Senior Director, Product Management

Oracle•Redwood City, CA

4d•$169,800 - $355,400

About The Position

The Senior Director, Product Management directs product strategy and teams across a broad portfolio, aligning market research, customer needs, regulatory requirements, competitive positioning, and product roadmaps with Oracle’s strategic goals. The role oversees the product lifecycle from planning through release, establishes organization-wide practices and data-driven decision frameworks, and works with executive stakeholders and business units to drive product direction, innovation, and delivery. It also sets success criteria and performance metrics, promotes customer advocacy, and provides oversight of complex customer issues and go-to-market activities, including field enablement, early-adopter programs, documentation, and demonstrations. The position provides strategic oversight for large-scale initiatives, resource allocation, cross-functional collaboration, problem solving, continuous improvement, and organizational learning. It also drives performance-management and career-development practices, partnering with HR and executives on talent strategy. The stated U.S. hiring range is $169,800–$355,400 per year. The role may be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral. Oracle describes a comprehensive benefits package, including insurance, retirement savings, paid leave, and other programs. Applications are generally accepted for at least three calendar days after posting or while the job remains posted. U.S.-based employees must complete identity verification as part of onboarding; accommodations may be considered following an individualized assessment.

Responsibilities

Direct teams conducting market research and analysis across product portfolios, evaluating data patterns and prioritizing initiatives with strategic impact.
Align product portfolios with Oracle’s strategic objectives and refine competitive, positioning, pricing, and market strategies.
Integrate customer feedback, market trends, internal stakeholder priorities, and long-term company goals into product strategy.
Identify unmet customer needs, market opportunities, and regulatory requirements; guide the development of problem statements, hypotheses, and solutions.
Oversee solution artifacts, including regulatory requirements, functional and non-functional requirements, and user documentation.
Guide planning, execution, and release across the product lifecycle, and establish long-term roadmaps for products and features.
Establish organization-wide product-development practices and guide feature requirements, resourcing, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
Collaborate with senior executives and stakeholders to drive product direction, delivery excellence, project timelines, and business performance reviews.
Apply analytical frameworks and metrics, including service requests, bugs, customer feedback, and customer volumes, to support data-driven decisions.
Forecast future needs and prioritize roadmap features and experiences against success criteria, OKRs, and KPIs.
Drive alignment across business units and cross-functional teams, and promote effective communication and stakeholder collaboration.
Guide the development and execution of solutions tied to organizational objectives and performance metrics.
Oversee cross-team user testing and iterative development, using user insights to inform product decisions.
Advocate for customers throughout the product lifecycle, ensuring feedback and analytics inform business and product decisions.
Lead customer-centric prioritization and execution of enhancements, anticipate market shifts, and coordinate teams to improve product satisfaction and success.
Oversee resolution of complex or high-stakes customer issues to support customer satisfaction and product quality.
Coordinate field-team delivery and go-to-market activities, including release overviews, field presentations, and demonstrations.
Govern early-adopter recruitment and support to validate and refine product solutions.
Direct the development of accurate, aligned user documentation and review product adoption tracking.
Guide product demonstrations for customers, partners, industry analysts, and field teams, gathering stakeholder feedback.
Provide strategic oversight for large-scale projects and initiatives, including timelines, deliverables, budgets, delegation, priorities, and resource allocation.
Set strategic direction for cross-functional partnerships and foster teamwork, transparency, and inclusivity.
Develop organizational approaches to advanced problem-solving, serve as an escalation point for complex issues, and oversee root-cause analysis.
Champion continuous learning and monitor trends, technologies, and standards to maintain organizational expertise.
Drive process improvement and oversee large-scale improvements; prioritize and approve initiative roadmaps to maximize return on investment.
Drive consistent organization-wide performance-management practices and communicate performance expectations.
Promote career development and partner with HR and executives on talent strategy, procedures, budgets, and resources.