Principal technical program manager

Job Description

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure's (OCI) central program management team is seeking a highly skilled and self-driven Principal Technical Program Manager to manage GPU Platform and Infrastructure projects by aligning priorities from various teams, collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders, and driving end-to-end execution of complex products. We are at the forefront of AI innovation and datacenter delivery for OCI.

In this Senior Principal Technical Program Management role, you will be working engineering, construction, business, and finance partners to ensure all teams understands our business and its objectives, to lead us through planning and designing technical solutions to solve the business's problems in a very agile, fast-paced, and collaborative environment.

You will define project scopes, plan and direct schedules while focusing on regular and timely delivery of value; organize and lead project status and working meetings; prepare and distribute progress reports; manage risks and issues; correct deviations from plans; and perform delivery planning for assigned projects.

You should possess exceptional problem-solving skills, strong business judgment, and notable experience collaborating in hybrid teams. You are a self-starter technical leader with a shown ability to execute both strategically and tactically, and someone who is excited to take on new projects.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead cross-functional program teams to execute business and technical projects, with a focus on OCI Infrastructure and data center initiatives.

• Define project/program scope, build detailed execution plans, and own end-to-end program delivery-including scheduling, risk management, status reporting, and quality assurance.

• Collaborate with both technical and business stakeholders to elicit requirements, clarify objectives, and translate strategic goals into actionable plans.

• Facilitate effective communication and collaboration between engineering, operations, finance, and product management teams across geographies.

• Proactively identify roadblocks, negotiate priorities, and develop mitigation strategies to keep programs on track.

• Prepare and deliver regular updates, executive communications, and detailed program artifacts, keeping stakeholders informed at all levels.

• Measure and report on program success metrics, identify opportunities for optimization, and champion operational excellence initiatives.

• Use your strong analytical, problem-solving, and business acumen to support informed decision-making, balancing technical, operational, and business objectives.

• Demonstrate a commitment to continuous improvement in program management best practices, including Agile and traditional methodologies.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer sciences, software engineering, technology management, business management, or similar.

• 10+ years of experience as hands-on technical program manager; preferably in a related industry.

• Advanced knowledge of the full life cycle of product development and experience launching and operating customer-facing cloud services

• Experience efficiently and effectively communicating findings/progress to cross-functional teams, senior leadership, and the broader organizations, with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Self-driven problem solver; able to adapt and thrive in a dynamic, ambiguous, and customer-focused environment.

• Highly analytical, technically proficient, and able to learn about new tools, software, and market opportunities quickly.

Preferred Qualifications

• 10+ years of program/project management, product design or related experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or relevant technical field or equivalent work experience

• Strong understanding of GPU infrastructure services, and thorough knowledge of Cloud such as Compute, Storage, Identity and Networking

• Demonstrated knowledge of OCI, AWS, Azure or Google IaaS, SaaS and PaaS services.

Disclaimer:

Certain US customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization and occupational health mandates.

Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only

US: Hiring Range in USD from: $97,500 to $199,500 per annum. May be eligible for bonus and equity.

Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle's differing products, industries and lines of business.

Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity.

Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:

Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion

Short term disability and long term disability

Life insurance and AD&D

Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)

Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts

Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits

401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match

Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.

11 paid holidays

Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.

Paid parental leave

Adoption assistance

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Financial planning and group legal

Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance

The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted.

Career Level - IC4

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