Lead Principal Product Manager

Oracle•Nashville, TN

About The Position

The Lead Principal Product Manager sets strategy and long-term direction for multiple products and features, aligning product priorities with customer needs, market opportunities, and Oracle’s goals. The role leads market and competitive analysis; engages strategic customers, prospective customers, partners, and industry analysts; identifies unmet needs and opportunities; and guides teams in developing and validating complex product solutions. The position provides strategic leadership across product roadmapping, requirements, delivery, quality, and continuous improvement. It drives alignment among cross-functional teams and Lines of Business, oversees product success criteria and performance metrics such as OKRs and KPIs, and champions customer needs throughout the product lifecycle. The role also leads go-to-market activities, supports early adopters, develops release materials and documentation, and tracks product adoption to inform improvements. The role also directs high-impact planning and execution, stakeholder partnerships, advanced problem solving, organizational learning, process improvement, and talent development. It serves as a subject matter expert and thought leader, while mentoring others and helping shape talent needs and hiring decisions.

Responsibilities

Prioritize products and features based on business value, feasibility, user needs, market trends, and alignment with Oracle’s strategy.
Engage strategic customers, prospective customers, partners, and industry analysts to gather market information and identify product opportunities.
Establish strategies to identify unmet customer needs, market opportunities, and regulatory requirements; guide teams in developing data-driven problem statements and hypotheses.
Partner with internal and external stakeholders to identify, evaluate, and validate solutions for new or existing products and features.
Lead the creation and maintenance of complex solution artifacts, including regulatory, functional, and non-functional requirements.
Set product lifecycle direction and guide roadmaps for multiple products and features, aligning them with Oracle’s vision and market demands.
Establish feature requirements, resources, and best practices, and drive delivery excellence by managing risks and resolving complex issues.
Use product metrics, customer feedback, service requests, bug reports, and market insights to guide product decisions and development.
Lead creation and review of user stories and acceptance criteria; shape roadmap features and align them with success criteria and OKRs.
Set product strategy and long-term vision, direct product development, and champion new feature-development methodologies, including agile and continuous delivery.
Share strategic insights with cross-functional partners and Lines of Business; address stakeholder concerns and build consensus around decisions.
Guide collaboration with engineering and senior colleagues to deliver solutions tied to OKRs and KPIs; oversee success criteria and performance metrics across products and features.
Define user-testing parameters and drive product iteration based on test results.
Champion customer needs throughout the product lifecycle, research customer experiences, synthesize requirements, and align product capabilities with customers’ business goals.
Provide product expertise to ensure products deliver value after implementation; prioritize critical customer issues and partner with development teams on resolution.
Lead development of release overviews, field presentations, demonstrations, and user documentation.
Recruit and support early adopters to validate and improve product solutions; present product demonstrations to customers, partners, analysts, and field teams.
Define and track adoption metrics for multiple product lines and use data to drive product improvement.
Manage direction on timelines, deliverables, and budgets for high-impact projects or initiatives; adapt resource and timeline plans as priorities change.
Influence cross-functional leaders and external stakeholders, build strategic partnerships, and incorporate diverse perspectives.
Lead advanced problem-solving efforts, serve as an escalation point, identify root causes, and guide implementation of solutions that prevent recurrence.
Monitor emerging trends, technologies, and industry standards; contribute thought leadership and promote learning, knowledge sharing, and professional development.
Develop and implement process improvements, assess their effectiveness, and design metrics to measure results.
Advise on talent needs and organizational talent strategy; contribute expertise to interviews, candidate assessments, hiring decisions, and talent development.