The Defense Specialist supports the Global Defense Team through competitive intelligence, strategic planning, program management, market analysis, and delivery of cross-line-of-business defense initiatives. The role provides actionable insights, manages strategic projects, and coordinates activities across regional, functional, and business unit teams to support growth, customer engagement, and executive decision-making.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop customer, partner, and competitor intelligence to inform strategy, business development, and capture activities.
- Manage and coordinate defence initiatives across multiple Oracle lines of business.
- Lead program and project management activities, including planning, milestone tracking, risk management, stakeholder co-ordination, and status reporting.
- Drive collaboration across sales, business development, product, engineering, legal, security, compliance, marketing, and regional teams.
- Prepare executive briefings, market assessments, reports, presentations, and leadership updates.
- Support pipeline development and capture planning through opportunity tracking, account research, and stakeholder mapping.
- Co-ordinate inputs for strategic planning, operational reviews, and leadership governance activities.
- Analyze global defense, national security, and technology trends across priority markets and regions.
- Monitor defense spending, procurement programs, policy developments, and mission requirements to identify opportunities and risks.
- Track progress against key objectives, escalating risks, dependencies, and issues where appropriate.
- Support customer engagements, industry events, and executive meetings through research and briefing preparation.
- Contribute to annual planning, forecasting, and business reviews through data-driven analysis and recommendations.
- Ensure compliance with applicable security, regulatory, and confidentiality requirements.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
- Military, national defense, national security, and/or defense industry experience.
- Experience managing programs, projects, or strategic initiatives within a matrixed organization.
- Strong analytical, research, and problem-solving skills.
- Experience preparing executive-level presentations, reports, and briefing materials.
- Strong program management, organizational, and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver results in a fast-paced environment.
- Active national security clearance or ability to obtain a lapsed clearance.
- Eligibility to obtain and maintain NATO Secret clearance
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including PowerPoint, Excel, and Word.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting defense business development, capture management, strategy, or market intelligence activities.
- Experience in international environments.
- Knowledge of defense procurement processes and government acquisition environments.
- Experience leading cross-functional initiatives across multiple business units.
- Familiarity with cloud computing, cyber security, artificial intelligence, data platforms, or related technologies.
- PRINCE2, PMP, Agile, or equivalent project management certification.
- Postgraduate qualification in a relevant discipline.
Key Competencies
- Strategic thinking and analytical judgement
- Program and project management
- Executive communications and briefing development
- Stakeholder management and influence
- Planning, prioritization, and execution
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Attention to detail and operational discipline
- Sound judgement and discretion
- Adaptability and resilience
- Integrity and security-mindedness
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: $102,300 to $209,500 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 Oracle's 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 - IC4