Principal Technical Program Manager
Boulder, CO
About the Role:
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.
Values are OCI’s foundation and how we deliver excellence. We strive for equity, inclusion, and respect for all. We are committed to the greater good in our products and our actions. We are constantly learning and taking opportunities to grow our careers and ourselves. We challenge each other to stretch beyond our past to build our future.
You are the builder here. You will be part of a team of really smart, motivated, and diverse people and given the autonomy and support to do your best work. It is a dynamic and flexible workplace where you’ll belong and be encouraged.
Team Overview:
Fusion Application Control Plane (FACP), is an exciting new team working on at the intersection of infrastructure and applications where we are leveraging OCI to transform some of the largest SaaS properties in the industry. We are making the existing Oracle’s SaaS portfolios including the multi-billion dollar revenue producing Fusion applications become first class Oracle cloud citizens. To support this vision, we are building a platform that manages end-to-end product lifecycle; and provides a self-service cloud experience to our customers leveraging the underlying OCI platform and services.
Position Overview:
We’re interested in TPM’s with expertise and passion in solving difficult problems in distributed systems and highly available services. As a seasoned TPM you will always “put the customer first” and have the mentality of “act now and iterate” while building innovative cloud native products. The ideal candidate will have proven experience managing a set of projects and participation in both short- and long-term strategy planning. As a member of our highly collaborative and motivated team, you will work with business stakeholders, project managers, and technical staff to deliver effectively against commitments. Challenges and opportunities are plentiful in this role as you apply your knowledge in program management to help secure the next generation of Oracle Cloud capabilities
Responsibilities:
- Engage and collaborate with business and development stakeholders to understand business objectives and requirement.
- Apply project management discipline to develop plans, define scope, document requirements, and manage budget/schedule/resources for a complex group of projects.
- Own establishing and managing multiple project deliverables, communicating project and program vision and ensuring IT resources are aligned properly.
- Utilize both agile and waterfall methodologies, driving technical and functional teams to complete critical path actions in a timely fashion.
- Maintain a high level of organization and planning while communicating with stakeholders to reach timelines and maintain customer satisfaction.
- Independently identify risks, manage corrective action plans when budget or schedule deviations occur, and escalate / communicate project health to senior leadership.
- Demonstrate flexibility and resilience in response to changing or ambiguous situations, directing changes through appropriate review and approval mechanisms.
- Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation.
- Ensure operational technical readiness for all phases of the product cycle
- Actively partner with Cloud teams to ensure appropriate processes and templates are utilized for project and program success.
- Look for process definition and improvement opportunities and lead others in adhering to existing IT processes and contributing to their improvement.
- Ensure service teams meet the operational bar while continuing to raise the bar for the organization
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
- 8 years of experience in Program Management on technical cross-functional projects.
- Software development experience for at least 3+ years.
- Experience in managing and executing large-scale, complex technical projects and delivering high quality products.
- Master’s or equivalent experience in Engineering, Computer Science, or other technical related field.
- Experience with big data, SQL databases, object stores, and program evaluations.
- Ability to be an influential member of a highly integrated team composed of both technical and non-technical members.
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