Job Description

Location: India (Bangalore preferred - Onsite is mandatory)

Reports To: OCI India Hub Leader

Job Type: Full-time, Individual Contributor (IC4 level)

Work Hours: Flexible India timezone with collaboration in US and EU time zones

Overview of the Role

The Program Manager will act as a strategic execution arm for the OCI India Hub Leader, leading high-priority, cross-functional initiatives that are critical to the success and maturity of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) in India. These may include programs that are:

• Strategic and “OCI-changing,” requiring dedicated focus and execution velocity

• Resource-gapped initiatives that would otherwise stall or fail without this role’s intervention

• Multi-disciplinary efforts bridging Engineering, HR, Compliance, Real Estate, Facilities, Talent Acquisition, and global stakeholders

You will play a horizontal leadership role — orchestrating alignment, navigating ambiguity, switching contexts rapidly, and driving outcomes with autonomy, accountability, and precision.

Highlights of the Role

• Drive high-impact strategic initiatives on behalf of OCI India Hub Leader

• Interface directly with global OCI Leadership, cross-functional leaders, and India-based teams

• Lead programs that touch organizational design, operations, culture, hiring, facilities, compliance, and governance

• Be an embedded generalist with a builder mindset — part program manager, part strategist, part execution partner

• Own visibility, communication, data, and stakeholder engagement end-to-end

• Work autonomously while staying deeply aligned with OCI priorities

Measured for success to deliver

• Operational Leadership Support

• Lead and coordinate cross-functional programs that align the India Development Center (IDC) with OCI’s global roadmap and corporate governance.

• Support the Hub Leader in driving operational excellence, facilitating local executive meetings, and creating visibility for IDC’s goals and challenges.

• Monitor program risks, dependencies, and progress; ensure clear documentation, tracking, and reporting of outcomes to global and local leadership.

• People and Community Programs

• Collaborate with Talent, HR, and Engineering to drive culture, employee engagement, retention, and career development initiatives across OCI India.

• Support strategic talent initiatives including hiring dashboards, onboarding enhancements, mentorship programs, and technical leadership development.

• Coordinate regional OCI values, DEI efforts, learning events, and community-building activities.

• OCI Engineering India Lead Support

• Act as a programmatic liaison for India-focused external engagements, supporting leadership visibility at forums, client sessions, and industry bodies.

• Assist in the integration of newly hired leaders and teams into the OCI ecosystem; help build a unified, high-performance organization across locations.

• Partner with HR and OCI leaders on monthly EVP HR engagements, reporting, and data-driven decision-making.

• Business Operations and Communication

• Develop and maintain OKRs, dashboards, and cadence for key business reviews and organizational updates.

• Prepare strategic and executive-level content for internal and external audiences.

• Coordinate governance and compliance programs regionally and support internal audits, reviews, and best practice implementation.

Reporting Line and Stakeholder Engagement

You will report directly to the OCI India Hub Leader and partner with:

• OCI Global Program Management Office (PMO)

• Engineering, Talent Acquisition, HR, Finance, and Compliance teams in India and globally

• OCI VPs/SVPs and regional business partners

Career Level - IC4

Responsibilities

Manage the development and implementation of initiatives involving departmental or cross-functional teams focused on the delivery of OCI India Hub activities. Plan and direct schedules and monitor budget/spending. Monitor the programs from initiation through delivery. Organize the inter departmental activities ensuring completion of the project on schedule and within constraints.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Strategic & Operational Programs

• Lead, track, and report on multi-quarter initiatives that drive India Hub alignment with OCI’s global product roadmap, organizational maturity, and operational goals

• Collaborate with leadership to shape initiatives like regional OKRs, site-wide initiatives, cost efficiency, and cross-functional problem solving

• Run local executive meetings, reviews, and visibility forums. Bring structured data and insights to leadership decisions

