Oracle quarterly releases, enhancements, and change requests.\n\nGovernance and Assurance\n\n Participate in design reviews, architecture reviews, and governance forums.\n Ensure solutions comply with global standards, approved design principles, and architectural decisions.\nSupport creation of functional specifications, design documentation, and decision records.\nProvide assurance that functional designs remain aligned to business objectives throughout delivery.\n\nStakeholder Engagement\n\n Work closely with SMEs, regional stakeholders, Finance, Operations, Shared Services, Business Architecture, IT, and Delivery teams.\n Facilitate workshops and design sessions to obtain clarity and consensus on complex topics.\n Translate technical solution concepts into business language that supports informed decision making.\nBuild strong relationships across business and technology communities.\n\nKey Interfaces:\n• Global Process Owner\n• Global Process Lead\n• Business Architects\n• Subject Matter Experts\n• Solution Architects\n• Enterprise Architecture\n• Regional Business Representatives\n• Shared Services\n• Operations Teams\n• Finance Teams\n• Delivery Teams\n• AMS and Support Functions\n• Project and Programme Leadership\n\nAccountability\nAccountable for:\n\nFunctional coherence and integrity.\nAlignment between approved business process design and functional solution design.\nFunctional standardisation and consistency across regions.\nFitness of functional design to support operational execution.\n\nExperience and Capability Requirements\n\nEssential\n\nBachelor's degree or equivalent\n12+ years relevant experience\nStrong functional expertise within Project Portfolio Management processes and Oracle Fusion PPM.\nDemonstrated experience operating as a Functional Architect, Lead Functional Consultant, or senior solution design practitioner.\nStrong understanding of end-to-end project lifecycle processes including project setup, forecasting, cost management, billing, revenue, and project close.\nExperience supporting ERP transformation programmes and global process standardisation initiatives.\nProven ability to assess business impacts and design scalable enterprise solutions.\nStrong stakeholder management and workshop facilitation skills.\n\nDesirable\n\nExperience within engineering, consulting, professional services, or project-based organisations.\nExperience working alongside Business Architecture and Global Process Owner operating models.\nExperience supporting multi-region deployments and global operating models.\nExposure to Finance, Order-to-Cash, and enterprise integration processes.\n\nWSP Benefits:\n\nWSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.\n\nCompensation:\nExpected Salary (all locations): $145,400.00 - $259,100.00\nWSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.\n\nExpected Salary (Colorado only): $145,400.00 - $243,200.00\n\nWSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position within the state of Colorado, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.\nAbout WSP\n\nWSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.\n\nwww.wsp.com\n\nWSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.\n\nAt WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?\n\nWSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.\n\nThe selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.\n\nNOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:\n\nWSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.","company":"WSP","rawCompany":"wsp","city":"Denver","state":"CO","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-08-22T15:16:40.899Z","occupations":[{"code":"13-1082.00","title":"Project Management Specialists","slug":"project-management-specialists"},{"code":"15-1211.00","title":"Computer Systems Analysts","slug":"computer-systems-analysts"},{"code":"15-1299.08","title":"Computer Systems Engineers/Architects","slug":"computer-systems-engineers-architects"}],"industries":[{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"},{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"},{"code":"513210","title":"Software Publishers","slug":"software-publishers"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Functional Architect (PPM)","description":"Role Purpose\n\nThe Functional Architect provides functional design leadership across Project Portfolio Management capabilities, ensuring business requirements, business processes, and system functionality are translated into coherent, scalable, and globally standardised solutions.\n\nThe role acts as the bridge between Business Architecture, Process Leadership, Subject Matter Experts, Delivery teams, and Oracle Fusion solution design. The Functional Architect is accountable for functional integrity, ensuring solutions align to the Global Target Operating Model, support business outcomes, and remain sustainable over the long term.\n\nCore Accountabilities\n\nFunctional Solution Design\n\nTranslate approved business requirements and process designs into detailed functional solution designs.\nDefine functional rules, business logic, process flows, data requirements, and solution behaviours.\nEnsure functional solutions remain aligned to enterprise process standards and target operating models.\nIdentify opportunities for simplification, standardisation, and reuse across regions and business functions.\n\nFunctional Architecture Leadership\n\nAct as the functional design authority for assigned business capabilities and Oracle Fusion modules.\nProvide expert guidance on Oracle capability and solution options.\nAssess impacts, risks, dependencies, and trade-offs associated with design decisions.\nEnsure functional decisions consider upstream and downstream process implications across the end-to-end process landscape.\nPartner with Business Architects, Global Process Owners, and Global Process Leads to ensure solution alignment with the Global Target Operating Model.\nEnsure process intent is accurately reflected within functional solution design.\nChallenge requirements and design assumptions where improvements in standardisation, scalability, or operational efficiency can be achieved.\nSupport design governance forums and decision-making processes.\n\nDelivery and Change Support\n\nProvide functional leadership throughout design, build, testing, deployment, and stabilisation activities.\nReview solution configuration against approved functional requirements and design intent.\nSupport business testing, defect resolution, and functional issue triage.\nAssess the impact of Oracle quarterly releases, enhancements, and change requests.\n\nGovernance and Assurance\n\n Participate in design reviews, architecture reviews, and governance forums.\n Ensure solutions comply with global standards, approved design principles, and architectural decisions.\nSupport creation of functional specifications, design documentation, and decision records.\nProvide assurance that functional designs remain aligned to business objectives throughout delivery.\n\nStakeholder Engagement\n\n Work closely with SMEs, regional stakeholders, Finance, Operations, Shared Services, Business Architecture, IT, and Delivery teams.\n Facilitate workshops and design sessions to obtain clarity and consensus on complex topics.\n Translate technical solution concepts into business language that supports informed decision making.\nBuild strong relationships across business and technology communities.\n\nKey Interfaces:\n• Global Process Owner\n• Global Process Lead\n• Business Architects\n• Subject Matter Experts\n• Solution Architects\n• Enterprise Architecture\n• Regional Business Representatives\n• Shared Services\n• Operations Teams\n• Finance Teams\n• Delivery Teams\n• AMS and Support Functions\n• Project and Programme Leadership\n\nAccountability\nAccountable for:\n\nFunctional coherence and integrity.\nAlignment between approved business process design and functional solution design.\nFunctional standardisation and consistency across regions.\nFitness of functional design to support operational execution.\n\nExperience and Capability Requirements\n\nEssential\n\nBachelor's degree or equivalent\n12+ years relevant experience\nStrong functional expertise within Project Portfolio Management processes and Oracle Fusion PPM.\nDemonstrated experience operating as a Functional Architect, Lead Functional Consultant, or senior solution design practitioner.\nStrong understanding of end-to-end project lifecycle processes including project setup, forecasting, cost management, billing, revenue, and project close.\nExperience supporting ERP transformation programmes and global process standardisation initiatives.\nProven ability to assess business impacts and design scalable enterprise solutions.\nStrong stakeholder management and workshop facilitation skills.\n\nDesirable\n\nExperience within engineering, consulting, professional services, or project-based organisations.\nExperience working alongside Business Architecture and Global Process Owner operating models.\nExperience supporting multi-region deployments and global operating models.\nExposure to Finance, Order-to-Cash, and enterprise integration processes.\n\nWSP Benefits:\n\nWSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. 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WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.\n\nExpected Salary (Colorado only): $145,400.00 - $243,200.00\n\nWSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position within the state of Colorado, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.\nAbout WSP\n\nWSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.\n\nwww.wsp.com\n\nWSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.\n\nAt WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?\n\nWSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.\n\nThe selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.\n\nNOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:\n\nWSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. 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