Oura
Senior Manager, Operations Program Manager
Hybrid - San Francisco, California · Senior
Sponsorship not specified$233k-$1980kDetected 29 days ago
Product ManagementSupply ChainLogisticsLeadershipCommunicationMentoring
About the role
- We've helped millions of people understand and improve their health by providing daily insights and practical steps to inspire healthy lifestyles.
- 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.
- This is a US Hybrid role (3 days per week) based in our San Francisco, California office.
Responsibilities
- Strategic Leadership: Lead and mentor a team of Operations Program Managers spanning NPI and Sustaining programs, bridging product innovation and global manufacturing excellence across the full lifecycle.
- Program Delivery: Drive supply chain readiness for new product launches and sustaining programs, ensuring delivery on schedule, scale, cost, and quality from EVT through high-volume mass production. Owning programs end to end.
- Global Factory Operations: Oversee on-the-ground factory operations and own executive-level relationships with Contract Manufacturers (CMs), ensuring KPIs for yield, quality, and throughput are consistently met or exceeded across all programs.
- NPI Execution: Lead NPI program execution from concept through PRQ, partnering with Engineering and Product Management on supplier down-selections, launch strategy, and ramp planning.
- Sustaining & Lifecycle Strategy: Lead the Post Ramp Qualification (PRQ) framework, making high-stakes decisions on product changes necessitated by material shortages, quality improvements, or cost-reduction initiatives.
- Business Planning & Demand: Partner with Executive Leadership (Planning, Sourcing, Retail, Product, and Finance) to ensure global supply matches demand, owning the mitigation strategy for any supply chain disruptions.
- Risk & Material Management: Partner with MPMs on Materials Management strategy, proactively identifying systemic supply chain risks and implementing hedging or dual-sourcing strategies.
- Budgetary Oversight: Own the operational budget for NPI and Sustaining programs, including accountability for Opex, Capex, and variance reporting.
- Proven Leadership: A track record of building, scaling, and leading high-performing teams in complex, fast-paced hardware environments, leading teams for 3+ years.
- Self-Driven Excellence: A relentless drive to optimize processes and a passion for mentoring the next generation of hardware leaders.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in Hardware Operations, Technical Program Management, or Engineering Leadership across both NPI and sustaining/mass production phases, with at least 3 years in a formal people management role.
- Exceptional communication skills with the ability to distill complex operational challenges into clear, actionable insights for C-suite executives.
- We would love to have you on our team if you have:
Compensation
- We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
- We will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.
- $198,0050-$233,000
- Disclaimer: Beware of fake job offers!
- We've been alerted to scammers posing as ŌURA recruiters, especially for remote roles.
- Our jobs are listed only on the ŌURA Careers page and trusted job boards.
- San Francisco Salary Range: $198,0050-$233,000
Benefits
- Everyone here at Oura has a ring of their own, and we are continually looking to improve employee health.
- Competitive salary and equity packages
- Health, dental, vision insurance, and mental health resources
- 20 days of paid time off plus 13 paid holidays plus 8 days of flexible wellness time off
- Paid sick leave and parental leave
- 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.
Company info
- At Oura, we care about you and your well-being.
Equal opportunity
- Oura is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.
- equal opportunity workplace.
This listing is sourced directly from Oura's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.