Senior Business Program Manager – Strategic Business Initiatives

Job Description

Senior Business Program Manager | Oracle Corporation

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Oracle Corporation, located in the US. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) provides secure, high-performance cloud services that power critical workloads for organizations worldwide. This role is essential for driving strategic business initiatives, improving operational effectiveness, and ensuring the successful execution of key priorities that enable OCI’s continued rapid growth and innovation. You will play a crucial role in bringing together diverse teams and translating strategic goals into actionable plans to deliver exceptional customer experiences.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Full-time
• Location: US-based
• Pay: $64400–$166100 yearly
• Mission: Lead strategic business initiatives to support OCI’s growth, ensuring operational effectiveness and successful execution of key priorities by partnering across diverse teams.
• Tech Stack: Jira, Confluence, Smartsheet, Microsoft Project, Power BI, Tableau, Oracle Analytics, Microsoft Excel

What You’ll Actually Do
• Lead: Lead strategic, cross-functional programs from planning through execution, ensuring alignment with OCI business objectives and priorities.
• Govern: Drive program governance through regular business reviews, executive status updates, risk management, and issue resolution across multiple teams.
• Coordinate: Partner across engineering, product, operations, finance, and executive leadership to coordinate execution and ensure organizational alignment.
• Report: Build and maintain executive dashboards, scorecards, KPIs, and reporting that provide visibility into program health and business outcomes.
• Optimize: Establish scalable program management processes, documentation standards, and operational best practices to recommend continuous improvements.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Senior-level professional (IC3) with a BS or MS degree in Business Administration, Management, Finance, Operations, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Experience: 5+ years in program management, project management, business operations, strategy, or consulting, with proven experience leading complex, cross-functional initiatives involving multiple stakeholders.
• Skills: Strong project management skills including planning and risk management; demonstrated ability to influence without direct authority; strong analytical skills for interpreting business data and translating insights into recommendations; excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication skills.
• Bonus: PMP, Agile, or Scrum Master certification; experience with strategic initiatives, business transformation, or organizational change management; advanced Microsoft Excel skills (PivotTables, dashboards, data analysis); experience using business intelligence or data visualization tools (Power BI, Tableau, Oracle Analytics); familiarity with project management tools (Jira, Confluence, Smartsheet); experience partnering with executive leadership on strategic planning.