Principal technical program manager architecture

Job Description

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is scaling at an unprecedented pace to support the next generation of AI-driven workloads. We are seeking a Senior Principal Technical Program Manager (TPM) to lead engagement and AI capacity buildout for large-scale enterprise customers , acting as the end-to-end execution owner across customers, data center design and architecture, engineering, and infrastructure.

This is a high-visibility, high-ambiguity role with direct influence on OCI business decisions , investment priorities, and r­egional capacity strategy. You will operate independently in problem spaces where requirements are incomplete, architectural tradeoffs are complex, and decisions have material impact on OCI's long-term platform direction and customer commitments. Success in this role requires exceptional technical depth and breadth, strong business judgment, and the ability to drive clarity and execution without predefined playbooks.

Sitting at the intersection of customer strategy, cloud architecture, AI infrastructure, and large-scale execution , this role partners closely with OCI architects, engineering leaders, and infrastructure teams. You will work shoulder-to-shoulder with most senior architects to translate customer AI and infrastructure requirements into scalable, supportable OCI architectures, influencing region design, GPU capacity planning, network and storage architectures, and deployment models. You are expected to engage deeply in technical discussions, understand architectural constraints and tradeoffs, and drive alignment across teams to enable timely and high-quality delivery. You will define execution plans, identify and mitigate technical and operational risks, and ensure commitments are met across multiple organizations with competing priorities.

Beyond individual customer delivery, you will define and codify best practices, reusable mechanisms, and operating models that enable OCI to scale AI capacity delivery. This includes producing durable execution frameworks, architectural patterns, and capacity onboarding playbooks that reduce time-to-capacity and time-to-value while allowing OCI to onboard many large customers in parallel.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities:

• Lead the engagement, design, and delivery of AI capacity and infrastructure for the largest enterprise OCI customers.

• Partner with OCI architects and engineering leaders to translate complex customer requirements into scalable, supportable cloud and AI infrastructure architectures, influencing region design, GPU capacity planning, network topology, storage architecture, and deployment models.

• Lead large, cross-functional programs with multiple stakeholders (including customers, partners, vendors, and OCI internal) and competing priorities, establishing clear ownership, roadmaps, milestones, and mechanisms to ensure on-time and high-quality delivery.

• Define and operationalize best practices, frameworks, and playbooks for AI capacity onboarding, region readiness, and customer handover, enabling OCI to scale delivery across many customers in parallel.

• Effectively communicate findings and progress to technical and non-technical audiences, including executive leadership.

• Mentor and raise the bar for technical program management across OCI by modeling strong technical judgment, execution rigor, and ownership, and by contributing to the evolution of TPM best practices.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Technology Management, Business Management, or related field (or equivalent experience).

• 10+ years (Senior Principal) experience as a hands-on technical program or product manager, ideally in with cloud infrastructure domain expertise.

• Advanced knowledge of product lifecycle management and experience launching/operating customer-facing cloud services or large-scale services operating on cloud.

• Experience communicating seamlessly with technical and business audiences at all organizational levels.

• Analytically and technically proficient, able to quickly learn new software, tools, and market trends.

• Demonstrated success thriving in dynamic, customer-focused, ambiguous environments.

• Experience in datacenter or cloud infrastructure development or as a member of a cloud software/product development organization.

• Knowledge and hands-on experience with large-scale GPU infrastructure, data center operations (including power, cooling, hardware, networking), and deploying/maintaining GPU servers.

• Strong understanding of public cloud services (OCI, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud), especially IaaS, SaaS, and PaaS, including Compute, Storage, Identity, and Networking.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in datacenter or cloud infrastructure development or as a member of a cloud software/product development organization.

• Knowledge and hands-on experience with large-scale GPU infrastructure, data center operations (including power, cooling, hardware, networking), and deploying/maintaining GPU servers.

• Strong understanding of public cloud services (OCI, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud), especially IaaS, SaaS, and PaaS, including Compute, Storage, Identity, and Networking.

Disclaimer:

Certain US customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization and occupational health mandates.

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

US: Hiring Range in USD from: $109,200 to $223,400 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:

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

Short term disability and long term disability

Life insurance and AD&D

Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)

Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts

Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits

401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match

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.

11 paid holidays

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.

Paid parental leave

Adoption assistance

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Financial planning and group legal

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 - IC5

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