Principal Technical Program Manager

Principal Technical Program Manager at Oracle

At Oracle, we are building the more intelligent future of cloud. The Oracle Sovereign Cloud team is composed of smart, motivated, and diverse individuals dedicated to bringing the world’s most important work to Oracle. We build and operate government, classified, and sovereign cloud regions, ensuring they are reliable and high-performance, consistent with our public cloud offerings. Our customers and their mission are at the core of what we do. We continuously strive to enhance our understanding of customer challenges to improve our cloud capabilities and collaborate to deliver on their mission.

Position Summary

The Principal Technical Program Manager (IC4) role is crucial for driving execution across multiple teams or divisions. This position frequently leads high-visibility programs that significantly impact product, business, or infrastructure strategy. Successful candidates are trusted leaders renowned for delivering results, effectively managing ambiguity, and fostering cross-organizational alignment.

Key Responsibilities

• Own planning, design, and execution across several teams or functions.
• Represent the division in cross-organizational and executive-level program discussions.
• Lead the development of operational processes, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and tooling to scale delivery.
• Define and manage program milestones, resources, timelines, and communications.
• Drive resolution of complex, cross-team blockers with minimal escalation.
• Deliver high-quality program updates to VP and executive audiences.
• Operate as a thought partner to senior engineering and product leadership.
• Coach and mentor other Technical Program Managers (TPMs) and contribute to the growth of the TPM discipline.

Minimum Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in technical program management.
• Proven leadership in complex, cross-functional technical initiatives.
• Experience delivering programs involving infrastructure, platform, or enterprise-scale services.
• Excellent strategic thinking, communication, and influence skills.
• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading programs in high-regulation environments (e.g., compliance, security, government).
• Strong understanding of organizational dynamics and systems thinking.
• Executive presence and the ability to lead without authority across multiple teams and business units.

Benefits

Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package designed to support employees, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, short-term and long-term disability, life insurance, 401(k) with company match, paid time off (flexible vacation for salaried employees, accrued vacation for others), 11 paid holidays, paid sick leave, paid parental leave, adoption assistance, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Voluntary benefits such as auto, homeowner, and pet insurance are also available.

Key skills/competency

• Technical Program Management
• Cross-functional Leadership
• Strategic Planning
• Cloud Infrastructure
• Executive Communication
• Process Improvement
• Risk Management
• Stakeholder Management
• Sovereign Cloud
• Engineering Leadership