Technical Project Manager, Science

Summary

ŌURA develops wearable health technology that helps people understand and improve their readiness, activity, and sleep quality. The Technical Project Manager will lead cross-functional R&D programs for new health-sensing capabilities, coordinating Science, Hardware, Firmware, Software, and Product teams from planning through execution.

Responsibilities

• Own integrated project plans for R&D efforts — 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 clear requirements, interfaces, and escalation paths — working with technical leads to resolve ambiguous or high-judgment calls
• Coordinate hand-offs across teams and negotiate commitments people can actually hit
• Apply working knowledge of algorithm development practices and hardware build-and-test cycles to spot readiness gaps across testing, validation, and readiness reviews, and turn them into concrete, actionable requirements in partnership with the relevant technical owner
• Surface risks early and drive decisions to closure across R&D initiatives
• Maintain clear ownership and change tracking for protocols, specifications, and readiness criteria within your program's scope
• Contribute to improving how Science runs projects — cutting duplication, standardizing only where it reduces friction

Skills

• 4+ years leading scientific or technical projects, with clear ownership of milestones, dependencies, risks, and cross-functional execution within a defined program scope
• 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 sufficient to spot readiness gaps across testing, validation, and readiness reviews and translate them into concrete requirements — with support from technical leads on ambiguous or high-stakes calls
• Comfortable negotiating timelines against real team capacity, clarifying ownership, and pushing back constructively
• Experience working across international, distributed teams — including flexing hours to collaborate with European colleagues
• Strong attention to detail, with a track record of clear documentation — decision logs, risk registers, readiness trackers, or similar artifacts that keep cross-functional teams aligned without you in the room
• Technical degree, or equivalent experience demonstrating strong technical fluency in a scientific/engineering environment
• This is a remote US role with a slight preference for candidates based in San Francisco or San Diego
• 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)
• Human-subjects research and/or wearable tech experience

Qualifications

Must Haves

• 4+ years leading scientific or technical projects, with clear ownership of milestones, dependencies, risks, and cross-functional execution within a defined program scope
• 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 sufficient to spot readiness gaps across testing, validation, and readiness reviews and translate them into concrete requirements — with support from technical leads on ambiguous or high-stakes calls
• Comfortable negotiating timelines against real team capacity, clarifying ownership, and pushing back constructively
• Experience working across international, distributed teams — including flexing hours to collaborate with European colleagues
• Strong attention to detail, with a track record of clear documentation — decision logs, risk registers, readiness trackers, or similar artifacts that keep cross-functional teams aligned without you in the room
• Technical degree, or equivalent experience demonstrating strong technical fluency in a scientific/engineering environment
• This is a remote US role with a slight preference for candidates based in San Francisco or San Diego
• 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)

Nice to Haves

• human-subjects research and/or wearable tech experience

Benefits

• 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
• Remote US role