Sustaining Operations Program Manager, Oura
$150-187k
+ Equity packages
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Health monitoring smart ring
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Health monitoring smart ring
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$150-187k
+ Equity packages
More information about location
501-1000 employees
Company mission
Oura's mission is to make health a daily practice.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate brings outstanding communication skills, sharp analytical and problem-solving abilities, and a talent for synthesizing complex information into clear, actionable tasks
- You’ll thrive in a fast-paced environment where priorities may shift, and your ability to adapt and drive results will be key to success
- 5+ years of experience working in a Hardware Operations Program Manager, Technical Program Manager, or Engineering Program Manager role
- 5+ years of experience in delivering hardware products to customers in complex environments at large scale
- Experience working with all Hardware engineering disciplines: Electrical, Mechanical, Industrial Design as well as Supply chain disciplines such as: Sourcing, Manufacturing, Quality, Logistics, Supply and Demand Planning
- Must be highly self-motivated and independent, with a strong passion for excellence and a relentless drive to see projects through to successful completion
- Ability to travel internationally and domestically up to 50% of the time
- Superb interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate and influence effectively across different workstreams to drive absolute excellence
- Passion for excellence coupled with the endless drive to learn and inspire the teams to deliver and drive continuous improvements
- Comfortable speaking with all audiences and the ability to adapt complex challenges into tangible solutions
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a skilled and driven Sustaining Operations Program Manager to join our NPI Supply Chain team and help deliver best-in-class hardware products to our members
- In this role, you’ll collaborate closely with supply chain, engineering, and cross-functional partners—as well as contract manufacturers and suppliers—to ensure seamless program execution
- Work cross-functionally with the internal teams and Oura manufacturing partners to ensure new products are successfully developed through NPI to mass production, with a focus on sustaining program management
- Lead DFM efforts by working closely with the engineering, quality, and product teams to identify risks and opportunities in manufacturing and production
- Lead Post Ramp Qualification efforts to ensure post ramp changes are made and implemented based on the needs of program quality improvement, material shortages, etc
- Primary focus will be on sustaining operations, though responsibilities may also include assignments within NPI development as needed
- Work cross-functionally with the engineering, planning, and product teams to ensure that final product supply can meet demand
- Manage the overall capacity plan, including coordination of equipment, fixture, and materials for Ramp and Sustaining
- Work closely with Materials Management and Sourcing to identify material supply risks and/or opportunities to manage the factory build plan
- Foster strong partnerships with Contract Manufacturers to ensure consistent quality and a reliable supply chain
- Manage and monitor operational budgets and expenditures
Our take
As smart watches with health and wellbeing monitoring functions are now an everyday norm, Oura is offering similar wearable technology with its series of rings. It’s one of a number of companies gaining serious traction in the market, along with the likes of Circular and Movano.
The company gained an early profile after its collaboration with Gucci which created mainstream publicity and may have given it a leg up on the competition. With the smart ring market forecast to keep growing, Oura certainly finds itself in a promising position as it moves to build out its operations and refine the product.
The bottom line for Oura will be customer satisfaction and demand, which does make its mixed reviews so far a little troubling. That said, the announcement of its new "Circles" social feature, on top of an integration with InsideTracker and acquisition of "wave to pay" company Proxy, all look set to increase the functionality of the ring and could well win more consumers over.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
9% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 10 rounds)
Dec 2024
$125m
SERIES D
Nov 2024
$75m
SERIES D
Total funding: $354.1m
Company benefits
- Beautiful workspaces in San Francisco by Pier 31, Oulu and Helsinki (Finland)
- Amazing culture of collaborative and passionate coworkers
- Wellness benefits
- An Oura Ring of your own
- Personal learning & development budget of 750 USD/EUR
- Unlimited course offerings from Coursera
- Five (5) total days of work time to devote to employee development training
- Equity
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- 20 days of PTO
Company HQ
Linnanmaa, Oulu
Leadership
Tom Hale
(CEO, Not Founder)Seasoned senior board member and advisor at multiple high growth companies including Cars.com, Volara, and HomeAway.
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