Senior Manager, IT Systems Engineering

At Oura, our mission is to empower every person to own their inner potential. With our award-winning Oura Ring and app, we help over 2.5 million people turn insights about sleep, activity, and readiness into healthier, more balanced lives. We believe that starts from within — by creating a culture where our team feels supported, included, and inspired to do their best work. Our values guide how we show up for each other and our community every day.

We have offices in San Francisco and San Diego for those who prefer hybrid or office settings. Oura employees in other major cities (like Boston and New York) occasionally gather informally at local co-working locations.

We are looking for a Senior Manager, IT Systems Engineering to lead and scale our global IT infrastructure and platform capabilities. This role is responsible for defining technical strategy, building and mentoring a high-performing team, and delivering secure, reliable, and automated systems across core workplace technologies. 

Responsibilities:

Lead and Scale a High-Performing Team

• Manage and develop a globally distributed team of IT engineers.
• Lead the strategy to elevate DevOps maturity and implement scalable platform automation for operational excellence.
• Provide coaching and career development to support growth and performance.
• Foster a culture of inclusion, excellence, and technical curiosity.
  

Deliver Strategic Infrastructure Programs

Lead execution of Oura’s highest-impact IT initiatives, including:

• IAM, Lifecycle Management, and Universal Directory
• iPaaS and Automation Platform Modernization
• SASE (Secure Access Service Edge) Deployment
• UEM and Zero Touch Lifecycle
• Audit-Ready Infrastructure for SOC 2, HIPAA, and HITRUST

• Ensure delivery meets standards for resilience, security, automation, and compliance.
  

Drive Cross-Functional Alignment

• Collaborate with IT, Security, Legal, Compliance, and Engineering.
• Lead readiness for audits, certifications, and security controls.
• Align IT systems engineering with enterprise security and GRC roadmaps.
• Manage vendor performance and infrastructure contracts.
  

Advance Operational Maturity

• Shape how Oura operates as a modern, automation-first IT function.
• Define and track metrics for platform health, automation ROI, and service readiness.
• Continuously improve internal standards, documentation, and processes.
• Enable comprehensive automation, and promote maintainable, reusable infrastructure-as-code frameworks.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in IT systems engineering, infrastructure, or platform operations.
• 5+ years leading technical teams, including direct people management.
• Proven track record of delivering infrastructure at scale across global, hybrid, or remote organizations.
• Deep knowledge of identity, endpoint lifecycle, automation, network, and SaaS management.
• Experience building and managing teams in high-compliance environments (SOC 2, HIPAA, HITRUST).
• Strong communication and leadership presence with the ability to influence across stakeholders and execs.
•  Ability to travel up to 20% domestically and internationally.

Benefits

At Oura, we care about you and your well-being. Everyone here at Oura has a ring of their own and we are continually looking to improve employee health.

What we offer:

• Competitive salary and equity packages
• Health, dental, vision insurance, and mental health resources
• An Oura Ring of your own plus employee discounts for friends & family
• 20 days of paid time off plus 13 paid holidays plus 8 days of flexible wellness time off
• Paid sick leave and parental leave

Oura takes a market-based approach to pay, which may vary depending on your location. US locations are categorized into tiers based on a cost of labor index for that geographic area. While most offers will be closer to the starting range, successful candidates' pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, internal peer equity, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future.

• Region 1 $149,000- $186,000
• Region 2 $138,000- $172,000
• Region 3 $128,000- $160,000

A recruiter can determine your zones/tiers based on your US location.

We are not considering candidates residing in the following states: Alaska (AK), Delaware (DE), Iowa (IA), Missis