{"id":1497902,"url":"https://alion.io/job/oracle-principal-program-manager-69","title":"Principal Program Manager","company":{"id":53,"name":"Oracle","domain":"oracle.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/oracle","size_band":"5000+","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Oracle","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":92,"open_postings":206,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0.534,"repost_share":0.005,"time_to_fill_p50_days":4,"computed_at":"2026-10-01T05:45:00Z"}},"role":"Management","role_family":"Management","seniority":"lead","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Seattle, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":90100,"max":209500,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":209500},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":10,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":true,"technologies":[{"name":"Agile","optional":true},{"name":"Scrum","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-29T14:11:08Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-29","last_verified_at":"2026-10-01T22:39:46Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":2,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":2},"description":"OCI Strategic Customer Engineering is seeking an experienced Principal Program Manager with technical interests to lead large-scale, cross-functional initiatives that drive strategic outcomes across Oracle Cloud Infrastructure which span highly technical and business-centric delivery. This role is ideal for an accomplished program leader who thrives in highly technical environments, excels at navigating ambiguity, and has a proven ability to deliver complex programs from inception through execution.\nYou are a results-oriented leader who drives execution-not just coordination. You possess strong judgment, exceptional ownership, and a bias for action. You dig deep to master a space and understand it full. You build trusted partnerships across engineering, product management, operations, customer success, and executive leadership to align teams around common objectives and deliver meaningful business and customer outcomes.\nAs a Principal Program Manager, you will lead programs that span multiple OCI organizations, helping teams prioritize, execute, and deliver initiatives that improve operational excellence, customer success, and strategic business objectives. The work is highly visible, fast-paced, and requires balancing technical complexity with operational and business complexity with organizational alignment.\nBasic Qualifications\nBS degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field\n\n7+ years of experience in Program Management, Software Engineering, Product Management, or related technical leadership roles\n\nExperience leading large-scale, cross-functional programs across multiple engineering organizations\n\nStrong understanding of cloud technologies, distributed systems, and software development lifecycles\n\nDemonstrated ability to drive execution in complex, fast-moving environments with multiple stakeholders\n\nExperience developing program plans, tracking execution, managing dependencies, and mitigating risks\n\nStrong analytical and problem-solving skills with a data-driven approach to decision making\n\nExcellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience presenting to executive leadership\n\nProven ability to influence without direct authority and build consensus across diverse organizations\n\nStrong customer focus with the ability to balance technical priorities and business objectives\n\nPreferred Qualifications\n\nMS degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related field\n\n10+ years of experience in Program Management or engineering leadership\n\nExperience working with cloud-native architectures and large-scale distributed systems\n\nExperience managing strategic customer programs or enterprise cloud initiatives\n\nFamiliarity with Agile, Scrum, and modern software development methodologies\n\nExperience working directly with executive stakeholders and large enterprise customers\n\nResponsibilities\nProgram Leadership\nLead complex, cross-functional programs from planning through execution and successful delivery.\n\nDefine program goals, milestones, success metrics, and execution plans that align with organizational priorities.\n\nCoordinate engineering, product management, operations, and customer success teams to deliver high-impact initiatives.\n\nDrive program governance, status reporting, executive communications, and stakeholder alignment.\n\nIdentify program risks, dependencies, and execution challenges while developing proactive mitigation strategies.\n\nEstablish scalable program management processes and mechanisms that improve organizational execution.\n\nManage competing priorities and ensure successful delivery across multiple concurrent initiatives.\n\nBreak down complex technical initiatives into manageable workstreams with clear ownership and accountability.\n\nCross-Functional Collaboration\nBuild strong partnerships across OCI engineering, product, operations, support, and executive leadership teams.\n\nDrive alignment across organizations to ensure successful execution of strategic initiatives.\n\nFacilitate technical and business discussions that enable informed decision-making and accelerate delivery.\n\nCommunicate program status, risks, and recommendations to stakeholders at all levels of the organization.\n\nFoster collaboration across geographically distributed teams and organizations.\n\nOperational Excellence\nIdentify opportunities to improve processes, remove operational bottlenecks, and increase organizational efficiency.\n\nDevelop repeatable mechanisms, dashboards, and reporting processes that improve program visibility and execution.\n\nLead post-launch reviews and continuous improvement efforts to enhance program delivery.\n\nSupport strategic planning activities, roadmap execution, and organizational prioritization.\n\nHelp teams scale effectively by implementing best practices for program management and operational excellence.\n\nCustomer & Business Impact\nPartner with internal and external stakeholders to understand customer priorities and translate them into executable programs.\n\nDrive initiatives that improve customer experience, operational efficiency, and business outcomes.\n\nBalance customer needs, technical constraints, and organizational priorities while making informed tradeoff decisions.\n\nEnsure programs deliver measurable value for both OCI and its strategic customers.\n\nWhat Success Looks Like\nStrategic initiatives are delivered on time, with high quality and strong cross-functional alignment.\n\nEngineering, product, and business teams have clear visibility into priorities, risks, and execution progress.\n\nOperational processes scale efficiently as the organization grows.\n\nExecutive stakeholders have confidence in program execution through consistent communication and measurable outcomes.\n\nOCI Strategic Customer Engineering successfully delivers initiatives that improve customer experience, operational excellence, and business performance.\n\n Disclaimer:Certain U.S. based or U.S. customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization/occupational health mandates, and/or drug testing requirements.\nRange and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only\nUS: Hiring Range in USD from: $90,100 to $209,500 per annum. May be eligible for bonus and equity.\nOracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle's differing products, industries and lines of business.\nCandidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity.\nOracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:\n1. Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion\n2. Short term disability and long term disability\n3. Life insurance and AD&D\n4. Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)\n5. Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts\n6. Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits\n7. 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match\n8. 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.\n9. 11 paid holidays\n10. 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.\n11. Paid parental leave\n12. Adoption assistance\n13. Employee Stock Purchase Plan\n14. Financial planning and group legal\n15. Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance\nThe role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted.\nAs part of Oracle's onboarding process and consistent with applicable law, US-based employees are required to complete identity verification, which involves the collection and processing of their biometric information. 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