Corporate Product Partnerships and Strategic Deals Manager / Sr. Manager - Oracle

**Job Description** The position offers an exceptional opportunity to deliver corporate-level global leadership for highly strategic growth opportunities and includes strategy formulation, new business models and inbound licensing arrangements for strategic customers in the state, local and federal governments domestically and internationally. **Description:** This Operations role plays a leading role in driving customer-specific inbound deals that are a part of strategic deals globally and work collaboratively with cross-functional groups to successfully operationalize. These inbound licensing partnership agreements will enable Oracle engineering teams to use external technologies with or alongside Oracle offerings/products/services to fulfill the requirements of large, complex global or government RFIs/RFPs and strategic deals that have a Healthcare emphasis. The position reports to the Senior Director of Corporate Product Partnerships & Licensing. You will be responsible for working with internal partners to strategize and implement partnerships for Corporate Product Partnerships where Oracle will be inbound licensing third-party IP (object code, APIs, data, source code, etc.) to embed within or offer as an add-on to our products. You will work with all levels, internally and externally, to drive relationships, strategies, solutions, and transactions. Career Level - IC3/IC4 **Location:** Telecommuting / remote from within the US **Responsibilities** Working with diverse teams, across multiple divisions, will lead inbound negotiations, internal business requirements and partners to deliver timely results to your internal customers. + A trusted advisor who works closely with leadership across various Oracle functions, evaluating potential inbound licensing opportunities, advising on deal structure, working with Product Operations and Development/Engineering to think through business strategy, product roadmaps and agreements with third parties aligning with product strategy. + Inbound deals aligning to customer specific needs with a Healthcare emphasis, requiring attention to detail, understanding a back-to-back contract structure, planning/anticipating ongoing services/SOW's and working collaboratively to identify needs in future RFP requirements to ensure delivery. + Collaborate with cross-functional teams (engineering, support, operations, sales, finance, legal and other key functions) to structure business initiatives, develop work plans addressing strategic Healthcare customers needs, lead analysis, and develop/communicate final recommendations. + Applies emerging data sources to deliver insights that support decisions and provides input into the most effective ways to understand value drivers, architect partnerships and design ecosystems for maximum customer and business impact. + Identifies where partner programs or programmatic approaches can deliver benefits across a range of partnerships. Participates in the growth of partner programs where programs increase the effectiveness or efficiency of Oracle's collaboration with its ecosystem partners. **Strategic Deal** **Execution:** + Working with Product Operations and Development business leaders, develops business cases with clear value drivers for inbound partnerships and creatively structures agreements to achieve business objectives. Identifies potential outcomes and risks. + Develops a deep understanding of line of business strategy, business operations and needs in a way that helps identify the optimal ways to construct the agreement for maximum impact. + Develops and leads negotiation strategy, options and scenarios with partners. Grows a positive relationship with partners to set the partnership up for long-term success. + Communicates with all partners at all stages of the deal process to secure agreement and approvals. Drives deals to closure while maintaining a willingness to walk away from deals that do not meet business objectives or introduce unacceptable risk. + Strong understanding and background in government contracting a plus (RFIs, RFPs, etc.) + Strong understanding in operational flow of business where inbound licensing of 3 rd party products align with delivery of products and solutions to outbound customers. **Deal Management and Partnership Governance:** + Collaborating with Line of Business, Development and Engineering teams to run ongoing relations with the inbound providers and work as the key customer concern point on material issues. + Monitors deal performance and track efficacy relative to expectations post-close. Maintain ongoing relationships with partners to ensure compliance and commitments are fulfilled. + Identifies approaches to grow the impact of the partnership, gathers findings and insights, and raises as needed with partner and Oracle leadership. **Experience Profile:** + 7+ years of business experience in technology, with relevant experience in structuring, influencing/negotiating and leading sophisticated partnership agreement negotiations. This includes inbound licensing of IP. + Government contracting experience is a strong plus. + Negotiating and handling long-term inbound licensing relationships. + Subject matter expertise in cloud services and/or working with ecosystem partners in the cloud infrastructure, data, AI and machine learning, security, SaaS applications, and middleware services are positives but not requirements for this role. + Comfortable working in a fast-paced setting, where you are the leader in identifying solutions in highly ambiguous situations. + Bring structure, creativity, and intellectual power to evaluate ambiguous business opportunities and challenges. + Experience working with Product Development and Operations to assess the inclusion of third-party IP (source code, object code, data, API's, etc.), through planning, discussion, agreement facilitation, and ongoing management. + Passion for product, technology, and creating great end-to-end customer experiences. + Business strategy and market development experience with analytical and business modeling skills. + Exploring a wide range of possible effective partnering approaches. + Passion for bringing a growth mentality to develop a high-performance team. Achieving our potential is a team effort and a passion for contributing to the success of others and enhancing the knowledge of others are important elements of success. + Leading cross-disciplinary virtual teams and driving initiatives, projects and partnerships from creation to implementation; project management experience. + A growing ability to communicate and influence at all levels and across a variety of functions (such as engineering, marketing, sales, customer success, finance and legal). + Key interpersonal traits: intellectual curiosity, collaboration, creativity, adaptability, unquestionable ethics and integrity, bias towards data-based decision making, and a willingness to advocate for calculated risks. Disclaimer: **Certain US customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization and occupational health mandates.** **Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only** US: Hiring Range: from $79,000 to $158,200 per annum. May be eligible for bonus and equity. Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle's differing products, industries and lines of business. Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity. Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following: 1. Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion 2. Short term disability and long term disability 3. Life insurance and AD&D 4. Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child) 5. Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts 6. Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits 7. 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match 8. Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation. 9. 11 paid holidays 10. Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours. 11. Paid parental leave 12. Adoption assistance 13. 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