PeopleSoft Technical Leader

Location: Brussels, BRU, BE

Employment Type: Full time

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced PeopleSoft Technical Leader to lead the technical evolution, stability, and continuous improvement of our PeopleSoft Finance & Procurement platform. This role combines deep technical expertise, solution leadership, architecture oversight, coaching, and stakeholder engagement.

As the technical authority for the platform, you will guide engineering teams in delivering scalable, secure, and sustainable solutions while promoting a "standard first" mindset. You will drive lifecycle management initiatives, reduce technical debt, enable adoption of new PeopleSoft capabilities, and ensure the platform remains fit for the future.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership

• Act as the technical reference for PeopleSoft FSCM, PeopleTools, Oracle technologies, integrations, and development frameworks.
• Define and enforce engineering standards, coding guidelines, and solution design principles.
• Review and challenge technical designs to ensure maintainability, scalability, and alignment with enterprise architecture.

Solution Design & Delivery

• Lead the design and implementation of complex PeopleSoft solutions across Finance and Procurement domains.
• Ensure business requirements are fulfilled through delivered functionality whenever possible before considering customization.
• Provide architectural guidance for integrations, workflow automation, reporting, and data exchange solutions.
• Support critical project deliveries and production issue resolution.

Continuous Improvement & Innovation

• Promote simplification, automation, and standardization across the PeopleSoft landscape.
• Identify opportunities to replace custom developments with delivered functionality.
• Drive adoption of new PeopleTools features, PUM images, and Oracle technologies.

Lifecycle Management

• Lead PeopleTools upgrades, PUM implementations, security patching, and platform modernization activities.
• Ensure solutions remain aligned with Oracle best practices and vendor roadmaps.
• Drive technical debt reduction and improve upgrade readiness.
• Support environment standardization and deployment automation.

Platform Stability & Operational Excellence

• Ensure platform availability, performance, security, and resilience.
• Guide incident investigation, root cause analysis, and problem management activities.
• Collaborate with platform engineers to improve monitoring, observability, and operational processes.
• Maintain compliance with security, audit, and regulatory requirements.

Coaching & Team Development

• Mentor developers, technical analysts, and platform engineers.
• Foster a culture of engineering excellence, knowledge sharing, and continuous learning.
• Support onboarding and professional development of team members.

Required Experience

• 8+ years of PeopleSoft technical experience.
• Strong expertise in PeopleSoft FSCM 9.2 and PeopleTools 8.61.
• Extensive experience with:
  • PeopleCode
  • Application Engine
  • Component Interface
• Strong Oracle SQL and PL/SQL skills.
• Experience with PeopleSoft upgrades, PUM adoption, and lifecycle management.
• Proven experience leading technical teams and complex delivery initiatives.
• Experience working in Agile and DevOps environments.

Preferred Experience

• Banking or Financial Services industry experience.
• Knowledge of Procure-to-Pay (P2P), Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, General Ledger, Asset Management, Expense Management, and Billing processes.
• Experience with cloud and CI/CD technologies.

What Makes You Successful

• Have a strong ownership mindset and lead by example.
• Challenge complexity and promote sustainable solutions.
• Balance business value with technical excellence.
• Communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Continuously learn and stay abreast of PeopleSoft, Oracle, and ERP innovations.
• Inspire teams to deliver high-quality solutions while maintaining operational stability.
• Foster collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.