Product Management Architect, AI for Data
Spearheads the prioritization of critical products and features by evaluating business value, feasibility, and user needs, ensuring alignment with Oracle's goals and strategies. Champions the engagement of key strategic customers, non-customers, partners and industry analysts to obtain market information and discover opportunities for critical product portfolio/product areas. Develops advanced strategies to identify customer needs and market opportunities, guiding teams to develop highly complex solutions and validate them. Advises team members and leads in maintaining the roadmap for multiple products/features, drives delivery excellence, and proactively fosters a culture of continuous improvement and innovation. Acts as an innovation leader across the Line of Business (LOB) and steers the comprehensive strategy and direction of products, leading initiatives and setting the long-term vision. Advocates for the implementation of innovative methodologies for new feature development. Champions the sharing of strategic insights with cross-functional partners and Lines of Business (LOB). Owns and strategizes initiatives to drive transformative business impact across LOB and oversees standards of success metrics criteria and performance metrics (e.g., OKRs, KPIs) for multiple products. Provides strategic mentorship to peers on meeting the customer's needs throughout the product lifecycle and prioritizes critical customer issues. Strategically engages key customers to gather in-depth feedback and align product capabilities with highly valued customers' evolving business goals. Champions the go-to-market efforts, leads recruitment and support to key early adopters, and defines and tracks product adoption metrics for multiple product portfolios to drive adoption and product improvement.
Key Responsibilities
Product Analysis – Market Analysis:
–Spearheads the prioritization of critical products/features based on evaluations of business value, feasibility, and internal and/or external user needs.
–Collaborates closely with key strategic customers to ensure seamless alignment between the customer, the market, internal stakeholders, and Oracle's goals and strategy.
–Leads the analysis of market trends and the competitive landscape, providing thought leadership on strategic and competitive positioning.
–Champions the engagement of key strategic customers, non-customers, partners, and industry analysts to obtain market information and discover opportunities for the critical product portfolio/product area.
Product Analysis – Solution Identification:
–Develops advanced strategies to identify customers’ unmet or unknown needs, market opportunities, and regulatory requirements.
–Guides internal teams in developing problem statements for highly complex products and forming data-driven hypotheses to drive innovation in new products.
–Owns and directs the solutioning process by strategically partnering with internal and external stakeholders to identify and develop innovative solutions.
–Directs the rigorous evaluation and validation of different solutions to make informed decisions on product enhancements or new features.
–Champions the creation and maintenance of critical and highly complex solution artifacts (e.g., regulatory requirements, functional and non-functional requirements).
Product Ownership – Product Development and Roadmapping:
–Provides thought leadership in the Line of Business’s (LOB) product lifecycle approach, setting industry standards for excellence.
–Advises team members and leads in maintaining the roadmap for multiple products/features, ensuring alignment with Oracle’s vision and market needs.
–Defines and refines feature requirements, resources, and best practices, fostering continuous improvement and empowering internal teams.
–Champions partnerships with key stakeholders to drive delivery excellence, anticipating/managing risks and resolving highly complex issues.
–Evaluates existing metrics (e.g., service requests, bugs, customer feedback, volumes) and market insights, steering strategic decision-making and optimizing product development in dynamic environments.
–Ensures product quality by guiding and leading on the creation and review of user stories and acceptance criteria.
–Defines and prioritizes features or experiences in the roadmap, ensuring alignment with success criteria and Objectives and Key Results (OKRs).
Product Ownership – Product Leadership and Influence:
–Acts as an innovation leader across the Line of Business (LOB), shaping and steering strategy, leading initiatives, and establishing long-term vision.
–Provides thought leadership in product development to innovate customer experience and achieve business goals.
–Advocates for and implements innovative methodologies for new feature development, leveraging agile and continuous delivery.
Alignment and Collaboration:
–Champions the sharing of strategic insights with cross-functional partners and Lines of Business (LOB), fostering a collaborative culture.
–Foresees and addresses potential pushback from stakeholders, leveraging expertise and data-driven arguments to drive consensus.
–Leads collaboration with engineering, senior colleagues, and leadership to execute solutions tied to OKRs and KPIs.
–Owns and strategizes initiatives to realize transformative business impact across LOBs, overseeing success criteria and performance metrics for multiple products/features.
