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# Staff System Engineering Program Manager at Ōura

- **Company:** Ōura
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-11-06
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-09
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/oura/jobs/4484061009

## 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.

We’re looking for a Hardware Program Manager to join Oura’s Hardware PMO. In this role, you will lead a major technical hardware effort from early prototype through PVT, bringing clarity, urgency, and accountability to a complex, cross-functional team. You will coordinate work across Hardware Engineering—including mechanical, electrical, firmware, science, and test—and partner across Product, Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, and other teams to deliver a high-quality product against agreed scope, schedule, and budget. You will lead from the front: running the core team, surfacing decisions and risks early, and communicating program health to executive leadership.

What You Will Do:

- Lead a major hardware program or program workstream from early prototype through PVT, aligning teams on scope, objectives, deliverables, milestones, and launch-critical outcomes.
- Coordinate integrated execution across mechanical, electrical, firmware, science, and test teams; connect their plans, dependencies, decisions, and deliverables into one coherent program plan.
- Build and maintain the integrated schedule, critical path, milestone plan, and action log. Identify cross-functional dependencies and keep owners accountable for commitments.
- Plan and coordinate hardware builds from early prototypes through EVT, DVT, and PVT, including build objectives, readiness criteria, material and resource needs, issue triage, and follow-through on build learnings.
- Run effective core team meetings: set clear agendas, focus discussion on decisions and trade-offs, document actions and owners, and drive closure between meetings.
- Lead from the front when execution is at risk. Unblock teams, drive timely decisions, align stakeholders on recovery plans, and escalate issues with clear options and recommendations.
- Identify, assess, and manage program risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies. Ensure mitigation plans have accountable owners, dates, and measurable closure criteria.
- Own program budget management, including planning, tracking actuals and forecasts, identifying variances, and presenting trade-offs or corrective actions to the appropriate leaders.
- Prepare and present concise, decision-oriented program updates to the executive team and other senior stakeholders, covering status, schedule, budget, key accomplishments, risks, decisions needed, and recovery plans.
- Partner with Hardware Engineering and functional leaders to align resource needs, technical priorities, and program commitments; make cross-team impacts and trade-offs visible.
- Coordinate with Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, and manufacturing partners to ensure build readiness, issue resolution, and a clear path through PVT.
- Maintain accurate program documentation and reporting, including plans, decisions, risks, budgets, build readiness, and status.
- Contribute to continuous improvement of Hardware PMO practices and product development processes.

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

## What you'll bring

- 5+ years of experience leading technical programs or complex product development, preferably in consumer hardware.
- Experience coordinating hardware development across multiple disciplines, including mechanical, electrical, firmware, science or systems, and test.
- Experience leading a hardware program through NPI stages and coordinating prototype or factory builds; familiarity with EVT, DVT, and PVT is strongly preferred.
- Strong program-management fundamentals, including integrated scheduling, critical-path management, budget tracking, risk management, dependency management, and action closure.
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams through ambiguity, influence without direct authority, and create accountability while maintaining strong working relationships.
- Confidence leading core team forums and presenting clear, concise program status and risks to executive or senior leadership audiences.
- Strong judgment and communication skills, including the ability to translate complex technical issues into decisions, trade-offs, and actionable plans.
- Experience with program-management and collaboration tools such as Jira, Smartsheet, Confluence, and Google Workspace; familiarity with PLM systems such as Teamcenter or Arena is a plus.
- A desire to learn, take on challenges, and drive results while protecting product quality and customer outcomes.

## 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 $ 198,000 - 233,000

A recruiter can determine your Region based on your US location.

We are not considering candidates residing in the following states: Alaska (AK), Delaware (DE), Iowa (IA), Mississippi (MS), Nebraska (NE), South Dakota (SD), West Virginia (WV), and Wisconsin (WI).

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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