Project / Program Manager -Critical Projects

Oracle•Nashville, TN

6d•$67,900 - $166,100

About The Position

This role supports the Critical Projects operating cadence, focusing on weekly reviews of Amber/Red items, missed commitments, dependencies, risks, and decisions. The Project/Program Manager will partner with engineering leads and action owners to ensure clear project outcomes, accountable owners, milestones, health rationale, next steps, blockers, and leadership asks are maintained. The position involves preparing concise status updates and portfolio summaries for leadership, tracking cross-functional dependencies, risks, issues, decisions, and action items, and facilitating project working sessions. Escalation of material risks, missed commitments, and unresolved dependencies is a key responsibility, as is supporting the development and maintenance of integrated project plans, milestone tracking, recovery plans, and portfolio dashboards. The role also requires maintaining high-quality Critical Projects records and providing targeted project-management support for initiatives needing assistance with planning, stakeholder alignment, dependency management, or recovery execution. Continuous improvement of reporting consistency, operating processes, and adoption of portfolio-management tools is also expected.

Requirements

3–5 years of project or program management experience supporting complex, cross-functional technical, engineering, infrastructure, or product initiatives.
Experience coordinating schedules, milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, action items, and stakeholder communications.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to turn technical updates into concise status, risks, impacts, and leadership asks.
Ability to facilitate working sessions, follow through on decisions, and build effective relationships with engineering and cross-functional partners.
Strong organization skills and attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple workstreams and changing priorities.
Good judgment in identifying when an issue requires escalation or additional support.
Experience with project-management, portfolio-management, and collaboration tools.
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.

Nice To Haves

PMP, CAPM, Agile, or similar certification is a plus.

Responsibilities

Support the Critical Projects operating cadence, including weekly reviews focused on Amber/Red items, missed commitments, dependencies, risks, and decisions.
Partner with engineering leads and action owners to maintain clear project outcomes, accountable owners, milestones, health rationale, next steps, blockers, and leadership asks.
Prepare concise status updates and portfolio summaries for engineering and program leadership.
Track cross-functional dependencies, risks, issues, decisions, and action items; ensure owners and due dates are clear.
Facilitate project working sessions, follow up on agreed actions, and help teams resolve coordination gaps.
Escalate material risks, missed commitments, and unresolved dependencies through the appropriate channels.
Support the development and maintenance of integrated project plans, milestone tracking, recovery plans, and portfolio dashboards.
Maintain high-quality Critical Projects records, including milestone status, risk and issue tracking, decisions, and update freshness.
Provide targeted project-management support for initiatives that need help with planning, stakeholder alignment, dependency management, or recovery execution.
Improve reporting consistency, operating processes, and adoption of portfolio-management tools over time.

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
Paid time off: 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
Paid sick leave: 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