Principal Program Manager – Events

Description

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.

Job Description

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) powers the worlds most demanding workloads helping organizations innovate with secure high-performance cloud services. As OCI continues its rapid growth were investing in operational excellence strategic initiatives and scalable business processes that enable our teams to deliver exceptional customer experiences and accelerate innovation.

Role Summary

Build manage and evolve the content and operational infrastructure that allows OCI events (OCI Bootcamp Customer Advisory Board events Oracle AI World and Oracle AI World Tours) to operate and scale efficiently.

This Principal Program Manager-Events (IC4) role is an individual contributor who will independently lead complex cross-functional event workstreams establishes scalable standards and drives decisions across operations and content delivery. The role partners with marketing product technical executive and regional stakeholders to ensure event experiences and content align with business priorities audience needs and program objectives.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

• Lead integrated event planning across operations and content owning workback schedules milestones dependencies readiness criteria and risk mitigation.

• Oversee event content planning and delivery including agenda development session alignment speaker readiness presentation milestones reviews and approvals.

• Partner with content owners and subject matter experts to ensure presentations demos and supporting materials meet messaging quality and audience requirements.

• Establish and maintain standardized event templates checklists RACI models operating procedures and planning tools across the event portfolio.

• Drive cross-functional alignment resolve planning gaps and escalate risks with clear recommendations and proposed tradeoffs.

• Own operational delivery across registration attendee communications mobile app requirements credentialing onsite logistics transportation merchandise and customer hospitality.

• Manage agency and vendor performance scope deliverables purchase orders SOWs budgets invoices and procurement timelines.

• Lead compliance coordination for customer experiences gifts strategic partner programs and fulfillment.

• Establish tracking and reporting for attendees executives speakers partners and content deliverables ensuring stakeholders have accurate visibility into readiness and outstanding decisions.

• Lead international planning workstreams adapting operational and content processes to regional requirements and localization needs.

• Own detailed reporting on event performance metrics for senior leaders translating registration attendance engagement content effectiveness attendee feedback and budget results into actionable insights and recommendations for future programs.

• Lead post-event closeout and retrospectives translating feedback and results into improvements for future programs.

• Own a central source of truth for the OCI events portfolio and drive adoption of consistent planning and reporting practices.

• Provide guidance to cross-functional contributors and share best practices to strengthen event execution across teams.

Ideal Background

An experienced event operations and content professional with a record of independently leading complex programs overseeing event content workflows influencing cross-functional stakeholders and building scalable processes across global or multi-region events.

Minimum Qualifications

• 8 years of experience in event operations experiential marketing marketing operations or program management.
• Demonstrated ownership of complex programs spanning multiple workstreams stakeholder groups and competing priorities.
• Experience overseeing event content workflows including agenda planning speaker coordination presentation development timelines and review processes.
• Strong project and program management skills with the ability to establish plans manage dependencies anticipate risks and drive decisions with limited direction.
• Experience managing vendors agencies venues and internal stakeholders against defined scopes timelines and quality expectations.
• Experience managing event budgets purchase orders contracts invoicing and procurement processes.
• Ability to influence stakeholders without direct authority and communicate recommendations risks and decisions clearly.
• Strong organizational skills sound judgment and exceptional attention to detail.
• Experience developing scalable operational documentation governance processes and event playbooks.
• Demonstrated success improving event processes through performance data stakeholder feedback and lessons learned.
• Ability to solve complex problems and adapt effectively in high-pressure environments.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting large-scale global or multi-region conferences in the technology industry
• Experience partnering with product marketing technical teams and executive stakeholders to develop audience-relevant event content.
• Experience with event registration and attendee management platforms.
• Familiarity with compliance requirements related to customer gifts hospitality and event programs.
• Experience with international shipping fulfillment and merchandise programs.
• Experience managing event mobile apps and attendee communications.

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Disclaimer:

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: $91000 to $209500 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 Oracles 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.
As part of Oracles onboarding process and consistent with applicable law US-based employees are required to complete identity verification which involves the collection and processing of their biometric information. Accommodations to this requirement may be granted following an individualized assessment.