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# Senior Technical Program Manager, Manufacturing at Ōura

- **Company:** Ōura
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-10-27
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-02
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/oura/jobs/4468510009

## Job description

Our mission at ŌURA 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.

As the Senior Technical Program Manager (TPM) for Manufacturing, you will be the primary bridge between Product Development (PD) and Global Manufacturing Operations. You are the single point of contact for all manufacturing process development and deployment within the PD program. Your mission is to ensure that every piece of custom automation, tooling, and test equipment is designed, validated, and deployed on time to meet aggressive product launch milestones.This is a US Hybrid (3 days per week) role based in our San Francisco, California office.

What You Will Do:

- Program Single Point of Contact (SPOC): Act as the lead representative for Manufacturing Engineering in all PD program forums.
- Cross-Functional Orchestration: Work in lockstep with Operations Program Managers (OPMs) and Engineering Program Managers (EPMs) to align equipment schedules with the master product schedule. Bring diverse teams together to tackle complex problems and work towards closure.
- Understand and collaborate in developing the Plan of Record (POR), ensuring qualification plans, checklists and specifications are in place to support production release.
- Equipment Lifecycle Management: Drive the end-to-end development of manufacturing equipment, from initial requirements gathering and vendor selection (RFQs) to Final Acceptance Testing (FAT) and Site Acceptance Testing (SAT).
- Risk Mitigation: Identify technical bottlenecks in the manufacturing process early in the design phase. Proactively manage dependencies between hardware design changes and equipment capability.
- Change Management: Manage changes impacting Manufacturing area to understand change impact and deployment planning.
- Deployment & Scaling: Oversee the installation and bring-up of manufacturing lines at global sites, ensuring equipment meets yield, cycle time, and reliability targets.
- Budget & Resource Tracking: Manage CAPEX/OPEX budgets for manufacturing development and ensure resources are allocated to the highest-priority program workstreams.
- What good looks like in 6 months:
- You are the recognized manufacturing voice in PD program forums for at least one active NPI program, and program leads come to you first for manufacturing readiness status.
- You have built an integrated equipment and process schedule (automation, tooling, and test) tied to the master product schedule, with clear owners, dependencies, and critical path.
- You have established a regular reporting cadence with KPIs (schedule, FAT/SAT status, yield and cycle-time readiness, CAPEX spend) that leadership relies on.
- Key equipment vendors and CM teams know you as their point of escalation, and you have driven at least one major technical risk to closure ahead of a build milestone.
- A change-management process for design changes that impact manufacturing is in place and used by Engineering and Operations.

This is a hybrid role out of our San Francisco office.

## What you'll bring

- Experience: 7+ years of technical project management experience in a high-volume manufacturing environment (Consumer Electronics, preferred).
- Technical knowledge: Strong understanding of Mechanical/Electrical engineering principles and the New Product Introduction (NPI) process.
- Communication: Proven ability to translate complex technical constraints into actionable project plans for non-technical stakeholders. Experience of how to report on the whole and divide the whole into easily understandable sub-entities and KPIs.
- Vendor Management: Experience managing global equipment vendors and Contract Manufacturers (CMs).
- Education: B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Possibility and willingness to travel up to 25% of the time

Nice to have:

- Experience with wearable, miniaturized, or high-precision consumer electronics manufacturing.
- Experience running programs for custom automation, fixtures, and test equipment from concept through FAT/SAT and production ramp.
- Familiarity with MES systems, production data dashboards, or smart manufacturing tools.
- PMP, PgMP, or equivalent program management certification.

## Benefits

At Ōura, we care about you and your well-being. Everyone here at Ōura 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 Ōura 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

Ōura takes a market-based approach to pay, which may vary depending on your location. US locations are categorized into tiers based on a cost of labor index for that geographic area. While most offers will be closer to the starting range, successful candidates' pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, internal peer equity, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future.

Region 1 $198,050- $233,000

ŌURA 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 ŌURA 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: ŌURA does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, ŌURA employees, or any other organization's location. ŌURA 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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