Product Manager – Cloud Database & AI Innovation (Redwood Shores, CA)

Description

Product Manager Cloud Database & AI Innovation

Location:Redwood Shores CA (Preferred)

Oracle Database Cloud Services is one of the most widely adopted services within Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) powering mission-critical applications for customers around the world. We are looking for an early-career Product Manager who is passionate about technology customer success and innovation in cloud data and AI.

This role is ideal for someone with a technical backgroundsuch as software engineering development solutions engineering technical consulting or a related fieldwho is interested in building a career in product management. Youll have the opportunity to work alongside experienced product leaders and engineering teams while helping shape the future of Oracles cloud database services.

As a Product Manager youll help define product requirements gather customer feedback analyze market trends prioritize features and support product launches. Youll work closely with engineering sales marketing and customers to bring innovative cloud and AI-powered capabilities to market.

What Youll Do

Product Strategy & Execution

• Partner with senior product managers and engineering teams to help define product requirements and roadmap priorities.
• Gather and analyze customer feedback market trends and competitive insights.
• Help translate customer and business needs into product features and enhancements.
• Participate in feature planning prioritization and release activities.
• Support the creation of product documentation FAQs presentations and launch materials.
• Advocate for customer needs throughout the product development lifecycle.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with engineering teams to understand technical solutions and product capabilities.
• Collaborate with sales support and marketing teams to ensure successful product adoption.
• Participate in customer meetings to gather feedback and understand real-world use cases.
• Help coordinate activities across globally distributed teams.

Go-To-Market Support

• Assist with product launches and customer-facing communications.
• Contribute to blogs presentations demos datasheets and training materials.
• Support customer reference programs and success stories.
• Help communicate product value both internally and externally.

Market & Customer Research

• Research industry trends in cloud databases data platforms and AI technologies.
• Analyze competitor offerings and identify opportunities for innovation.
• Monitor customer adoption and usage patterns to help inform product decisions.

What Were Looking For

Required Qualifications

• 2 years of experience in Product Management Software Engineering Solutions Engineering Technical Consulting Technical Program Management or a related technical role.
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering Information Systems or a related technical field.
• Strong interest in product management and building customer-focused technology solutions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Comfortable collaborating with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• Exposure to cloud technologies databases data platforms analytics or AI/ML technologies.
• Experience gathering requirements and working with engineering teams on technical solutions.
• Familiarity with product development methodologies such as Agile or Scrum.
• Experience interacting with customers or internal stakeholders to understand business needs.
• Knowledge of database architecture data management concepts or cloud infrastructure is a plus but not required.
• Prior experience creating technical documentation presentations or training materials is beneficial.

Why Join Oracle

This is an opportunity to transition into product management while working on industry-leading cloud and AI technologies. Youll gain exposure to product strategy customer engagement roadmap planning and cloud innovation while partnering with some of the brightest engineers and product leaders in the industry.

If youre naturally curious enjoy solving complex technical problems and want to help shape the future of cloud database services wed love to talk with you.

Travel:Up to 25% (flexible)

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities
Product Analysis Market Analysis:
Contributes to evaluating business value feasibility and internal and/or external user needs of products/features.
Collaborates with team members to obtain alignment between the customer the market and Oracles goals and strategy.
Conducts analysis of market trends and the competitive landscape to support competitive positioning.
Assists in engaging customers non-customers and partners to obtain market information and discover opportunities.
Product Analysis Solution Identification:
Contributes to identifying customers unmet or unknown needs market opportunities for products and/or regulatory requirements.
Begins developing problem statements for products with low to moderate complexity and forming hypotheses for new products.
Supports the solutioning process by collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to identify solutions.
Assists with evaluating and validating different solutions to make informed decisions on enhancing existing products/features or introducing new products/features.
Creates and maintains required solution artifacts (e.g. regulatory requirements functional and non-functional requirements) with oversight.
Product Ownership Product Development and Road mapping:
Collaborates with cross-functional teams to support product lifecycle activities.
Shares responsibility with senior team members for the roadmap of assigned products/features.
Helps develop feature requirements resources and best practices for internal stakeholders.
Works with senior team members to resolve risks and issues that may impact projects.
Assists in tracking and analyzing existing metrics (e.g. Service Requests bugs raised customer feedback customer volumes) to inform optimization efforts.
Follows guidance to write user stories and acceptance criteria to ensure product quality.
Provides input on features or experiences to prioritize in the roadmap to support success criteria and Objectives and Key Results (OKRs).
Product Ownership Product Leadership and Influence:
Contributes to the overall strategy and direction of assigned products.
Tracks the development of products to enhance the customer experience and align with business goals.
Supports team efforts to drive new feature development using agile and continuous-delivery methodology.
Alignment and Collaboration:
Collaborates with cross-functional partners and facilitates alignment across teams within the department.
Follows guidelines to address pushback from stakeholders.
Partners with senior team members to develop potential solutions aligned with OKRs and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
Collaborates with teams within the department to track success criteria and performance metrics (e.g. OKRs KPIs) for assigned products/features.
Contributes to determining parameters for user testing.
Customer-Centricity:
Advocates for the customer throughout the product lifecycle with supervision.
Collaborates with team to engage customers and gather feedback about their experiences with Oracles products and services.
Collaborates with team to align Oracle product capabilities with customers business goals.
Contributes to capturing customer requirements to define new product capabilities and develop feature designs.
Supports and engages with product consumers during implementations with oversight.
Assists senior team members to review and prioritize customer issues to ensure satisfaction and quality.
Product Release Go-to-Market:
Assists in developing release overview field presentations and demos for the field team.
Aids in recruiting and supporting early adopters to validate product solutions with guidance.
Participates in the development of user documentation with oversight.
Assists with tracking product metrics about adoption.
Attends product demonstrations to internal and/or external customers partners industry analysts and field.


Core Responsibilities
Planning & Execution:
Tracks timelines with minimal supervision ensuring work is completed in a timely manner and is in alignment with project requirements.
Prioritizes and adjusts work as resources or timelines change with some guidance.
Collaboration & Partnership:
Collaborates within a team to better understand expectations and achieve shared objectives.
Leverages a foundational understanding of business stakeholder and/or customer needs to build partnerships with limited guidance.
Actively listens and asks questions to enhance collaboration.
Problem Solving:
Identifies and addresses issues escalating problems to senior staff as needed in accordance with standard procedures.
Compiles and reviews data and/or information from multiple sources to troubleshoot standard and non-standard errors.
Continuous Learning:
Seeks opportunities to gain knowledge and learn new skills and/or tools aligned with industry trends and best practices.
Utilizes feedback and training to improve skills.
Participates in a culture of continuous learning and knowledge sharing.
Continuous Improvement:
Implements updates to processes protocols and workflows to increase efficiency and effectiveness as directed with some guidance.
Contributes to ideation for future process improvements.

Qualifications
Disclaimer:

Certain U.S. based or U.S. customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements such as immunization/occupational health mandates and/or drug testing requirements.

Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only

US: Hiring Range in USD from: $62000 to $148300 per annum. May be eligible for bonus and equity.


Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge skills experience market conditions and locations as well as reflect Oracles differing products industries and lines of business.
Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity.

Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:
1. Medical dental and vision insurance including expert medical opinion
2. Short term disability and long term disability
3. Life insurance and AD&D
4. Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
5. Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
6. Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
7. 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
8. Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.
9. 11 paid holidays
10. Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.
11. Paid parental leave
12. Adoption assistance
13. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
14. Financial planning and group legal
15. Voluntary benefits including auto homeowner and pet insurance

The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted.

Career Level - IC2