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# Senior Forecast Analyst Demand Planning at Ōura

- **Company:** Ōura
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-08-14
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-14
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/oura/jobs/4361913009

## Job description

Our mission at Oura is to empower every person to own their inner potential. Our award-winning products help our global community gain a deeper knowledge of their readiness, activity, and sleep quality by using their Oura Ring and its connected app. We've helped millions of people understand and improve their health by providing daily insights and practical steps to inspire healthy lifestyles.

Empowering the world starts with living [our values](https://ouraring.com/about-us) and empowering our team. As a quickly growing company focused on helping people live healthier and happier lives, we ensure that our team members have what they need to do their best work — both in and out of the office.

## Role Summary

We are seeking a Senior Forecast Analyst – Demand Planning to help strengthen Ōura’s forecasting capabilities through better analytics, improved data integration, and more scalable demand methodologies.

In this senior individual contributor role, you will act as the analytical engine behind demand planning — improving how we translate signals into forecasts, building stronger statistical baselines, and helping the organization move toward more advanced machine learning-enabled forecasting over time. You will work closely with Demand Planning, Supply Chain, Data, Finance, and Systems partners to improve forecast quality, modernize inputs and tooling, and build decision-ready insights that help the business plan with greater confidence.

This role is ideal for someone who is deeply quantitative, highly practical, and excited to apply data science and analytical rigor to real planning decisions in a fast-growing consumer hardware business.

## What You Will Do

Forecast Methodology & Model Development

- Develop, improve, and operationalize forecasting methodologies that increase accuracy, responsiveness, and scalability across Ōura’s planning processes.
- Build and refine statistical baseline forecasts using historical demand, seasonality, promotions, product transitions, channel mix, and other key business drivers.
- Help drive Ōura’s evolution toward machine learning-enabled forecasting by identifying the highest-value use cases, testing approaches, and translating outputs into practical planning decisions.
- Evaluate forecast performance using error diagnostics, bias analysis, and other relevant metrics, and turn findings into clear recommendations for improvement.
- Standardize forecasting logic, assumptions, and documentation so methods are transparent, repeatable, and easier to scale.

Data Integration & Planning Infrastructure

- Partner with Data and Systems teams to improve the structure, reliability, and integration of demand planning inputs across forecasting workflows.
- Help connect data across shipments, POS, inventory, promotions, product lifecycle events, and other planning inputs so teams can work from a more complete and trusted demand signal.
- Identify opportunities to reduce manual work and improve planning speed through better tooling, automation, and analytical design.
- Support business requirements and validation for planning system enhancements, ensuring analytical and forecasting use cases are well represented.

Decision Support & Cross-Functional Analytics

- Build scenario models, dashboards, and analytical tools that help the business understand demand risk, upside, downside, and operational implications.
- Support monthly, quarterly, and long-range planning cycles with clear, decision-ready analysis.
- Partner closely with Demand Planning and Supply Chain to ensure forecasting outputs are actionable within supply, inventory, and execution processes.
- Translate complex analytical findings into concise business narratives for technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Bring structure to ambiguous forecasting problems by combining analytical depth with sound business judgment.

Continuous Improvement

- Improve core forecasting metrics, reporting, and workflows so the team can focus more on decisions and less on manual data gathering.
- Help define the future-state demand planning capability, including stronger baselines, better model governance, and more scalable analytics.
- Contribute to a culture of experimentation and evidence-based planning by testing new methods and measuring their business impact.

## What We’re Looking For

Must-Have Qualifications

- 6+ years of experience in forecasting, demand planning, analytics, data science, operations research, or a closely related field.
- Strong experience building and applying statistical forecasting methods in a business environment.
- Advanced SQL skills and strong proficiency in Python, R, or a similar analytical programming language used for modeling and forecasting.
- Demonstrated ability to work with large, messy data sets and improve data quality, data structure, and analytical reliability.
- Experience developing forecasting models, evaluating model performance, and using diagnostics to improve outcomes over time.
- Strong understanding of planning and operational processes, ideally in consumer products, hardware, retail, or supply chain environments.
- Ability to translate analytical work into clear business recommendations that influence planning decisions and cross-functional action.
- Experience partnering effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders across functions.
- Strong ownership mindset and the ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced environment with evolving processes and priorities.

Nice-to-Have Qualifications

- Experience with machine learning approaches for time-series forecasting or demand sensing in production or near-production settings.
- Familiarity with planning platforms, BI tools, and modern data environments used in operational planning.
- Background in consumer electronics, wearables, premium hardware, or subscription-adjacent businesses.
- Experience helping design or scale forecasting processes in a high-growth company.
- Experience with causal modeling, experimentation, or advanced scenario planning techniques.

Success in This Role

- Forecasting at Ōura becomes more scalable, data-driven, and reliable through stronger baseline methods and clearer performance measurement.
- Demand Planning and Supply Chain teams have better inputs, better visibility into risk, and greater confidence in forecast-based decisions.
- Demand data becomes more integrated, more trustworthy, and easier to use across planning workflows.
- New methodologies improve forecast quality without adding unnecessary complexity to the planning process.

Growth Opportunity

This is a high-impact individual contributor role with meaningful ownership over forecasting methodology, demand analytics, and planning infrastructure. Over time, this role can expand its influence across forecasting strategy, planning systems, and analytical capability-building as Ōura continues to scale.

## Benefits

At Oura, we care about you and your well-being. Everyone here at Oura has a ring of their own and we are continually looking to improve employee health.

