Principal Program Manager, OCI Summits

About the role

Own the end-to-end strategy and execution of OCI Engineering Summits, transforming the flagship Nashville experience into a repeatable global program while preserving the technical depth, executive access, and premium customer experience that differentiate the summit.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary program lead for the annual Nashville OCI Engineering Summit.
• Develop the global Summit playbook and adapt it for regional events.
• Lead cross-functional planning across Engineering, Product, Corporate Events, Sales, Customer Engineering, partners, and regional teams.
• Own master timelines, governance, dependencies, budgets, risks, and readiness.
• Develop attendee strategy, including audience segmentation, nominations, invitations, executive participation, and capacity management.
• Coordinate executive programming, strategic partner activations, technical workshops, networking, and customer experiences.
• Establish global standards while allowing appropriate regional customization.
• Lead post-event measurement and convert learnings into improvements for subsequent Summits.
• Identify opportunities to scale successful Summit programming into other OCI customer experiences.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in event strategy, experiential marketing, customer programs, or complex program management.
• Proven experience owning large-scale events or programs from strategy through execution and measurement.
• Exceptional program management skills, including timelines, budgets, dependencies, risk management, and stakeholder alignment.
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex cross-functional programs without direct authority.
• Strong experience working with senior executives and executive stakeholders.
• Experience managing agencies, vendors, venues, and external partners.
• Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and executive communication skills.
• Ability to translate strategy into scalable processes and repeatable programs.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience launching or scaling events across multiple countries or regions.
• Experience with highly technical or engineering-focused customer events.
• Understanding of cloud infrastructure, AI, enterprise technology, or developer audiences.
• Experience developing executive engagement, hospitality, and customer networking programs.
• Experience managing invitation-only customer events.
• Experience partnering with regional marketing and sales organizations.
• Experience developing event playbooks and global standards.
• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Management or related field.
• PMP / Scrum Master certification.
• Proven ability to work cross-functionally with functional and technical teams.
• Experience with building and managing reporting tools to support Programs; such as scorecards and KPI metrics to further drive insights around our program strategy.
• Demonstrated ability to balance quantitative and qualitative metrics to provide a holistic viewpoint.
• Expert level experience with Excel, creating dynamic pivot reports and data visualization.
• Ability to influence through data visualization and interpretation.
• Self-directed and able to work independently as well as in a team environment.
• Comfortable working in ambiguous situations.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.

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