Senior Principal Technical Program Manager, NPI - Compute

At Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), we build the future of the cloud for Enterprises as a diverse team of fellow creators and inventors. We act with the speed and attitude of a start-up, with the scale and customer-focus of the leading enterprise software company in the world. 

OCI Cloud Compute is looking for an analytics-oriented Sr. Principal Technical Program Manager (TPM) to drive critical projects for the Cloud Compute New Product Introduction (NPI) team. This team is responsible for driving and delivering the introduction of all new cloud compute products from roadmap forecasting, product definition, development, qualification, manufacture at scale, and ultimately general availability to customers.

This role will operate as a group leader across our organization, partnering with other leaders within Compute, Hardware Development, Supply Chain, Networking, Data Center, Region Build, Service Organizations and Operations to define and iterate on new product processes, as well as drive critical NPI for complex Edge Cloud products. 

This role requires the ability to work well with others (cross-functional engagement and unifying towards a common goal are regular activities), use high judgement and business acumen to figure out ambiguous project requirements and unblock issues, and manage up and down (reporting to both senior executives and enabling engineers directly). 

The Cloud Compute organization operates in a fast-paced, global, results-oriented environment and requires the ability to influence the decisions of senior business leaders through effective verbal and written communication, logical reasoning, project planning and the presentation of alternatives. The successful candidate must be able to think and act both strategically and tactically.  They will have a broad scope of experience including hardware and software delivery, cloud hardware development, supply chain, networking, security, compliance, and deployment processes.

Basic Qualifications:

• 10+ years relevant work experience in program and project management in a hardware and/or software delivery field 
• 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.

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.
• Knowledgeable in PowerPoint, Jira, and Confluence
• Experience using Primavera or similar project, program, and portfolio management tools.
• Proficiency in Excel (e.g., PivotTables, lookups, if-statements, macros)

• Manage the Edge Cloud NPI Program within the Compute organization, including: 
  • Roadmap development, presentation, and execution
  • NPI process development, service team integration, process improvement
  • Cross-team risk and dependency management
• Run multiple, potentially conflicting NPI projects independently, from scoping to execution, including executive project reporting.
• Create presentations, documents and other artifacts needed to communicate across the organization.
• Help develop and maintain needed relationships with suppliers, vendors and third parties.
• Engage with sales teams, business leaders on aggregating long term and short-term engineering and deployment needs.

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: $109,200 to $223,400 per annum. May be eligible for bonus and equity.

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