Director, Engineering Program Management

Job description

Our mission at ŌURA 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. Oura is seeking an experienced and strategic Director, Hardware Engineering Program Management to lead Hardware PMO’s contribution to one or more major product lines.This leader will be accountable for the health, predictability, and execution quality of the hardware program portfolio within their scope. The role will lead senior EPMs and TPMs, shape the organization and operating model, establish the functional bar for engineering program management, and serve as an escalation authority when programs are at risk.The ideal candidate combines deep experience delivering complex consumer hardware with executive-level judgment, strong people leadership, technical credibility, and the ability to align Product, Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, and other senior stakeholders around portfolio trade-offs. What You Will Do: • Manage and develop senior EPM & TPMs and establish clear expectations for impact, judgment, technical program management, and leadership. • Own the hiring strategy, succession planning, performance management, career development, and leveling standards for the EPM organization. • Establish and continuously raise the functional bar for engineering program management across Hardware PMO. • Build a culture of accountability, clarity, constructive challenge, and predictable execution. • Set the execution strategy and operating expectations for integrated engineering delivery across electrical, mechanical, firmware, system test, reliability, compliance, and manufacturing interfaces. • Serve as the escalation authority for material program risk, cross-program conflicts, and decisions that affect product-line commitments. • Ensure programs have credible schedules, clear critical paths, well-managed dependencies, and appropriately staffed workstreams. • Strengthen execution through Prototype, EVT, DVT, PVT, validation, and launch-readiness activities. This is a hybrid role out of our San Francisco office. What you'll bring • 10+ years of experience leading or working on technical projects and programs • Understanding of Hardware Development including mechanical, electrical and firmware • Deep understanding of the NPI process and what it takes to bring an idea to market • Understand the complexities of hardware development and experience leading teams through a go to market experience • Worked on complex hardware development projects preferably in a startup environment • Great communication skills, both written and verbal • A Drive for Results, willingness to learn and push the team to deliver on time and under budget • A desire to learn new things and accept challenges • Comfort speaking to all audiences and the ability to adapt complex challenges into tangible solutions Benefits At Ōura, we care about you and your well-being. Everyone here at Ōura 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 Ōura 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 Ōura 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 la