Senior Product Manager, Hardware
About The Position
Oura is seeking a Senior Product Manager, Hardware to own and grow its Charging portfolio and help deliver an outstanding product experience in collaboration with a global, cross-functional team. The role focuses on maximizing business impact and customer satisfaction by addressing customer and business needs, developing a product story grounded in customer insights, and guiding products throughout their lifecycle. The Senior Product Manager will conduct market and user research, manage product requirements, guide prioritization and tradeoffs, and coordinate with engineering, design, software product management, and other partners. The role also contributes to the hardware portfolio vision, strategy, and roadmap, including next-generation products, and supports go-to-market readiness through positioning, pricing, and product readiness. Oura has offices in San Francisco, San Diego, and Los Angeles for employees who prefer hybrid or office settings. Employees in other major cities, including Boston and New York, may occasionally gather at local coworking locations. The position is not open to candidates residing in Alaska, Delaware, Iowa, Mississippi, Nebraska, South Dakota, West Virginia, or Wisconsin.
Requirements
- At least 7 years of product management experience, with a track record of delivering products with high business impact and outstanding customer satisfaction.
- Deep understanding of hardware development, including design phases, manufacturing, materials, compliance, and quality.
- Experience with connected electronics, including connectivity, compute, battery, firmware, and software features.
- Experience taking new and/or existing hardware products from concept to commercial launch with minimal supervision.
- Ability to combine consumer, technology, and business insights into a clear narrative supported by data for internal and external audiences.
- Ability to analyze challenging problems quickly and develop creative solutions under pressure and extreme constraints.
- Strong execution skills, including the ability to unblock difficult situations with empathy, intelligence, and drive.
- Excellent written and presentation skills that support clear thinking, high-quality discussions, and effective decision-making among large groups.
- Optimism, kindness, and thoughtfulness in driving people and projects forward.
- Commitment to high-quality work, trying new approaches, and learning quickly from failed experiments.
Nice To Haves
- Wearables expertise.
- Health sensing experience.
- Track record managing multiple projects simultaneously.
Responsibilities
- Own a hardware product to maximize company impact and customer satisfaction by solving customer and business pain points.
- Craft a distinctive product story grounded in customer insights.
- Proactively identify and resolve product-related issues throughout the product lifecycle.
- Conduct market research, competitive analysis, and qualitative and quantitative user studies.
- Write and manage product requirements, regularly assess progress, and facilitate timely decision-making.
- Support the entire product lifecycle, from concept to end of life, working with engineering and design teams to ensure timely, high-quality execution.
- Prioritize features, options, and product improvements while balancing cost, timeline, and experience tradeoffs.
- Communicate priorities, plans, progress, and challenges clearly and in an organized manner to stakeholders across the organization.
- Collaborate with designers, engineers, scientists, marketers, and analysts, and partner closely with software product management counterparts.
- Contribute to the vision, strategy, and roadmap for Oura’s hardware portfolio, including next-generation products.
- Support go-to-market readiness by developing positioning and pricing and overseeing overall product readiness.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and equity packages.
- Health, dental, and vision insurance, plus mental health resources.
- An Oura Ring and employee discounts for friends and family.
- 20 days of paid time off, 13 paid holidays, and 8 days of flexible wellness time off.
- Paid sick leave and parental leave.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
