Senior Technical Program Manager

Job Description

Principal Technical Program Manager

Position Overview

Oracle Government Defense & Intelligence is seeking a Principal Technical Program Manager to lead complex, cross-organizational technical programs supporting sovereign and government cloud capabilities. This role will align engineering, operations, product, security, and stakeholder teams around clear priorities, execution plans, risks, milestones, and measurable outcomes. The ideal candidate brings technical depth, program discipline, strong communication, and the ability to drive results across ambiguous, high-impact initiatives.

Who We Are

Oracle Sovereign Cloud builds and operates secure cloud capabilities for mission-critical government workloads. Our programs require tight execution across engineering, operations, compliance, security, and customer-facing teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Establish scope, milestones, program plans, dependencies, risks, and execution strategies for complex technical programs.

• Manage cross-functional initiatives that impact product, business, infrastructure, operational readiness, or customer commitments.

• Lead program execution across engineering, release management, operations, customer success, and stakeholder teams.

• Identify and manage highly complex issues, bottlenecks, risks, and tradeoffs; escalate with clear options and recommendations when appropriate.

• Develop program standards, operating mechanisms, reporting, dashboards, forecasts, and models to improve execution visibility.

• Drive continuous improvement, process optimization, automation opportunities, and operational efficiencies across workstreams.

• Facilitate technical discussions, align priorities, resolve blockers, and maintain effective communication with leadership and stakeholders.

• Act as a liaison across stakeholder teams to protect customer success and Oracle commitments.

Minimum Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship

• 11 years of experience as a Program Manager leading large technical programs, development or implementation projects, or complex cross-functional programs from conception to delivery; or bachelor's degree in a relevant field and 7 years of such experience; or master's degree and 5 years; or doctorate and 3 years.

• Demonstrated technical leadership, cross-functional program leadership, roadmap management, prioritization, risk management, and stakeholder communication skills.

• Experience managing program scope, milestones, dependencies, risks, resourcing, reporting, and executive communications.

• Demonstrated ability to work across engineering and business teams to deliver complex technical outcomes.

Preferred Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship with active US Government security clearance, TS/SCI with Poly, at hire.

• 12 years of technical program management experience or equivalent advanced degree plus experience.

• 2 years of experience working with operating budgets and/or project financials.

• 8 years of experience in enterprise cloud services or large enterprise customer environments.

• 5 years of experience with software development lifecycle methodologies and tooling.

• 6 years of experience leading cross-functional, cross-level matrixed teams.

• Experience with stakeholder facilitation, leadership presentations, data analysis and reporting, Oracle products, and project management certifications such as PMP, CSM, Lean Six Sigma, or ITIL.

Responsibilities

• Establish scope, milestones, program plans, dependencies, risks, and execution strategies for complex technical programs.

• Manage cross-functional initiatives that impact product, business, infrastructure, operational readiness, or customer commitments.

• Lead program execution across engineering, release management, operations, customer success, and stakeholder teams.

• Identify and manage highly complex issues, bottlenecks, risks, and tradeoffs; escalate with clear options and recommendations when appropriate.

• Develop program standards, operating mechanisms, reporting, dashboards, forecasts, and models to improve execution visibility.

• Drive continuous improvement, process optimization, automation opportunities, and operational efficiencies across workstreams.

• Facilitate technical discussions, align priorities, resolve blockers, and maintain effective communication with leadership and stakeholders.

• Act as a liaison across stakeholder teams to protect customer success and Oracle commitments.

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.

Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only

US: Hiring Range in USD from: $83,000 to $166,100 per annum. May be eligible for bonus and equity.

Oracle 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.

Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity.

Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:

1. Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion

2. Short term disability and long term disability

3. Life insurance and AD&D

4. Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)

5. Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts

6. Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits

7. 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match

8. 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.

9. 11 paid holidays

10. 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.

11. Paid parental leave

12. Adoption assistance

13. Employee Stock Purchase Plan

14. Financial planning and group legal

15. Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance

The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted.

Career Level - IC3

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