Principal Program Manager

Oracle

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Work type
On-site
Location
Nashville, TN
Salary
$90,100–$209,500 / yr
Posted
52 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $181k
This role $150k
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This role pays less than 81% of similar roles. Most pay $153,500–$208,800 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $150k versus about $181k for comparable roles.

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TL;DR · Principal Program Manager

Principal Program Manager The Principal Program Manager joins the Compute Control Plane team within the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure organization. This individual contributor role focuses on critical infrastructure areas including compute metering and power management. The manager is responsible for owning the planning, execution, and delivery of complex programs involving multiple engineering teams, product, operations, capacity, security, and finance partners. Day-to-day responsibilities include defining milestones, managing risks, coordinating across diverse teams to resolve stalled issues, and translating strategic goals into actionable roadmaps. The role requires deep technical knowledge of cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, automation, and production readiness. Candidates must possess strong skills in cross-functional collaboration, technical communication, and project management to navigate high-impact environments. This position addresses the challenge of scaling services for bare metal and virtual machine instances while ensuring high availability and security across a diverse hardware fleet.

What does a Program Manager earn?

Median $172750 from 93 postings across 23 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Own the planning, execution, and delivery of complex OCI Compute programs across multiple engineering teams.
  • Define project milestones, dependencies, risks, decision points, and success metrics for technical initiatives.
  • Coordinate between engineering, product, operations, capacity, security, and finance teams to resolve cross-functional issues.
  • Translate strategic goals into executable roadmaps and prioritized plans for compute infrastructure projects.
  • Drive programs that improve service reliability, scalability, and operational maturity through rigorous readiness reviews.
  • Communicate program status, risks, and trade-offs to executive leadership via clear written and verbal reports.
  • Identify and resolve organizational inefficiencies and process gaps by driving decisions without formal authority.

What we're looking for

  • Must have 6 to 10+ years of total experience.
  • Must have at least 5 years of experience in technical program management, engineering program management, or product operations.
  • Requires a BS or MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • Must possess strong technical depth in cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, automation, and production readiness.
  • Must demonstrate the ability to lead complex programs across multiple teams with competing priorities and significant dependencies.
  • Must have exceptional written and verbal communication skills to present status and risks to senior leadership.
  • Must be able to drive operational excellence including reliability, scalability, and launch readiness for production services.
  • Must be able to influence without formal authority by building relationships and aligning stakeholders around shared outcomes.

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