Principal Product Manager

Responsibilities

• Own and continuously evolve the product roadmap, translating customer needs and market signals into a clear, prioritized plan.
• Maintain a sharp, current view of the competitive landscape and industry trends, and use it to sharpen our differentiation.
• Partner closely with Engineering to ship services that meet real customer needs at industry-leading price-performance.
• Drive crisp service launches end to end — plan announcements, scope beta programs, and coordinate testing to a high bar.
• Create high-impact collateral — technical and business white papers, success stories, data sheets, best-practice guides, and presentations.
• Enable the field by delivering hands-on training to Customer Support, Technical Sales, and key customers.
• Represent the portfolio externally at user groups, trade shows, customer sites, industry conferences, analyst briefings, and the Oracle Customer Visit Center.
• Build deep relationships with strategic customers to understand how they plan to transform their business and where Oracle can deliver meaningful value.

Qualifications

• BS / MS in a technical field such as Computer Science, or an MBA with technical industry experience.
• 8+ years of product management experience.
• Excellent written, communication, and presentation skills.
• Experience owning the customer and financial success of a product or product portfolio.
• Strong analytical skills, with a passion for solving complex technology and business problems and an aptitude to learn new things.
• Ability to dig into the weeds as needed while keeping the bigger picture firmly in view.
• Experience engaging a broad spectrum of IT audiences — from CTO/CIO to database, systems, network, and storage administrators.
• Excellent teamwork and leadership skills, with the ability to drive outcomes across teams without formal authority.
• A can-do attitude with a focus on deliverables and deadlines.
• Expertise in data management or database technologies is a strong plus.