Principal Program Manager
About The Position
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is defining the next era of enterprise cloud. As a Principal Technical Program Manager on the Compute New Product Introduction (NPI) team, you will own end-to-end technical program delivery for multiple cloud compute products from concept through general availability. You’ll help deliver innovative, secure, high-performance compute infrastructure that powers OCI’s next generation of enterprise cloud services. You will engage daily with engineering, product, and operations teams to understand requirements, troubleshoot issues, resolve cross-functional dependencies, and keep new SKUs and programs on track for launch. You may bring deep expertise in one domain and the essential technical curiosity and drive to quickly ramp on others. You will present status and recommendations to engineering and business leaders and help continuously strengthen the NPI process.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience delivering new data center hardware, compute, or storage platforms; technical program or engineering leadership with exposure to cross-functional delivery.
- Solid understanding of hardware system design and deployment, with a strong grounding in at least one of the following: hardware, firmware, software, networking, supply chain, or manufacturing
- Demonstrated ability to work with engineering teams to resolve technical challenges, coordinate integration, and deliver new products at scale.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Electrical Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical field (or equivalent experience)
- Strong communication, organization, and problem-solving skills
- Track record navigating technical uncertainty, rapidly learning new concepts, and closing knowledge gaps across domains.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with cloud hardware, infrastructure, or virtualization product launches
- Recognized for technical ownership and collaborative problem-solving.
- Experience with process documentation or agile/DevOps tooling
- Ability to present technical issues and recommendations to engineering and business leaders.
- Proficiency in technical software/tools for program tracking and reporting
Responsibilities
- Drive day-to-day technical program delivery for multiple cloud compute NPI programs, from requirements gathering to large-scale deployment and general availability.
- Coordinate across hardware, firmware, software, manufacturing, supply chain, and data center teams to define requirements, track issues, and resolve integration challenges.
- Work hands-on with engineers to address technical hurdles, proactively identify risks, and propose practical solutions.
- Contribute to process improvements—identifying inefficiencies, implementing documentation upgrades, and proposing scalable approaches to SKU/program execution.
- Communicate status, risks, and recommendations clearly to cross-functional stakeholders and engineering leaders.
- Support and help onboard less experienced team members, contributing to a collaborative, learning focused NPI culture.
- Build productive relationships with OEMs, supply chain, and vendor partners.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
- Short term disability and long term disability
- Life insurance and AD&D
- Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
- Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
- 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
- Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.
- 11 paid holidays
- 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.
- Paid parental leave
- Adoption assistance
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Financial planning and group legal
- Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
