Program Manager 4

Oracle•Nashville, TN

6d•$91,000 - $209,500

About The Position

Oracle is seeking a detail-oriented, hands-on program manager to lead multiple complex security initiatives for Oracle Health Foundations. The role provides rigorous management and analysis of the organization’s security posture and drives a broad portfolio of security programs from planning and design through implementation, launch, adoption, and operational transition. The program manager partners with engineering and cross-functional teams to capture requirements, map dependencies, identify roadblocks, optimize critical paths, and ensure accountable delivery against commitments. The position establishes scalable program frameworks, governance, metrics, reporting, and processes that support a sustainable security posture with minimal manual effort. It requires close partnership with engineering, architecture, product, security, infrastructure, operations, and business stakeholders; effective influence without direct authority; clear communication with executives; and continual improvement of technical program-management practices. Programs and reporting are aligned with OCI WSM priorities and Oracle Health industry-specific requirements.

Requirements

Solid experience in engineering program management, product development, systems engineering, or a related discipline.
Demonstrated success leading complex, cross-functional technology programs with multiple teams and interdependent workstreams.
Working understanding of the software development lifecycle, including planning, architecture, development, testing, release, deployment, and operational support.
Experience working closely with engineering, product, architecture, security, infrastructure, and operations teams.
Ability to develop integrated program plans, manage dependencies, identify risks, and drive issues to resolution.
Ability to understand complex technical concepts and communicate their business and operational implications.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to structure ambiguous problems and recommend practical solutions.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Experience preparing materials and presenting program information to senior leaders and executive stakeholders.
Demonstrated ability to influence decisions and drive accountability without direct authority.
Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Experience defining program metrics and using data to evaluate delivery health and outcomes.
Experience using Jira, Confluence, or equivalent program-management platforms.

Nice To Haves

Experience leading cloud, infrastructure, platform, enterprise software, cybersecurity, data, artificial intelligence, or large-scale digital transformation programs.
Experience managing programs involving distributed systems, service migrations, platform modernization, or enterprise integrations.
Familiarity with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
Experience with Agile, Scrum, Kanban, scaled planning, or hybrid delivery models.
Knowledge of security, privacy, compliance, change-management, or operational-governance requirements.
Program Management Professional, Agile, Scrum, SAFe, or comparable certification.

Responsibilities

Lead highly complex technical programs involving multiple engineering teams, products, platforms, or business functions.
Translate initiatives into program objectives, roadmaps, milestones, deliverables, and measurable success criteria.
Define program scope, operating models, governance structures, decision-making processes, and accountability mechanisms.
Align technical execution with product, customer, operational, security, and business priorities, and provide strategic recommendations based on constraints, risks, dependencies, and organizational capacity.
Drive programs from early planning and design through implementation, launch, adoption, and operational transition.
Establish integrated plans that address dependencies, sequencing, staffing, testing, release readiness, and operational support.
Facilitate planning sessions, technical reviews, program checkpoints, and executive steering meetings.
Clarify ownership and commitments, identify execution gaps, develop recovery plans with functional leaders, and maintain momentum across competing priorities.
Identify technical, operational, organizational, financial, and delivery risks; develop mitigation strategies, contingency plans, escalation paths, and decision frameworks.
Track and resolve cross-team dependencies, conflicts, and complex issues; escalate material risks with impact analysis, options, and recommendations.
Document and communicate critical decisions, assumptions, unresolved issues, and follow-up actions.
Build an understanding of system architectures, engineering constraints, service dependencies, and operational requirements; partner with engineering and architecture leaders to evaluate approaches, tradeoffs, sequencing, and implementation risks.
Ensure programs address scalability, reliability, security, performance, maintainability, and operational readiness; support architecture and design reviews and translate technical information into business implications.
Establish program metrics, dashboards, reporting mechanisms, and review cadences; monitor progress against scope, milestones, quality, resource assumptions, and outcomes.
Use data to identify trends, delivery risks, operational concerns, and opportunities for improvement, and provide accurate status reporting to leaders and stakeholders.
Coordinate stakeholders, build alignment across teams, communicate status and changes, and prepare executive briefings, decision documents, roadmaps, program reviews, and written recommendations.
Improve program-management practices, templates, tools, governance models, and delivery standards; create reusable frameworks and scalable solutions to recurring execution challenges.
Mentor other technical program managers and contribute to the program-management community.
Help teams balance delivery speed with quality, security, reliability, and long-term maintainability.
Perform other duties as assigned.