Lead Principal Technical Program Manager
Join us at Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) as we seek a Senior Principal Technical Program Manager for Robotics to lead execution of the robotics platform, control plane, and data center robotics programs that enable autonomous systems to operate reliably across OCI and enterprise workflows.
This is a senior individual-contributor role for a technically deep TPM who can operate from executive strategy to execution detail. You will own business-critical programs spanning robotics platform infrastructure, fleet operations, simulation, hardware integration, and AI feedback loops in support of multiple domain and use cases for Physical AI & Robotics.
You will work closely with Applied Science, Engineering, Hardware, Operations, Security, customers, and executive leadership to translate strategy into executable programs and measurable business value.
Key Responsibilities
What You'll Do
Define and drive multi-year program roadmaps, investment priorities, milestones, and dependencies for robotics and OCI robotics initiatives.
Lead cross-organizational execution across the Robotics Control Plane, AI platform, hardware, data center robotics, and workflow integration programs.
Build strong partnerships with engineering, science, operations, and vendors to resolve issues and keep programs on track.
Establish governance, KPI, and reporting rhythms for executive stakeholders.
Drive launch readiness, operational readiness, risk mitigation, and production rollout for robotics capabilities.
Coordinate simulation, lab validation, and field deployment plans across OCI data center use cases.
Manage program-level issues, tradeoffs, and escalation paths across software, hardware, safety, security, and compliance.
Partner with Applied Science and Engineering to define requirements, evaluation metrics, and production-readiness criteria for robotics systems.
Enable vendor and partner integration for robotic hardware, firmware lifecycle, and fleet maintenance.
Influence across teams without formal authority and mentor other TPMs.
Qualifications
BS or MS in Computer Science, Engineering, Robotics, or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
10+ years of Technical Program Management or equivalent technical leadership experience.
Demonstrated success delivering complex cloud, infrastructure, robotics, AI, or data center programs.
Experience leading cross-organizational technical initiatives independently.
Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, robotics, and hardware/software co-development.
Experience partnering with scientists and engineers to productize probabilistic or nondeterministic systems.
Proven ability to communicate program status, risks, and tradeoffs to VP and SVP leadership.
Strong customer, analytical, written, and executive-presentation skills.
This job involves travel on an as-needed basis.
Core Responsibilities
Planning & Execution:
– Manages and provides direction on timelines, deliverables, and budgets when applicable for critical high-impact projects or initiatives that impact the line of business, ensuring timely completion and adherence to requirements. Anticipates and plans for shifts in resources or timelines based on changing business priorities, ensuring optimal outcomes.
Collaboration & Partnership:
– Influences cross-functional leaders and external stakeholders to gain alignment on strategic objectives. Fosters partnerships with key business leaders, stakeholders, and/or customers, identifying opportunities for expanding partnerships and promoting long-term organizational success. Champions transparency and inclusivity by actively seeking, listening to, and incorporating diverse perspectives.
Problem Solving:
– Leads specialized, advanced problem-solving efforts, serving as an escalation point for complex issues. Guides others to leverage innovative data-driven techniques to address ambiguous or novel issues, identify root causes, and drives the implementation of solutions that prevent future issues.
Continuous Learning:
– Leverages deep industry knowledge and expertise to serve as a thought leader within the organization. Contributes to the advancement of the field or industry through thought leadership (e.g., conference presentations, white papers, research contributions). Maintains and evolves expertise in relevant areas by proactively monitoring emerging trends, technologies, and industry standards, ensuring the organization remains current with best practices. Champions continuous learning and knowledge sharing, promoting professional development across teams. Applies new knowledge to drive advancement and mentors others to do the same.
Continuous Improvement:
– Develops innovative solutions and drives the implementation of ideas that increase the efficiency and effectiveness of processes, protocols, and workflows across the organization. Evaluates effectiveness of updated approaches and methods for continued improvement to enhance efficiencies and ensure changes align with organizational goals. Designs and develops metrics to measure success of improvement initiatives.
Performance and Development:
– Serves as a subject matter expert regarding talent needs and organizational talent strategy. Imparts leadership and expert knowledge throughout the talent development pipeline including candidate interviews, candidate assessment, and hiring decisions, ensuring alignment with organizational talent strategy.
Minimum Job Qualifications
Education and/or Experience:
15 years of experience as a Program Manager leading large technical programs or projects, development/implementation projects or experience managing complex cross-functional programs, from conception to delivery
OR
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, Software Development, Electrical/Hardware Engineering, or related field AND 11 years of experience as a Program Manager leading large technical programs or projects, development/implementation projects or experience managing complex cross-functional programs, from conception to delivery
OR
Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, Software Development, Electrical/Hardware Engineering, or related field AND 9 years of experience as a Program Manager leading large technical programs or projects, development/implementation projects or experience managing complex cross-functional programs, from conception to delivery
OR
Doctorate in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, Software Development, Electrical/Hardware Engineering, or related field AND 7 years of experience as a Program Manager leading large technical programs or projects, development/implementation projects or experience managing complex cross-functional programs, from conception to delivery.
Job Skills:
Same skills as prior level
Preferred Job Qualifications
Education and/or Experience:
16 years of experience as a Program Manager leading large technical programs or projects, development/implementation projects or experience managing complex cross-functional programs, from conception to delivery
OR
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, Software Development, Electrical/Hardware Engineering, or related field AND 12 years of experience as a Program Manager leading large technical programs or projects, development/implementation projects or experience managing complex cross-functional programs, from conception to delivery
OR
Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, Software Development, Electrical/Hardware Engineering, or related field AND 10 years of experience as a Program Manager leading large technical programs or projects, development/implementation projects or experience managing complex cross-functional programs, from conception to delivery
OR
Doctorate in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, Software Development, Electrical/Hardware Engineering, or related field AND 8 years of experience as a Program Manager leading large technical programs or projects, development/implementation projects or experience managing complex cross-functional programs, from conception to delivery.
Budget Experience:
4 years of experience working with operating budgets and/or project financials.
Cloud Services Experience:
13 years of experience in a reputed Enterprise Cloud Services organization/experience working directly with large enterprise customers (i.e., Cerner systems, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, cloud services, networking, SaaS products, scalable distributed backend services design with Cloud Native, and/or and systems development lifecycles).
Software Lifecycle Development Methodologies Experience:
10 years of experience using software development lifecycle methodologies (e.g., Agile, Scaled Agile Framework [SAFe]), practices and associated tooling.
Matrixed Organization Experience:
10 years of experience in leading cross-functional and cross-level matrixed teams to achieve project goals.
Stakeholder Facilitation Experience:
8 years of experience in facilitating large meetings and driving consensus among diverse stakeholders.
Presentation Experience:
8 years of experience in communicating program status, end-to-end delivery, and results to leadership.
Industry Experience:
7 years of experience in relevant industry (e.g., cloud development, cloud operations, policy, risk, healthcare, financial, logistics, HR, regulatory compliance, or information technology [IT]).
Data Analysis Experience:
10 years of experience in data analysis and reporting.
Project Management and Delivery Certifications:
Project management and delivery certifications, e.g., Certified Scrum Master (CSM) from Scrum Alliance, Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI), Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certification, ITIL Information Technology Infrastructure Library.
Software Development and Implementation Experience:
8 years of experience in software development, software development management, or software implementation consulting projects.