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 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 are seeking a highly skilled Program Management Lead to drive Ōura's retail expansion into emerging markets — with a primary focus on new markets and channels across the Americas, including LATAM, Canada, and emerging opportunities within the U.S.. As the Program Management Lead for Emerging Markets, you will own a portfolio of market launches and ongoing retail operations, bringing strategic thinking, cross-functional leadership, and operational rigor to help us scale into new geographies.
What You'll Do
- Develop and implement the operational support structure the core Retail Americas team needs to execute an ambitious roadmap across LATAM, Canada, and select emerging U.S. channel opportunities.
- Own specific Retail Americas programs running the full program lifecycle end-to-end: roadmap, resourcing, risk, and stakeholder management.
- Lead cross-functional coordination with Sales, Marketing, Finance, Operations, IT, Legal, and Logistics to ensure seamless execution of market entry and retail programs
- Identify and assess risks specific to emerging market launches — regulatory, logistical, cultural — and develop mitigation strategies to minimize impact
- Serve as the primary point of contact for program-related matters with internal stakeholders and external retail partners in market
- Track key performance metrics across owned programs and provide regular reporting to senior leadership
- Drive continuous improvement by identifying operational gaps and implementing scalable processes and tools across markets
Requirements
We would love to have you on our team if you have:
- 10-12 years of proven experience in international program management, including successful oversight of complex projects across multiple countries and cultures.
- Deep retail expertise - account management, channel marketing, retail execution, and/or retail digital marketing
- Strong leadership skills, with the ability to inspire and motivate teams towards achieving project goals and objectives.
- Excellent cross-cultural communication and interpersonal skills, enabling effective collaboration with diverse stakeholders.
- In-depth knowledge of project management methodologies, tools, and best practices, with a track record of delivering projects on time and within budget.
- Solid understanding of global business dynamics, geopolitical trends, and cultural nuances, with experience working in international settings.
- Exceptional analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a keen eye for detail and the ability to identify and mitigate risks proactively.
- Strong organizational and time management skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
- Proficiency in project management software and tools, preferably experience working in JIRA, Confluence, Slack, and Google Docs
- Willingness to travel as required to oversee program operations, build relationships, and represent the organization.
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
Oura 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 $170,000 - $200,000
- Region 2 $154,700 - $182,000
- Region 3 $139,400 - $164,000
A recruiter can determine your zones/tiers 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), Vermont (VT), West Virginia (WV), and Wisconsin (WI).
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.
Skills Required
- 10-12 years of proven experience in international program management, including oversight of complex projects across multiple countries and cultures.
- Deep retail expertise (account management, channel marketing, retail execution, and/or retail digital marketing).
- Strong leadership skills with ability to inspire and motivate teams toward project goals.
- Excellent cross-cultural communication and interpersonal skills for collaboration with diverse stakeholders.
- In-depth knowledge of project management methodologies, tools, and best practices with track record delivering projects on time and within budget.
- Solid understanding of global business dynamics, geopolitical trends, and cultural nuances; experience working in international settings.
- Exceptional analytical and problem-solving abilities with attention to detail and proactive risk mitigation.
- Strong organizational and time management skills, with ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects.
- Proficiency in project management software and tools; preferably experience with JIRA, Confluence, Slack, and Google Docs.
- Willingness to travel as required to oversee program operations and build relationships in market.
Ōura Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Ōura and has not been reviewed or approved by Ōura.
-
Fair & Transparent Compensation — Compensation is considered competitive for a midsize, high‑growth company, supported by posted role‑ and location‑based pay bands that signal structured ranges. A public equal‑pay pledge reinforces attention to fairness.
-
Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity is a meaningful part of total compensation at a growing company, contributing to perceived upside over time. This ownership component complements base pay in the total rewards mix.
-
Leave & Time Off Breadth — The package includes substantial PTO, paid holidays, and dedicated wellness days that together exceed a basic time‑off offering. This breadth of time away supports recovery and balance.
Ōura Insights
What We Do
Oura is an award-winning and fast-growing startup that helps people track all stages of sleep and activity using the Oura Ring and connected app. By providing daily feedback and practical steps to inspire healthy lifestyles, we've helped hundreds of thousands of people improve their sleep, understand their bodies, and transform their health. We’re on a mission to empower every person to own their inner potential, and we’re seeking talented individuals to join us on our journey. JOIN THE OURA TEAM Oura is full of skilled experts and we’re known to share a good laugh every now and then. We always strive to learn more and dig deeper into our research and analytics, to stay engaged and creative in everything we do. We respect our partners, privacy and the scientific method. We are a multi-disciplinary team of over 100 experts in hardware engineering, software development, machine learning, bioscience, sleep, industrial and UX design, production, marketing and customer experience. Oura Health Ltd.’s HQ and major manufacturing facilities are located in Oulu, Finland. Other locations include Helsinki and San Francisco.
Gallery
