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 looking for a Sourcing Manager to own end‑to‑end category strategy and lifecycle execution for silicon and EE components across our current and next‑generation hardware roadmap. This role will partner closely with supply chain, hardware and electrical engineering, science, product, finance, and legal teams, as well as with key suppliers and contract manufacturers, to ensure we have a resilient, cost-optimized, and innovative silicon supply base.
- Develop Category Strategy: Devise and implement end-to-end sourcing strategies for custom and high-complexity silicon components (e.g., SoCs, Sensors, etc.) used in next-generation wearable consumer electronics, considering technical requirements, quality, cost, lead times, and supplier capabilities.
- Lead Cross-Functional Collaboration: Act as the central commercial owner to hardware, software, firmware, product, and design by aligning architectural decisions and technical requirements with supply chain strategy ensuring feasible, compliant, and cost-effective product solutions.
- Manage Supplier Relationships & Performance: Drive strategic supplier engagement, lead RFQ processes, commercial negotiations, and cost modeling, and run structured weekly/monthly/quarterly business reviews focused on capacity, clear‑to‑build readiness, delivery performance, quality, and cost.
What You Will Do:
- Collaborate with EE engineering teams to influence and align supplier product roadmaps with the company’s long-term hardware strategy and product lineup.
- Secure reliable component supply and locked-in commercial terms to support both production demand and engineering builds for NPI programs across the full EE component portfolio.
- Apply deep understanding of pricing structures and cost drivers for EE components to lead cost analysis activities at the module and component level, and negotiate with suppliers to meet or beat target cost objectives.
- Own forecast alignment and supplier capacity planning to safeguard supply continuity for development, pilot, and mass production needs
- Proactively monitor global silicon market dynamics, technology trends, and capacity/geopolitical risks, translating insights into category strategies and mitigation plans
Location: San Francisco, CA
This is a hybrid role, the candidate should be based in the San Francisco Bay Area and able to come into the office 2-3 days per week.
Requirements:
- 7+ years of work experience in EE or custom silicon strategic sourcing or procurement
- Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain, or related field, Master’s Degree a plus
- Experience working with Tier‑1 silicon suppliers and OSAT partners across Asia and North America
- Background in high‑volume consumer electronics and CM/ODM/JDM manufacturing models is strongly preferred
- Proven experience in negotiating commercials and a deep understanding of should cost
- Excellent negotiation and communication skills (written and verbal)
- Ability to thrive in ambiguity, can manage multiple complex projects in a fast-paced, rapidly evolving environment
- Ability to travel 25% of the time, both domestically and internationally
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 and add to our benefits!
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
- Amazing culture of collaborative and passionate coworkers
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.
- San Francisco Salary Range - $172,550–$203,000
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.
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Skills Required
- 7+ years of work experience in EE or custom silicon strategic sourcing or procurement
- Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain, or related field
- Experience working with Tier‑1 silicon suppliers and OSAT partners across Asia and North America
- Background in high‑volume consumer electronics and CM/ODM/JDM manufacturing
- Proven experience in negotiating commercials and deep understanding of should cost
- Excellent negotiation and communication skills
- Ability to thrive in ambiguity and manage multiple projects
- Ability to travel 25% of the time
Ōura Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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