Director, PLM

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. 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. Strategic Leadership & Corporate Scaling Digital Transformation Roadmap : Define, lead and maintain a Global PLM strategy that anticipates corporate expansion into new markets, regulatory environments, and complex product portfolios. Enterprise Scaling & Governance : Further develop the processes and solutions for data integrity and configuration management that allow for increase in simultaneous development programs and production volume without adding organizational friction. Cross-Functional Change Management : 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. Global Operational Ownership Global Configuration Strategy : 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. Strategic Vendor & Budget Management : Manage the executive-level relationships with software providers and implementation partners. Own the PLM CAPEX/OPEX budget and ensure the technology stack delivers a high ROI for the global business. Organizational Data Policy : Maintain the global policies for part numbering, revision control, and intellectual property protection to ensure long-term data durability. Advanced Digital Innovation: Champion the integration of AI within the product lifecycle to ensure the global PLM ecosystem acts as an intelligent catalyst for business velocity. Technical & Operational Leadership Hands-on Operational Excellence : Demonstrate deep experience in the daily operative tasks of a PLM team—including BOM auditing, ECO processing, and system administration—to effectively mentor the team and identify process bottlenecks from the ground up. Team Technical Empowerment : Lead by example in the tactical execution of data migrations and system integrations, ensuring the leadership vision is grounded in the practical realities of hardware and software engineering workflows. Process Troubleshooting : Act as a senior escalation point for complex technical data issues, utilizing past operational experience to drive rapid resolution of roadblocks in the product release cycle. Strategic Requirements Leadership Experience : 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. Scaling Expertise : Significant experience leading large-scale organizational change or digital transformations that supported rapid international corporate growth. Multisite-multicultural scope : Experience in driving development and operational front over multiple timezones. Executive Presence : Exceptional ability to translate complex data lifecycles into business-value narr