• People & Culture Programs

• Partner with HR and Talent to drive initiatives around employee engagement, career development, leadership programs, DEI, and OCI values adoption

• Drive College, Campus hiring and recruitment programs

• Build and run India-wide forums, learning series, mentoring initiatives, and community-driven efforts

• Support talent up-leveling and succession planning with data-driven dashboards and talent tracking

• Facilities & Real Estate Alignment

• Shadow or co-lead workplace expansion, renovation, and optimization projects

• Coordinate between real estate, security, facilities, and workplace teams to ensure zero downtime, employee safety, and experience

• Help enforce SEZ and compliance requirements and contribute to workplace sustainability goals

• Data, Reporting & Communication

• Own creation of dashboards, presentations, and communication artifacts for internal and external audiences

• Visualize complex programs in executive-friendly formats; run program reviews and retrospectives

• Be the central node for status, escalation, and executive updates

• Stakeholder & Vendor Collaboration

• Act as a force multiplier for leadership, managing matrixed relationships with Engineering, Legal, Finance, Procurement, and global centers of excellence as required in HUB activities

• Collaborate with vendor teams on training, knowledge transfers, SLA adherence, and cost-performance tracking

• Handle sensitive topics like compliance incidents, people issues, or facilities escalations with tact and discretion

• Customer and ISV Engagement

• Partner with OCI Centralized product management team to understand APAC customers,

• Partner with pre-sales teams on customer requirements and engineering interface to the ISV teams

• Partner with

• Engineering Engagement

• Partner with OCI Architecture team for engineering collaborations

• Conduct Hackthon events for employee engagement

• Drive cross team roadmap engagements as necessary through Chief of Staff needs of executive leaders

Core Requirements

• 10+ years of overall experience, with 5+ years in Program Management roles in tech, cloud, or infrastructure

• Experience in working directly with or reporting to senior executives (SVP, VP)

• Comfortable navigating ambiguous, high-stakes projects across domains

• Background in startups, consulting, strategy, or early-stage companies is a strong advantage

• Strong track record in managing large-scale, cross-functional programs involving engineering, operations, and HR.

• Experience working in highly matrixed and geographically distributed teams.

• Strong understanding of regional organizational dynamics, hiring, and operational strategy in a global cloud infrastructure business.

Skills and Knowledge

• Hands-on execution of complex programs across Engineering, HR, Workplace, and Business Operations

• Exceptional program and stakeholder management skills

• Strong with data interpretation and storytelling — ability to drive decision-making through dashboards, OKRs, KPIs

• Strong communication — verbal, written, executive presentation

• Advanced skills in Excel, Word One-pager proposals, PowerPoint/Slides, and confluence-based documentation

• Skilled in metrics-driven program delivery using tools like Confluence, JIRA, Excel

• Comfortable using communication tools like Slack

• Knowledge of workplace compliance, SEZ policies, employee experience tools, or facilities tech is a plus

• Understanding of cloud infrastructure, organizational design, and strategic planning is a plus

• Comfortable working with senior leadership and managing confidential information

  
Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business, Management, or equivalent

• Certifications in PMP, CSM, or Agile practices (strongly preferred but not mandatory)

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree (MBA, M.Tech or similar)

• Prior experience supporting a regional leader or BU head in a cloud/tech org

• Familiarity with OCI services or comparable cloud platforms (OCI, AWS, GCP, Azure)

• Experience supporting talent development or culture-building initiatives in addition to operational programs

• Familiarity with India Tech ecosystem and regional compliance policies

• Experience with facilities, RE, and workplace governance a strong plus

Ideal Candidate Persona

• Strategic executor: Can zoom in/out, go deep when needed, and always keep the big picture in mind

• Builder mindset: Takes incomplete ideas and turns them into structured, operational outcomes

• Operational athlete: Manages deadlines, meetings, documents, stakeholders, and issues with high precision

• Culture carrier: Embodies the values of OCI while helping build a strong identity for the India Hub

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