Director, IT Strategy & Business Management

Hybrid - San Francisco, California. Posted a month ago

The role

You will build and lead IT's strategic planning, prioritization, and financial governance function. You will manage a small team to oversee the annual planning cycle, financial operations, and procurement for the IT organization.

What you will do

Own the strategic layer for IT including value-based planning, prioritization, and governance
Manage a contractor bridge of two resources then hire and lead a target-state team of 2–3 FTEs
Build IT's strategic planning system including annual planning and multi-year technology plans
Stand up a shared prioritization and governance model
Own financial operations in partnership with FP&A
Own procurement, contract, and renewal management
Own contractor and SOW administration and workforce operations
Run IT's executive operating cadence

Required qualifications

12+ years of IT experience
4+ years leading IT strategy for a fast-growing company
Familiarity with Technology Business Management (TBM) or a comparable technology operating model
Experience partnering with FP&A, Procurement/Legal, Enterprise Architecture, and cross-functional stakeholders
Exceptional executive-level communication skills
Ability to build strategic planning, financial, and governance processes from scratch
Ability to operate as the hands-on, sole builder and manager of a small team
Use LLM assistants/agents (e.g., Claude) daily in your work

Benefits

Competitive salary and equity packages
Health, dental, vision insurance, and mental health resources
An Ōura Ring of your own plus employee discounts for friends & family
20 days of paid time off
13 paid holidays
8 days of flexible wellness time off
Paid sick leave
Parental leave

Before you apply

We are not considering candidates residing in the following states: Alaska (AK), Delaware (DE), Iowa (IA), Mississippi (MS), Nebraska (NE), South Dakota (SD), West Virginia (WV), and Wisconsin (WI).

About the company

ŌURA's mission is to empower every person to own their inner potential. Their products help a global community gain knowledge of readiness, activity, and sleep quality using the Oura Ring and connected app.