Principal Program Manager — Business Operations

Location: Nashville, TN — onsite 5 days/week. Relocation assistance is available; this is not a remote position.

Work Authorization : Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Core Platforms is seeking an experienced Principal Program Manager — Business Operations to lead and improve critical business operations programs. This role focuses on strengthening operational governance, streamlining purchasing workflows, improving internal business tools, and driving accountability for business commitments across technical and business teams.

In this role, you will drive cross-functional initiatives spanning operational governance, third-party reviews, purchasing workflows, internal business tools, and business commitment tracking. You will partner with technical and business stakeholders to simplify complex processes, improve operational visibility, and establish clear ownership and accountability.

This is a hands-on, individual contributor role requiring independent program execution, sound judgment, strong stakeholder management, and the ability to translate operational challenges into scalable, sustainable improvements.

Why Join OCI Core Platforms?

OCI Core Platforms operates in a complex technical environment where effective business operations are essential to coordinating work across engineering, finance, operations, procurement, and business teams.

As a Principal Program Manager, you will play an important role in improving how operational decisions are made, purchasing activities are coordinated, internal tools are enhanced, and business commitments are managed.

This role offers opportunities to:

- Drive operational impact: Improve the processes and workflows that support day-to-day business execution.

- Own meaningful programs: Independently lead initiatives from problem identification through implementation and sustained adoption.

- Work across organizations: Partner with engineering, finance, operations, procurement, and business stakeholders.

- Improve how work gets done: Introduce process standardization, automation, documentation, and self-service capabilities.

- Create lasting improvements: Build operational practices that strengthen visibility, accountability, and efficiency.

This opportunity is suited for an experienced business program manager who enjoys solving operational challenges, simplifying complex processes, and driving measurable improvements through collaboration and execution.

Minimum Qualifications: A minimum of 8 years combined experience with project management, data analysis and direct business experience within a specialized function. Preferred Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Management or related field. PMP / Scrum Master certification. Proven ability to work cross-functionally with functional and technical teams. Experience with building and managing reporting tools to support Programs; such as scorecards and KPI metrics to further drive insights around our program strategy. Demonstrated ability to balance quantitative and qualitative metrics to provide a holistic viewpoint. Expert level experience with Excel, creating dynamic pivot reports and data visualization. Ability to influence through data visualization and interpretation. Must be self-directed and able to work independently as well as in a team environment. Must be comfortable working in ambiguous situations. Excellent interpersonal skills. Depending on the job there may be additional minimum requirements and/or preferred qualifications.