Oracle Early Career Program Manager - Solution Engineering

The Early Career Program Lead is a catalyst for growth, igniting the potential of our next generation of Solution Engineering (SE) talent. This individual is the innovative architect and passionate steward of a transformative program designed to onboard, develop, and empower early-career professionals. This involves crafting memorable experiences, accelerating their journey to efficacy, igniting their passion for connection, strengthening their core skills, and building a thriving community. The ideal candidate is a visionary and strategic thinker with a spark for mentorship and development, a talent for program design and execution, and a dynamic and supportive personality capable of tailoring personalized growth paths that inspire. This role champions our community values of Excellence, Curiosity, and Trust, nurturing the next generation of SE talent.

The candidate will be responsible for:

• Program Strategy & Design: Partner with Revenue Enablement Services (RES), SE leaders, and the broader community to co-create a holistic program strategy. Design and execute impactful programs aligned with this strategy.
• Onboarding & Ramp-Up: Create and manage a dynamic and engaging onboarding experience that propels new hires toward quick integration and early wins.
• Scalable Program Design: Curate and amplify relevant and engaging content, leveraging existing resources to maximize impact.
• Training and Development: Design and deliver engaging training programs and workshops focused on core SE skills, product knowledge, sales methodologies, and professional development.
• Mentorship Program: Develop and manage a vibrant and scalable mentorship program that connects early-career SEs with experienced mentors.
• Community Building: Foster a vibrant and inclusive community through intentional networking events, peer learning sessions, and other activities.
• Career Development: Provide personalized guidance and resources on career paths, development opportunities, and performance expectations.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Forge strong partnerships with HR, Recruiting, SE Leadership, Oracle University, Revenue Enablement Services, and other stakeholders.
• Meaningful Experiences: Craft intentional individual and group connections, celebrate early-career SEs, and find creative ways to drive connection and fun.
• Performance Analysis & Improvement: Track and analyze key metrics related to the early career program, such as time to efficacy, employee retention, and performance improvement. Use data to identify innovative areas for improvement and optimize program effectiveness.

Our Team:

The NAA Solution Services Center of Excellence (COE) Enablement team is the standard bearer for excellence across the NAA SE community.

We serve the SE Community. Our overall purpose is to enable NAA SEs to deliver on their potential – and our work will be prioritized by the impact it has on that purpose.

• We understand what it takes to be a great NAA Solution Engineer because we know and have played the role.
• We proactively identify and propose ways to better serve the SE community because we know them, and they know us.
• We validate SE knowledge gaps, coach them, and provide feedback – on an individual or group basis. 
  • We identify courses that can help address knowledge and skill gaps or recommend activities and practices that support career development.
  • When a skills or enablement gap for SEs is identified, we are responsible for closing it.  Either by creating an initiative, delegating one to another team, managing the effort, or developing content ourselves.       Ultimately, we ensure that the learning and development needs of our SE community are met.
• We are partners and advisors to SE leadership and ICs in identifying ways to enable the community to improve and innovate.
• We are knowledgeable on learning and development best practices, how people learn, how to create meaningful experiences, how to assess skills, and a variety of content creation needs – so we can advise our partners on 
  how we can better support them.
• We partner with the broader enablement organization to ensure that SE enablement content not created by us is of the highest quality and pertinent to the SE community we serve.
• We continue to uplevel our skills to maximize the value we add and set an example of a Growth mindset.
• We consistently deliver high-level, standardized enablement content across pillars, industries, and roles.
• We prioritize work that will have the most significant impact across NAA.
• We deliver events and experiences, facilitate training, and build content for scale and ongoing innovation.

Career Level - M2

As a world leader in cloud solutions, Oracle uses tomorrow’s technology to tackle today’s problems. True innovation starts with diverse perspectives and various abilities and backgrounds.

When everyone’s voice is heard, we’re inspired to go beyond what’s been done before. It’s why we’re committed to expanding our inclusive workforce that promotes diverse insights and perspectives.

We’ve partnered with industry-leaders in almost every sector—and continue to thrive after 40+ years of change by operating with integrity.

Oracle careers open the door to global opportunities where work-life balance flourishes. We offer a highly competitive suite of employee benefits designed on the principles of parity and consistency. We put our people first with flexible medical, life insurance and retirement options. We also encourage employees to give back to their communities through our volunteer programs.

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Disclaimer:

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, or any other characteristic protected by law. Oracle will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to applicable law.

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