Technical Project Manager, Science
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Job Description
Technical Project Manager advancing Ōura’s wearable health-sensing R&D programs. Coordinating Science, Hardware, Firmware, Software, and Product from planning through execution.
Responsibilities:
- Own integrated project plans for R&D efforts, including timelines, milestones, risks, dependencies, and decision paths for Science
- Partner with scientists, technical and program managers, and functional leaders to translate scientific and sensing needs into requirements, interfaces, and escalation paths
- Work with technical leads to resolve ambiguous or high-judgment calls
- Coordinate hand-offs across teams and negotiate achievable commitments
- Apply knowledge of algorithm development practices and hardware build-and-test cycles to identify readiness gaps
- Surface risks early and drive decisions to closure across R&D initiatives
- Maintain ownership and change tracking for protocols, specifications, and readiness criteria
- Improve Science project processes by reducing duplication and standardizing where it reduces friction
Requirements:
- 4+ years leading scientific or technical projects
- Experience managing projects in a scientific, engineering, or product-validation environment
- Human-subjects research and/or wearable tech experience is strongly preferred
- Working knowledge of algorithm development practices and hardware build-and-test cycles
- Ability to spot readiness gaps across testing, validation, and readiness reviews and translate them into concrete requirements
- Ability to negotiate timelines against real team capacity, clarify ownership, and push back constructively
- Experience working across international, distributed teams, including flexing hours to collaborate with European colleagues
- Strong attention to detail and clear documentation experience
- Technical degree, or equivalent experience demonstrating strong technical fluency in a scientific/engineering environment
- Must reside in the United States; candidates residing in Alaska, Delaware, Iowa, Mississippi, Nebraska, South Dakota, West Virginia, and Wisconsin are not considered
Benefits:
- 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


















