Senior Director, Product Management

Oracle•Redwood City, CA

10d•$169,800 - $355,400

About The Position

The Senior Director, Product Management directs teams responsible for market research, product strategy, solution identification, product development, roadmapping, customer advocacy, and go-to-market execution across a broad portfolio. The role ensures product decisions align with Oracle’s strategic objectives, customer needs, market trends, regulatory requirements, and long-term business goals. It sets direction for product positioning, pricing, portfolio priorities, and innovation, and establishes organization-wide practices and analytical frameworks for data-driven decision-making. The position partners with executive stakeholders and business units to define product direction, align teams, deliver products, and establish success criteria and performance metrics, including OKRs and KPIs. It provides strategic oversight throughout the product lifecycle, from planning and requirements through release and adoption. The role also guides teams in customer feedback and advocacy, complex customer issue resolution, field enablement, early-adopter programs, documentation, and product demonstrations. The role provides broad organizational leadership in planning and execution, collaboration, problem-solving, continuous learning and improvement, and performance and talent development. It oversees large-scale initiatives, resources, timelines, deliverables, and budgets; supports cross-functional partnerships; addresses complex operational or technical issues; and guides organizational processes and talent strategies.

Responsibilities

Direct teams conducting market research and analysis across product portfolios to evaluate data patterns and prioritize strategically important initiatives.
Align product portfolios with Oracle’s strategic objectives and refine competitive strategies, positioning, pricing, and market strategy.
Integrate customer feedback, market trends, stakeholder priorities, and long-term company goals into product decisions.
Identify customer needs, market opportunities, and regulatory requirements; direct development of product problem statements, hypotheses, and solutions.
Oversee creation and maintenance of solution artifacts, including requirements and user documentation.
Guide product planning, execution, release, and lifecycle management in alignment with strategic objectives.
Establish long-term product roadmap initiatives and guide prioritization of features and experiences against future needs and success criteria.
Set organization-wide product development practices and advise on feature requirements and resource needs.
Partner with executive stakeholders to drive product direction, delivery excellence, timelines, and business outcomes.
Establish analytical frameworks and use metrics such as service requests, bugs, customer feedback, and customer volumes to support product decisions.
Oversee development and review of user stories and acceptance criteria, and guide forecasting and prioritization against OKRs.
Guide business performance and operations reviews, track progress, and identify opportunities for improvement.
Drive alignment across business units and teams, strengthen communication, and address complex stakeholder pushback.
Direct innovative solutions tied to OKRs and KPIs and establish success criteria and performance metrics for multiple products and features.
Govern cross-team user testing and iterative development using user insights.
Provide strategic oversight of customer advocacy and customer-centric practices across the product lifecycle; ensure feedback and analytics inform product decisions.
Lead teams in identifying, prioritizing, and executing customer-focused enhancements and anticipating market shifts.
Coordinate cross-functional collaboration to improve product satisfaction and success.
Oversee resolution of complex and high-stakes customer issues to support customer satisfaction and product quality.
Coordinate field-team delivery and enablement, including release overviews, presentations, and demonstrations.
Guide recruitment and support of early adopters to validate and refine product solutions.
Direct user documentation and review product adoption tracking and improvement efforts.
Provide strategic oversight for large-scale projects and initiatives, including timelines, deliverables, budgets, delegation, priorities, and resource allocation.
Set strategic direction for cross-functional collaboration and foster teamwork, partnerships, transparency, and inclusion.
Develop organizational approaches to advanced problem-solving and serve as an escalation point for highly complex operational or technical issues.
Champion continuous learning and monitor trends, technologies, and standards to maintain organizational expertise.
Drive continuous improvement and oversee large-scale process, protocol, workflow, and roadmap initiatives to maximize return on investment.
Drive consistent performance management and talent processes, communicate expectations, and foster career development.
Partner with HR and executives on talent strategy, balancing budget and resources.