Product Mgmt/Strategy Director-ProdDev

Company: Oracle
Location: Reston
Posted on: September 12, 2020

Job Description:

Oracle Product Mgmt/Strategy Director-ProdDev in Reston , Virginia Manage a team that acts as the central resource and driving force for the design, process, manufacturing, test, quality and marketing of product(s) as they move from conception to distribution. Organize interdepartmental activities ensuring completion of the project/product on schedule and within budget.

As a Director in the product development division, you will lead a team that defines product specifications and or strategy. Gather and analyze information to define product specifications and review design specifications. Envision and communicate product strategy and functionality. Initiate and foster relationships with other groups. Review product documentation and collateral. Ensure successful product releases based on corporate priorities.

Assists in the development of short, medium, and long term plans to achieve strategic objectives. Regularly interacts across functional areas with senior management or executives to ensure unit objectives are met. The ability to influence thinking or gain acceptance of others in sensitive situations is important. Demonstrated leadership and people management skills. Strong communication skills, analytical skills, thorough understanding of product development and product management. BS or MS degree or equivalent experience relevant to functional area. 8 of software engineering or related experience preferred.

Oracle is an Affirmative Action-Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veterans status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure combines the benefits of public cloud (self-service, scalability) with the benefits associated with on-premises environments (predictability, performance) into a single offering. Our customers run their businesses on our cloud and our mission is to provide them with best-in-class compute, storage, networking, database, security and an ever-expanding set of foundational cloud-based services.

We are looking for hardworking leaders to inspire and guide a team of software developers, product managers, or network engineers, focused on building innovative experiences in a fast-paced, startup-like environment. We are at an early stage, working on ambitious new initiatives and efforts. You will have a deep and direct impact on our solutions and help lead the way in this area as we work to redefine the space and improve our operational efficiencies and experiences.

About You!

You enthusiastically advocate on the customer's behalf, have a clear understanding of their goals and how they align or conflict with business goals and technical constraints.

You are a customer evangelist and work to win hearts and minds across the organization.

You are willing to roll up your sleeves, and work on hard technical problems alongside engineers, program managers, and Service Team managers and engineers.

You provide mentorship and guidance to individual contributor engineers helping them design, deliver and maintain high quality products.

You build the vison, strategy and roadmap for the team and ensure quality delivery of solutions.

You explore a variety of technical directions and help team members understand pros/cons to facilitate getting to great solutions.

You know when to dig deep, when to pushback and also when to make trade-offs to get things done.

What You Will Do!

Provide career management and mentorship to your team of engineers and sometimes other engineering/program managers.

Strengthen the team by recruiting and hiring top talent.

Voice support for customer-first thinking across a variety of teams.

Work closely with multi-functional teams—including leadership, engineers, other engineering managers, quality assurance, security, compliance, and support.

Balance multiple projects and ensure we have the right resources working on the right features.

Give and solicit feedback from other teams and team members.

Facilitate the creation of new lightweight processes to make success repeatable.

Contribute to design strategy and thought leadership discussions.

Preferred Qualifications

BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.

5 Years of validated experience in engineering management and software engineering.

A strong portfolio or samples of work demonstrating creative and innovative solutions.

Ability to quickly grasp and distill highly sophisticated issues into clean, understandable solutions.

Excellent communication, presentation, interpersonal and analytical skills including the ability to communicate complex concepts clearly and persuasively across different audiences.

Ability to work in a collaboratively in a multi-functional team environment.

Knowledge of IaaS and Cloud Computing.

Experience working with multiple programming languages - Java, C , Python, Ruby, C# etc.

Proven understanding of security or crafting secure solutions.

Previous experience leading and handling both software dev and infrastructure engineers for cloud based full stack solutions.

Passionate about creating intuitive user experiences.

Job: *Product Development

Organization: *Oracle

Title: Product Mgmt/Strategy Director-ProdDev

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