–Provides expert insights into user testing parameters, guiding product iteration and enhancement based on testing results.
Customer-Centricity:
–Provides strategic mentorship on meeting customer needs throughout the product lifecycle, anticipating and addressing complex needs.
–Strategically engages key customers to gather in-depth feedback and conducts thorough research on their experiences with Oracle products and services.
–Fosters partnerships with highly valued customers to align Oracle product capabilities with evolving business goals.
–Leads initiatives to capture, analyze, and synthesize intricate customer requirements, innovating new capabilities and driving feature design.
–Offers thought leadership on delivering exceptional value and exceeding customer expectations post-implementation.
–Reviews and prioritizes critical and unique customer issues for resolution, partnering with development for innovative solutions.
Product Release – Go-to-Market:
–Champions the development of release overviews, presentations, and demos for the field team; provides strategic mentorship as needed.
–Leads recruitment and support for key early adopters to validate and enhance product solutions.
–Ensures creation of detailed user documentation, offering strategic oversight as needed.
–Champions definition and tracking of key product metrics to monitor adoption for multiple portfolios, leveraging data for improvement.
–Customizes product demonstrations for strategic customers, partners, analysts, and field, showcasing innovation and new release value.
Core Responsibilities
Planning & Execution:
–Oversees timelines, deliverables, and budgets for critical projects or initiatives, ensuring milestones are achieved efficiently and requirements are met.
–Sets organizational-level priorities and adjusts plans to align with changing resources, timelines, and business needs.
Collaboration & Partnership:
–Drives collaboration across multiple lines of business and external stakeholders to align expectations, objectives, and solutions.
–Cultivates strategic partnerships with senior business leaders, stakeholders, and customers—pursuing opportunities to expand partnerships and long-term success.
–Promotes a culture of transparency and inclusivity where all voices are valued and respected.
Problem Solving:
–Serves as a technical expert and resource to resolve high-impact, ambiguous, or novel issues using advanced methodologies.
–Drives strategic problem-solving initiatives, leveraging broad information and data sources to ensure efficient resolution and prevent recurrence.
Continuous Learning:
–Leverages deep expertise across the industry and multiple areas to act as a thought leader and mentor at Oracle.
–Contributes to the field through thought leadership (e.g., conference talks, publications, research).
–Anticipates trends and technologies to develop best practices and strategic goals that position LOB as an industry leader.
–Develops and implements strategies for ongoing learning and knowledge sharing, fostering a learning-focused environment.
Continuous Improvement:
–Leads and influences the design of innovative, high-impact processes and approaches for greater efficiency and effectiveness.
–Promotes a culture of idea generation and feedback across departments for continuous improvement.
Performance and Development:
–Provides thought leadership for organizational talent strategy, collaborating with executives and HR to anticipate future talent needs based on industry forecasting.
–Imparts strategic guidance to strengthen the talent development pipeline.
Education and/or Experience:
18 years of experience in product/service/project/program management, product design, or related field
OR
Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Business, or related field AND 14 years of experience in product/service/project/program management, product design, or related field
OR
Master's Degree in Engineering, Business, or related field AND 12 years of experience in product/service/project/program management, product design, or related field.
Job Skills:
Same skills as prior level plus;
Innovation Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of innovation, including generating or supporting new ideas, technologies, or processes for organizational growth.
Preferred Job Qualifications
Education and/or Experience:
19 years of experience in product/service/project/program management, product design, or related field
OR
Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Business, or related field AND 15 years of experience in product/service/project/program management, product design, or related field
OR
Master's Degree in Engineering, Business, or related field AND 13 years of experience in product/service/project/program management, product design, or related field.
Job Skills:
Same skills as prior level.
People Leadership / Management Experience:
4 years of experience in a leadership role with or without direct reports.
Product Domain Experience:
7 years of experience in the relevant product domain (e.g., procurement, accounting, healthcare).
Agile Methods Experience:
2 years of experience in applying agile methodologies and practices (e.g., Scrum framework) to manage projects.
Customer Interaction Experience:
6 years of experience in customer interaction.
Certification:
Product management or product domain related certifications (e.g., SAFe Scrum Master Certification, SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager Certification, Project Management Professional Certification, American Production and Inventory Control Society [APICS] Certifications).