Senior Principal Technical Program Manager (OCI)

At Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), we build the future of the cloud for Enterprises as a diverse team of fellow creators and inventors. Oracle’s Cloud Infrastructure team is building Infrastructure-as-a-Service technologies that operate at a high scale in a broadly distributed multi-tenant cloud environment. 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.

Group Description 

The Operations and Observability group has been the focus point for bringing stability and reliability to the cloud offerings, thereby improving service maturity across OCI. Our group is responsible for the charter to build services, tools, systems, and processes that enhance OCI Operability through improved observability, testing, and automation to OCI (Oracle Cloud Infrastructure) services. We are working on exciting technologies to detect Large Scale Events (outages) in an automated fashion before they happen. 

Position Overview 

As a Senior Principal Technical Program Manager, you'll be driving mission critical programs across the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Operations and Observability teams Group. The position relies heavily on influence rather than authority to drive projects. You'll need to understand various cloud technologies and technical trade-offs. The ideal candidate will be an exceptional problem solver, strong communicator (both written and verbal), have a well-rounded technical background, and come with a history of leading large-scale projects end-to-end.

Career Level - IC5

Responsibilities

• Understand large customer requests, work with engineering teams to deliver the project, and represent Operations and Observability teams in cross-OCI meetings.
• Take large, complex projects, break them down into manageable pieces, build detailed project schedules, then drive the delivery in a successful and timely manner. 
• Assist and communicate with executives in decision-making, program management, and initiative implementation.
• Identify process gaps, improve current processes, and establish organizational procedures for optimized efficiency and productivity.
• Gain a deep technical understanding of OCI services and be able to drive the technical direction of the Operations and Observability teams, working with cross-functional, cross-service organizations.
• Thrive and succeed in an innovative and fast-paced environment, and not be hindered by ambiguity or conflicting priorities.
• Anticipate bottlenecks, provide escalation management, anticipate, and make tradeoffs, and balance the business needs versus technical constraints

 

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors or Masters degree in computer science or a related field; CSM and PMP are a plus
• 10+ years running large scale technical software programs.
• Exceptional organizational, verbal, and written communication skills
• Excellent judgment to influence product roadmap direction, features, and priorities.
• A demonstrated ability to think broadly and strategically. 
• 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, engaging with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• 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 $104,000 to $223,500 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:
1. Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
2. Short term disability and long term disability
3. Life insurance and AD&D
4. Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
5. Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
6. Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
7. 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with co