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Oracle Principal Technical Program Manager in Des Moines, Iowa
Job Description
Location preference: Austin, TX, in office 3 days a week
The Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute team is seeking a passionate, experienced Principal Technical Program Manager ready to address complex business and technical challenges in a fast-paced environment. As OCI continues to scale to demands of an ever-growing customer base and regions, we need program managers who can drive large-scale initiatives to ensure OCI provides an outstanding customer experience while continuously improving the efficiency of development processes. The ideal candidate is someone who thrives in the face of ambiguity and can quickly distill abstract ideas into concrete solutions, and has a consistent track record of delivering large-scale features and process improvements across a highly complex environment involving multiple organizations, departments and teams.
Our Technical Program Managers are required to define strategies for programs, identify technical impacts on the organization as they relate to business requirements, drive delivery, effectively communicate project status and suggest changes to use company resources more efficiently, regularly participate in executive meetings to present progress, and share project information with partners. This is a senior level role, leading programs with visibility up to the VP/SVP level of OCI.
Responsibilities
Specific responsibilities for this role include:
Drive critical cross-organizational programs that span multiple departments, teams and organizations across OCI
Work across various service teams to scope, develop, identify success metrics and timelines for programs
Provide technical leadership, but not line management of cross-functional teams
Lead a portfolio of programs including operational improvements
Responsible for meeting deliverable deadlines
Define requirements scope, including estimations for deliverables such as requirements and conceptual design tasks and related documentation
Create risk management plans and maintain risk register
Host regularly scheduled status meeting with internal customers
Lead communication cross-department / cross-functional teams
Develop PMO deliverables; i.e. SOW’s, Project Charters, Project Timelines
Prepare communication plans and strategies for stakeholder engagement
Plan project deliverables; including hardware, resources, hours
Manage projects from implementation to closure
Drive critical cross-org programs within Compute organization
Basic Qualifications
5+ years leading complex technical / engineering programs, preferably in Cloud
8+ years relevant work experience in program and project management
Bachelor’s or higher degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or Engineering
Ability to effectively represent engineering perspectives to partner organizations, product teams, and executive leadership
Excellent oral and written communications skills and experience interacting with both business and Development/Engineering staff at all levels including the executive level
Solid analytical, planning, and interpersonal skills with an ability to handle competing demands.
Strong knowledge and understanding of business need with the ability to establish/maintain high level of customer trust and confidence
Ability to mentor and develop junior program and project managers
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with cloud services, virtualization, or SaaS products
Maturity, judgment, negotiation/influence skills, analytical skills, and leadership skills
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 new tools and software quickly
Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate (oral and written) at different levels in the org
Experience using agile software development practices and associated tooling
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: from $87,800 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
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