What we offer:

- Competitive salary and equity packages
- Health, dental, vision insurance, and mental health resources
- An Oura Ring of your own plus employee discounts for friends & family
- 20 days of paid time off plus 13 paid holidays plus 8 days of flexible wellness time off
- Paid sick leave and parental leave

This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We are only considering candidates who currently reside in the San Francisco Bay Area.

- Region 1 $143,000 - 169,000

Oura is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Individuals seeking employment at Oura are considered without regard to age, ancestry, color, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, protected family care or medical leave status, race, religion (including beliefs and practices or the absence thereof), sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. We will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.

We will work to ensure individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

Disclaimer: Beware of fake job offers! We’ve been alerted to scammers posing as ŌURA recruiters, especially for remote roles. Please note:

- Our jobs are listed only on the ŌURA Careers page and trusted job boards.
- We will never ask for personal information like ID or payment for equipment upfront.
- Official offers are sent through Docusign after a verbal offer, not via text or email.

Stay cautious and protect your personal details.

To all recruitment agencies: Oura does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Oura employees, or any other organization's location. Oura is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

## About Ōura

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Ōura (Oura Health) makes a smart ring that tracks sleep, activity, stress, and women’s health, providing personalized insights to help people improve their overall well-being.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series E, $900M round in 2025)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, United States (with major offices in Helsinki and Oulu, Finland)
- **Founded**: 2013
- **Founders**: Petteri Lahtela, Kari Kivelä, Markku Koskela

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Wellness and Fitness Services / Health Technology
- **Target customers**: B2C (individuals focused on sleep, fitness, stress, and longevity) and B2B (employer wellness programs, clinical research partners)
- **Mission or purpose**: “Empower every person to own their inner potential and make health a daily practice.”

## Products & Services
- **Oura Ring (Gen 3 / Horizon)**: A wearable smart ring that collects over 50 health metrics – heart rate, HRV, body temperature, SpO2, sleep stages, activity, and stress. Form factor is designed for 24/7 comfort.
- **Oura Membership**: A subscription service that unlocks personalized daily health insights, readiness scores, sleep analysis, guided programs (e.g., stress management, women’s health), and trend reports.
- **Oura for Business**: Employer wellness programs that leverage Oura Ring data to improve workforce health, reduce burnout, and support preventive care.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: $11 billion (set during the Series E round in 2025) – [getlatka.com](https://getlatka.com/companies/ouraring.com)
- **Key Metric**: Annual revenue of **$250M** (2025 estimate) – [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/oura)
- **Total Funding**: Conflicting reports – **$1.6B** per LinkedIn vs. **$1.2B** per Latka; both include the $900M Series E led by Fidelity in 2025. Prior investors include Lifeline Ventures, DFO Management, and others.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Fidelity (lead, Series E), Lifeline Ventures, DFO Management; partnerships include the NBA (COVID-19 monitoring), employer wellness programs, and research institutions.
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - 2.5 million rings sold as of December 2024 – [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/oura)
  - Headcount: 1,042 employees (+59.2% YoY) – [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/oura)
  - Active job postings: 124 (+85.1% YoY) – [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/oura)
  - Acquisitions in 2024-2025: Doublepoint (gesture recognition), Sparta Science (force plate tech), Veri (continuous glucose monitor integration), Proxy (digital identity) – [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/oura)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Form factor moat**: The only mass‑market smart ring with clinical‑grade accuracy, comfortable for 24/7 wear.
- **Data depth**: 50+ biometric metrics and proprietary algorithms for sleep, stress, and women’s health (including FDA‑cleared atrial fibrillation detection).
- **Brand and trust**: Featured in Time’s “100 Best Inventions,” endorsed by the NBA, and used by leading research institutions.
- **Integrated ecosystem**: Hardware + subscription + B2B platform creates recurring revenue and high switching costs.

## Strategic Focus
- **AI‑powered personalization**: Investing in machine learning to deliver hyper‑personalized health insights and coaching.
- **Women’s health expansion**: Dedicated product and research teams for menstrual health, pregnancy, and menopause.
- **Clinical and enterprise growth**: Pushing into clinical trials, employer wellness, and healthcare partnerships.
- **Hardware innovation**: Developing the world’s smallest smart ring (Oura Ring 4 / Horizon) and exploring gesture recognition (via Doublepoint acquisition).

## Why Work Here
- **Mission‑driven culture**: Employees are passionate about improving global health and well‑being.
- **Growth trajectory**: Rapidly scaling company (almost 60% headcount growth) with significant resources post‑Series E.
- **Work flexibility**: Hybrid roles in San Francisco, San Diego, Helsinki, and Oulu; many remote options available – [job-boards.greenhouse.io](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/oura)
- **Engineering & science focus**: Strong R&D investment – 28% of employees are in technical roles, 5% in research.
- **Compensation**: Competitive salaries (e.g., Data Scientist ~$155K/yr, Staff Software Engineer ~€97K/mo in Finland) – [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/oura)
- **Employee sentiment**: Glassdoor‑style rating of 3.5/5 (116 reviews), with compensation rated 3.8/5 – [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/oura)
- **Notable perks**: Not explicitly listed, but the company emphasizes collaboration, impact, and a “privilege” to work on meaningful health technology.

## Sources
1. [ouraring.com](https://ouraring.com/) – Official product and company overview
2. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/oura) – Company details, financials, headcount, acquisitions, and employee data
3. [getlatka.com](https://getlatka.com/companies/ouraring.com) – Valuation, funding rounds, and CEO info
4. [job-boards.greenhouse.io](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/oura) – Active job listings and office locations

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