Job Description

Our mission at Oura is to empower every person to own their inner potential. Our award-winning products help our global community gain a deeper knowledge of their readiness, activity, and sleep quality by using their Oura Ring and its connected app. We've helped millions of people understand and improve their health by providing daily insights and practical steps to inspire healthy lifestyles.

Empowering the world starts with living our values and empowering our team. As a quickly growing company focused on helping people live healthier and happier lives, we ensure that our team members have what they need to do their best work — both in and out of the office. 

We’re looking for a Hardware Program Manager to join our Hardware PMO team. The Hardware PMO works on NPI programs and Sustaining programs. This role may work on both. The Hardware PMO works globally. This role will be located in the US and may require in-office collaboration in San Diego and/or San Francisco and will also require travel to other Oura global offices and/or global suppliers. 

What you will do:

• Coordinate the work of hardware engineering teams: electrical, mechanical, firmware, system test, hardware compliance, packaging.
• Drive third parties to deliver against Statements of Work, when applicable for the program
• Coordinate NPI build activities. Ensure product maturity and launch readiness throughout Prototype, EVT, DVT, PVT builds and validation. 
• Coordinate Go to Market Readiness in partnership with Product, Marketing, Supply Chain and Business teams
• Help teams identify team level milestones and deliverables (against Program level targets) identifying the critical path and dependencies to inform program-level milestones including launch targets. This may include coordination with other hardware programs in flight.
• Identify and manage dependencies between workstreams and between internal teams and external vendors throughout development. 
• Interface with hardware engineering leadership both to provide program reporting and receive strategic guidance.
• Collaborate effectively with other PMO colleagues and program leaders across the company.
• Proactively address issues and obstacles that may impact program timelines. Unblock teams, escalating as necessary. Identify how to accelerate when needed.
• Contribute to BOM creation and technical specifications and oversee engineering change management
• Drive engineering risk analysis and mitigation planning.
• Be an advocate for program excellence, keeping the team focused on what is necessary to deliver on time and in scope.
• Foster a collaborative and productive working environment with open communication to all stakeholders
• Lead improvement projects and contributes to refining the existing product development processes.

What you may do:

• Help onboard external vendors
• Identify resource needs
• Lead Early Field Failure Analysis efforts
• Onboard external vendors and manage their integration into the program.
• Identify resource needs to ensure timely project delivery.
• Lead Early Field Failure Analysis (EFFA) efforts to identify and resolve issues early in the lifecycle.

Requirements

We would love to have you on our team if you have:

• 5+ years of experience with the entire end-to-end product development process including Electronics, Mechanics, Firmware, Application layer, Data, and Cloud, System Test, as well as product manufacturing and supply chain processes.
• Skills using project management tools such as Jira and SmartSheet
• Knowledge of project management best practices (PMP not required)
• Knowledge of PLM systems such as Team Center or Arena
• Previous experience taking a complex product through NPI phases including experience leading factory builds
• Previous experience with different models of development: (eg ODM, JDM, CM)
• Previous experience with go to market planning and execution
• A desire to learn new things and accept challenges

Benefits

At Oura, we care about you and your well-being. Everyone here at Oura has a ring of their own and we are continually looking to improve employee health.

What we offer:

• Competitive salary and equity packages
• Health, dental, vision insurance, and mental health resources
• An Oura Ring of your own plus employee discounts for friends & family
• 20 days of paid time off plus 13 paid holidays plus 8 days of flexible wellness time off
• Paid sick leave and parental leave

Oura takes a market-based approach to pay, which may vary depending on your location. US locations are categorized into tiers based on a cost of labor index for that geographic area. While most offers will be closer to the starting range, successful candidates' pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, internal peer equity, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future.

• Region 1: $162,000 - $203,000
• Region 2: $150,000 - $187,000
• Region 3: $139,000 - $174,000 

A recruiter can determine your zones/tiers based on your US location.

We are not considering candidates residing in the following states: Alaska (AK), Arkansas (AR), Delaware (DE), Iowa (IA), Mississippi (MS), Missouri (MO), Nebraska (NE), Oklahoma (OK), Rhode Island (RI), South Dakota (SD), Vermont (VT), West Virginia (WV), and Wisconsin (WI)

Oura is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Individuals seeking employment at Oura are considered without regard to age, ancestry, color, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, protected family care or medical leave status, race, religion (including beliefs and practices or the absence thereof), sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. We will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.

We will work to ensure individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

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