Director, PLM

Our mission at Oura is to empower every person to own their inner potential. The Director of Global PLM is a strategic business leader responsible for the integrity, scalability, and lifecycle of Oura’s hardware product data. This role allows Oura to scale into a high-volume, multi-category global corporation. You are the executive owner of the "Single Source of Truth," ensuring that global design, supply chain, and manufacturing teams operate with maximum velocity and zero data-related risk. This is a hybrid position based in San Francisco requiring 3 days per week in the office.

Responsibilities

Define, lead and maintain a Global PLM strategy that anticipates corporate expansion into new markets, regulatory environments, and complex product portfolios; Further develop processes and solutions for data integrity and configuration management that allow for increase in simultaneous development programs and production volume without adding organizational friction; Serve as the high-level bridge between Design, R&D, Supply Chain, etc to promote global Engineering Change Order (ECO) workflows and product release gates; Own the high-level logic for multi-level Bill of Materials (BOM) management, ensuring seamless data synchronization between international design hubs and global manufacturing partners; Manage executive-level relationships with software providers and implementation partners and own the PLM CAPEX/OPEX budget; Maintain global policies for part numbering, revision control, and intellectual property protection; Champion the integration of AI within the product lifecycle; Demonstrate deep experience in daily operative tasks of a PLM team including BOM auditing, ECO processing, and system administration to mentor the team; Lead by example in tactical execution of data migrations and system integrations; Act as senior escalation point for complex technical data issues

Requirements

10+ years of leadership in high-growth, global corporations, with a proven track record of managing PLM as a business function rather than a technical tool; Significant experience leading large-scale organizational change or digital transformations that supported rapid international corporate growth; Experience in driving development and operational front over multiple timezones; Exceptional ability to translate complex data lifecycles into business-value narratives for the C-Suite; Deep understanding of the intersection between product data and global supply chain dynamics, including contract manufacturing and international logistics

Benefits

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