Principal Product Manager - Oracle APEX

We are seeking a dynamic Principal Product Manager to champion the growth and success of Oracle APEX across the globe. In this role, you will work with the global team of Product Managers to accelerate adoption, empower customers, and deliver transformative low-code solutions.

You ll collaborate with a wide network of stakeholders including Partners, Sales, Pre-Sales, Cloud Engineering, and Consulting teams to design, showcase, and deploy Oracle APEX solutions that address complex business challenges. Your expertise will help shape the future of low-code development and drive impactful results for our customers.

As a Principal Product Manager, you ll be responsible for defining product strategy and specifications, gathering and analyzing critical information, and reviewing design specifications. You will communicate the product vision and functionality clearly, build relationships across teams, and ensure product documentation and collateral are aligned with company priorities. Your role will be crucial in ensuring successful product releases and meeting corporate goals.

In this role, you will also take the lead in designing, developing, and executing customer, partner, and SI engagement programs across the JAPAC region, driving growth and deepening relationships in the market.

Career Level - IC4

Responsibilities:

• Build strong, effective, and trusted relationships with partners and customers by providing best practice guidance, advise and enablement
• Collaborate with product developers to gather product requirements and designs, translate business requirements into technical specifications, and use problem-solving skills to provide value-based solutions to stakeholders.
• Support both internal and external customers by extending guidance from Proof of Concept (POC) through production deployment
• Help and support existing customers to troubleshoot any issues and ensure a thorough follow-up
• Define the product vision, strategy, and roadmap; write product definitions and user stories in collaboration with stakeholders.
• Engage with internal customers and act as their advocate to influence business and technical leaders.
• Develop and manage product collateral including workshops, blogs, and videos that highlight the customer value of new features
• Develop, test and review Oracle APEX certification exam questions
• Monitor and address product queries posted in the internal and external community forums
• Facilitate Partner and Customer education including product workshops and refresher training
• Collaborate with the pre-sales teams, influence and drive Oracle APEX adoption
• Collaborate with successful customers towards producing product success stories and quotes
• Support internal teams on new sales, expansions and onboarding of customers.
• Support field, marketing, partner, customer, and community events
• Act as a subject matter expert to balance and prioritize across competing stakeholders and business requests.

Who you are:

• You have a complete understanding of Oracle APEX, and you have developed production systems at various scales.
• You have a full grasp of APEX functionality and also understand its gaps and deficiencies.
• You are enthusiastic about APEX and want to share it with the world!
• You have a natural ability to speak with developers, customers, and partners and help them solve their problems.
• You have an appreciation for data-first development and have a solid background in SQL and PL/SQL.
• You know the limitations of APEX and when it is appropriate to build third-party plug-ins or custom code, and when to stick within the platform.
• You are a self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced environment
• You enjoy contributing to multiple projects simultaneously and can shift focus fast
• You can work efficiently with minimal supervision
• You have a bias for action and an itch to improve existing processes
• You have exceptional spoken and written communication skills
• You have 10 - 12 years of experience in APEX application development
• Technical background with experience in Web technologies.
• Bachelors Degree or equivalent in technology or MBA

If you re looking for a challenge that will not only be rewarding to yourself but will make a difference in communities all over the globe, then this is the job for you. The existing team contains some of the best from the Oracle APEX world, and were looking forward to welcoming you. Step up, take charge, and let s build something extraordinary together!