Senior Principal Technical Product Manager

WHO ARE WE?

We're the Technical Architecture group, and we're defining Oracle's next generation application architecture based on cloud-native principles.  We're building new shared microservices for data access, messaging, security, job scheduling, workflow management, and more.   Our shared services, built on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), provide the platform on which Fusion Applications will move into a cloud-native future.  

We are a globally distributed organization.  We follow a DevOps model where teams own their services from design through delivery and production operations, providing each service team with significant autonomy and significant responsibility for Oracle's continued success.  This is a critical initiativefea at Oracle that is highly visible to and strongly supported by executive management, and we might just be looking for you.

WHO ARE YOU?

You're an experienced product leader with a passion for solving complex problems.  You dig into the details to understand the why and the how, not just the what.  Maybe you have a development background somewhere in your past, or maybe you're just insatiably curious how things work.  Either way, you're comfortable at the intersection of technology and product.  You enjoy engaging with technical teams as much as with business teams and you're not afraid to ask questions.

You understand cloud-native principles and you know how to design and deliver cloud-native software and APIs through the entire software development lifecycle.  Experience with scheduling and workflow systems is a plus.  

You look for the problem behind the problem and strive to create solutions that are broader than the immediate requirements.  You build platforms for the future.  You see both the forest and the trees, and you're skilled at balancing the short term needs against the long term vision.  You can be fiercely pragmaticd when necessary, but not at the expense of correctness or usability.  You have a relentless focus on quality.  

You're comfortable working with local and remote colleagues across geographies and time zones.  You're energized by sharing ideas and understanding the big picture, and you provide and accept feedback gracefully.  You know when to lead and when to step back and let your team drive a decision.

Career Level - IC5

 WHAT WILL YOU DO?

As a member of the technical architecture product management team, you'll play a pivotal role in creating the strategic vision and ensuring the tactical execution of one or more of our services.  On a day-to-day basis you will:

• Work with senior management, other product managers, and developers to shape the overall vision for cloud-native shared services.
• Work with application development teams across Oracle to understand their requirements, gaining expertise in Oracle applications and customer needs along the way.
• Use what you learn to develop and evangelize a vision for your services, and to manage a product roadmap and backlog that effectively balances short term needs with long term strategy.
• Develop themes, epics, and stories to document functional requirements, performance requirements, operational requirements, and quality requirements for your services.
• Work with agile development teams to develop, deliver, monitor, and continuously improve your services.
• Collaborate with application development teams and other members of the Technical Architecture group to develop effective and innovative solutions to customer needs, and to ensure that applications are using our services in the most appropriate ways.
• Document and explain recommended patterns, best practices, and anti-patterns.
• Present your plans and your results to senior management and to other groups within Oracle.

QUALIFICATIONS

• 7 to 10+ years of product management experience.
• Experience delivering platforms, APIs, microservices, and/or developer-oriented systems.  
• Experience with batch scheduling or workflow systems is a plus.
• A thoughtful data-driven approach to roadmap development, feature design, and prioritization.
• Demonstrated ability to absorb, understand, and apply complex technical details in your product planning, and the ability to speak with authority about both technical and business requirements to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience delivering critical systems that operate at high scale, high reliability, and low latency.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, and the ability to communicate ideas at multiple levels from executive summaries to the nitty gritty details.

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