Job Details

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're hiring an experienced Senior Research Project Manager to lead and scale our Research Operations team in the San Diego office. You'll run a growing portfolio of studies and partnerships, manage a small team of research coordinators, build processes for more effective research, and work alongside a range of scientists and engineers.

What you will do:

• Lead cross-functional research study execution—including budgets, contracts, IRB and regulatory submissions, logistics, trouble-shooting, and data quality monitoring, for both internal and external studies.
• Manage and grow a team of research coordinators—scale our in-house research study capabilities in the San Diego location
• Expand our network of research partners—identify, vet, and build relationships with institutional partners and CROs to complement our internal capabilities
• Collaborate with science and engineering teams—develop tools to ensure high-quality data collection and thorough documentation
• Build internal processes—propose and implement new tools, processes, and templates that allow the team to move faster, while preserving scientific rigor

This is a hybrid role based out of our San Diego office with the expectation to be onsite 3+ days per week and as needed for in-person data collection and key meetings.

Requirements

• 5+ years of full-time experience running human subjects research—academic, commercial, or clinical—including managing junior research staff
• Experience managing research studies at all stages; including study startup, study execution/maintenance, and database locking
• Delivers high quality, multimodal data sets with meticulous documentation, aligned with best practices (e.g. GCP)
• Is fluent with physiological sensors, medical devices (e.g. EEG, CGM, PSG), and regulated clinical trials and experienced with solving data quality issues at the source
• Thrives on in-person collaboration and builds momentum through hands-on work
• Is flexible with scheduling: comfortable with occasional site visits and global team calls outside normal business hours

What we offer:

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

Oura is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.