Principal technical program manager

Job Description

OCI (Oracle Cloud Infrastructure) is currently in need of a Technical Program Manager (TPM) to join our fast-growing team at our Nashville HQ. Technical Program Managers rely on their mastery of data and business to understand and anticipate business requirements, initiate programs, track progress, and manage any issues that arise during and after the program completion. As an ideal candidate you possess sufficient technical expertise to communicate business requirements in technical vernacular to engineers and help resolve business blockers. You will be a critical contributor to building the foundational culture of our new headquarters.

TPMs track technical issues, effectively communicate project status, recommend changes, decide tradeoffs for competing priorities, and demonstrate 'act now and iterate'. They define strategies, regularly participate in executive meetings to present their progress, share project information with stakeholders, and drive business growth through data-driven decision making. In addition, this specific role requires a passion for solving high-impact problems and the ability to start programs from scratch and scale them.

The successful candidate will be well organized and metrics-driven, showing strong initiative and thriving in fast-paced and constantly changing environments. This role will support the Products, Industries and Partnerships organization in OCI. This role will focus on Oracle Global External Standards function, the Java Community Process and Community Team.

This team is targeting candidates in the U.S. who can work ONSITE in Nashville-TN (priority location). Relocation Assistance provided. (This is not a remote position)

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities for this role include (but are not limited to):

• Define critical project scope, plans, and drive cross-org project execution within and outside of Product & Industries business units.

• Work with executive leaders, product owners, and engineers across Oracle business units to identify and analyze relevant industry and customer data to develop information that influences OCI's strategic approach.

• Develop methodology and success measurement criteria for measuring program performance and operational excellence.

• Provide programmatic leadership of cross-functional teams.

• Define, develop, and implement standardized business processes and best practices for OCI Products, Industries and Partnerships organization.

• Lead strategic growth for these functions and drive collaboration.

• Lead internal Standards cross functional teams.

• Create videos, presentations, demos, hackathon materials.

• Develop Community Outreach strategic plans and execute on them.

• Reach out to technical contacts for developer relations efforts.

• Communications - video, blogs, social media strategies to scale.

• Broad based individual.

• Internal and external campaigns and working group leadership.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

• 6+ years of technical program management experience in related field.

• Highly skilled with Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

• Strong ability to write concise proposal documents.

• Ability to work in ambiguity, manage multiple projects, and prioritize tasks.

• Proven track record of taking ownership and driving results.

• Exceptional interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills and experience interacting with both business and development/engineering staff at all levels including the executive level.

• This is an in-person role at Oracle's Nashville headquarters

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with cloud infrastructure services.

• Experience with cloud software and platform services.

• MySQL and Java experience. In Education outreach

• Ability to think broadly and strategically.

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

• Experience using agile software development practices and associated tooling.

• Video production and editing experience a plus - Adobe Creative Suite, Aftereffect, Adobe Premier, Streaming expertise, production, technical cinematography, media studio experience,

• Development experience - Java experience, Linux, database experience.

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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