About the business
Our vision is for Oracle employees to have a frictionless experience with the systems they use every day. Employees should find what they need easily and complete tasks quickly and reliably, with systems that work seamlessly together and provide useful AI assistance. We connect systems, process and policy to remove confusing steps, repeated work and delays, and measure whether changes improve everyday tasks for employees.
About the role
Hire and lead the Employee Experience Solution Engineering group, owning technical strategy, engineering investment and delivery outcomes across Fusion and other key employee platforms spanning 10 key value streams. Translate executive direction into an engineering strategy and execution plan. Lead rapid execution through maintainable extensions, integrations, automation and AI applications built with Oracle systems teams. Develop leadership capability and be accountable for the group budget and cost control within delegated authority. Work hand in hand with the Senior Director of Employee Experience Strategy to deliver the vision and mission, turning employee needs and UX strategy into reliable solutions with measurable results.
What you will do · Own group engineering strategy and execution planning. Jointly shape the solution roadmap with the Senior Director of Employee Experience Strategy. Define the architecture, technical roadmap and capability plan for prioritized employee journeys, agreeing feasibility, sequencing and experience outcomes together. Align engineering investments with Employee Systems and line-of-business strategy, and advise executives on technical opportunities, constraints and portfolio tradeoffs. Develop and communicate the strategy in partnership with technical teams that own the applications and business teams accountable for functional outcomes. · Own the group budget. Prepare and manage engineering operating and investment budgets, including staffing, cloud consumption, tools and partner services. Forecast demand, allocate approved capacity, control costs and explain variances within delegated spending authority. · Resolve solution choices across systems. Assess existing and planned Oracle capabilities, configuration and reuse before custom development. Lead architecture and integration decisions across application boundaries, agreeing data access, interfaces, dependencies and platform constraints with system owners. · Lead rapid engineering execution. Partner with product and design specialists on prototypes, design reviews and usability validation, then direct production solutions across architecture, AI, integration and automation. Own estimates, technical delivery commitments, code quality, automated testing and acceptance evidence for the group’s assigned scope. · Engineer AI-enabled experiences that meet employees where they are. Build AI applications, search and workflow capabilities where employee needs justify them. Require evaluations, permissions, monitoring, latency measures and fallback behavior before production use. Consistently test usefulness with employees and the Employee Experience Strategy team, and verify employee value after release. · Own technical quality and maintainability. Establish secure development, observability, performance, release and rollback practices. Diagnose issues with system owners, including platform load times. Implement approved workflow and policy rules with traceable tests and named support owners. · Hire the team and develop leaders. Recruit architecture, AI application, integration and automation specialists. Set goals, coach employees, make talent and performance decisions within Oracle processes, develop technical and people leaders and build succession coverage. What you will bring · Deep expertise in software or enterprise solution engineering, with breadth across architecture, APIs, integrations, cloud services, testing and operations. Typically 12+ years of relevant knowledge and experience, acquired through education and/or experience, and typically 8+ years of engineering people-management experience. · Demonstrated accountability for architecting complex engineering problems, execution plans, budgets and cost control. Experience allocating engineering investment across competing priorities and balance staffing, platform and operating costs against delivery outcomes and long-term maintainability. · A record of hiring multidisciplinary engineering teams, developing leaders, managing performance and building succession plans. Experience coaching managers or directors, or comparable evidence of developing leaders with substantial technical and delivery accountability. · Very comfortable working in a highly unstructured and ambiguous environment. Create technical direction from incomplete information, test assumptions and adapt plans as constraints change. Lead critical engineering initiatives across organizations and build shared strategy with application-owning technical teams and business owners of functional outcomes. · A record of delivering and supporting production integrations, applications and automation, including AI-enabled enterprise solutions. Ability to challenge designs, evaluate technical evidence and negotiate commitments with senior platform and business leaders. · Experience using employee feedback, including eNPS, engagement surveys and effort scores, alongside technical telemetry to prioritize engineering improvements and verify employee outcomes. · Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field; Masters preferred Highly desired experience · Prior Oracle application experience is highly desired, particularly Oracle Fusion (HCM, CX and other applications) and its extensibility and integration capabilities. Experience with OCI, Oracle Integration, AI evaluation, workflow or policy automation, and enterprise performance engineering is also valued. · Management or technology consulting experience at McKinsey, BCG, Bain, Deloitte or Accenture, particularly in engineering-led enterprise transformation. Location New hires must be based in Nashville, Tennessee. Existing Oracle employees may work from their current location. Expected outcomes First 90 days. Shape the engineering strategy with the Senior Director of Employee Experience Strategy, application-owning technical teams and business owners; assess existing Oracle roadmaps; validate priority gaps and platform dependencies; establish engineering standards and baseline measures; begin recruiting the team; and align an initial technical roadmap and execution plan. First year. Operationalize the engineering strategy and funded roadmap; build the core team and leadership pipeline; manage the group budget; and deliver supported solutions with verified employee improvements in partnership with the Senior Director of Employee Experience Strategy.
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: $193,600 to $414,400 per annum. May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.
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 Oracle's 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:
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
- Short term disability and long term disability
- Life insurance and AD&D
- Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
- Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
- 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
- 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.
- 11 paid holidays
- 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.
- Paid parental leave
- Adoption assistance
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Financial planning and group legal
- 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 Oracle's 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.
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