Senior Director, Technical Program Management – Database Security

Job Description
Senior Director, Technical Program Management – Database Security
Location - Redwood City, CA
As part of the Oracle Database Division Security Program Office, you will play a key leadership role in defining, driving, and operationalizing security requirements across the entire Database Division You will partner closely with Database Development, Security Engineering, Product Management, and the broader Oracle security community to advance the security posture of Oracle's flagship RDBMS technologies and their integrations across OCI.

This role requires a senior technical leader with deep familiarity with relational database systems, SQL, storage engines, transaction processing, and the security models that govern them—ranging from authentication/authorization frameworks to auditing, encryption, redaction, and secure configuration baselines. You will lead cross-functional programs that translate evolving global security and regulatory regimes into actionable changes across the Oracle Database codebase, tooling ecosystem, and cloud service implementations.

You will guide engineering teams through planning, prioritization, and delivery of security features incorporated into the SaaS and On Prem release pipelines.

Your work will span complex compliance requirements (e.g., CISA, FedRAMP, GDPR, regional data residency mandates), customer escalations, vulnerability assessments, and multi-country regulations that impact how Oracle Database is developed, deployed, and operated. You will collaborate with engineering VPs, kernel architects, development managers, and global regulatory specialists to ensure that Oracle Database consistently meets the highest bar of enterprise and government security expectations.

This role is ideal for a self-starter with deep engineering and database experience, exceptional problem-solving capabilities, and strong business judgment. The successful candidate will have a proven background driving security adoption across large data-centric platforms.

With your expertise in global security requirements, regulatory frameworks, and secure engineering practices—combined with strong understanding of Oracle's RDBMS architecture—you will shape Oracle's security brand and strengthen the trust our global customers place in our database products.

Responsibilities
Lead and elevate Oracle Database security initiatives:

• Understand evolving global security, privacy, and compliance regimes—including regulatory frameworks across different countries—and translate them into actionable programs across engineering and product teams.
• Work with security leadership to define and maintain security criteria for all database products and services.

Drive execution and remove obstacles:

• Lead TPMs and cross-functional teams to drive end-to-end delivery of security programs, eliminating bottlenecks and ensuring on-time, high-quality outcomes.
• Streamline or reinvent processes to support secure-by-design development and accelerate delivery.

Bridge customer needs with long-term product strategy
:

• Convert customer and regulatory requirements into technical requirements and influence long-term product strategy.
• Guide engineering teams through vulnerability triage, prioritization, and resolution while promoting secure coding and compliance best practices.

Scale security awareness and culture
:

• Educate and motivate a large virtual network of security advocates across the Database Division.
• Promote consistent adoption of security guidelines, patterns, and processes across diverse development teams.

Innovate to stay ahead of emerging threats:

• Continuously improve security processes, tools, and methodologies to achieve the highest level of product security efficiently and effectively.
• Identify risks proactively, drive mitigation strategies, and ensure visibility across all workstreams.

Communicate with influence:

• Provide clear, structured executive updates on program status, risk, and progress.
• Maintain alignment and transparency across all phases of the project lifecycle through strong written and verbal communication.

Operate effectively in ambiguity:

• Navigate rapidly changing environments, evolving security standards, and shifting priorities with confidence and composure.
• Drive necessary changes through Oracle's governance, review, and approval processes.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 15+ years of relevant industry experience, including:
• Hands-on development experience in Java, PL/SQL, C, C++, or Python
• Experience with Oracle Database or other major database platforms
• Security vulnerability assessment or secure product development experience

About Us:
Innovation starts with inclusion at Oracle. We are committed to creating a workplace where all kinds of people can be themselves and do their best work. It's when everyone's voice is heard and valued, that we are inspired to go beyond what's been done before. That's why we need people with diverse backgrounds, beliefs, and abilities to help us create the future, and are proud to be an affirmative-action equal opportunity employer.

Oracle is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and protected veterans status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. Oracle will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to applicable law.

Qualifications
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Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only
US: Hiring Range in USD from: $161,700 - $338,500 per year. May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.

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