Technical Project Manager, Science

Oura
United States, San Francisco, San Diego
Workplace: RemoteFull timeUSD 127,500 - 178,000 annuallyFunction: Program & Project Management (PMO)Experience: 4+ yearsSkills: ["Attention to detail","Documentation","Cross-functional collaboration","Risk management","Stakeholder management"]

Lead end-to-end integrated R&D project plans for new health-sensing capabilities, managing timelines, milestones, risks, dependencies, and decision paths. Coordinate handoffs and negotiate commitments across Science, Hardware, Firmware, Software, and Product while translating scientific needs into requirements, interfaces, and escalation paths. Track protocols, specifications, and readiness criteria, surface risks early, and help standardize Science’s project execution to reduce duplication and friction.

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Technical Project Manager, Science

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Job Summary

Lead end-to-end integrated R&D project plans for new health-sensing capabilities, managing timelines, milestones, risks, dependencies, and decision paths. Coordinate handoffs and negotiate commitments across Science, Hardware, Firmware, Software, and Product while translating scientific needs into requirements, interfaces, and escalation paths. Track protocols, specifications, and readiness criteria, surface risks early, and help standardize Science’s project execution to reduce duplication and friction.
Location: United States, San Francisco, San Diego
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Program & Project Management (PMO)
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own integrated project plans for R&D efforts, including timelines, milestones, risks, dependencies, and decision paths.
  • •Partner with scientists and functional/program leaders to translate scientific and sensing needs into clear requirements, interfaces, and escalation paths.
  • •Coordinate cross-team handoffs and negotiate commitments teams can realistically deliver.
  • •Identify readiness gaps across testing, validation, and readiness reviews, and turn them into actionable requirements with technical owners.
  • •Maintain ownership and change tracking for protocols, specifications, and readiness criteria; surface risks early and drive decisions to closure.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 127,500 - 178,000 annually
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVisionPaid LeaveParental LeaveEquityLearning BudgetRemote Work401k

Key Requirements

  • •4+ years leading scientific or technical projects, owning milestones, dependencies, and risks across cross-functional execution.
  • •Experience managing projects in a scientific, engineering, or product-validation environment; human-subjects research and/or wearable tech experience preferred.
  • •Working knowledge of algorithm development practices and hardware build-and-test cycles to identify readiness gaps and translate them into concrete requirements.
  • •Comfort negotiating timelines against real team capacity, clarifying ownership, and pushing back constructively.
  • •Technical degree or equivalent experience demonstrating strong technical fluency in a scientific/engineering environment.
Experience:4+ yearsScienceEngineeringProduct validationWearable techR&DHuman-subjects research
Skills:Attention to detailDocumentationCross-functional collaborationRisk managementStakeholder management

Company Brief

Oura
Designs and sells the Oura Ring, a wearable device that tracks sleep, activity, and physiological signals to provide personalized health, recovery, and readiness insights via a companion app and analytics platform.
Industry: Wearables
Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Funding: Series C
Headquarters: Oulu, Finland
Founded: 2013
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