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. Weve helped over one million people understand and improve their health by providing daily insights and practical steps to inspire healthy lifestyles.Empowering the world starts with living our values and empowering our team. As a quickly growing company focused on helping people live healthier and happier lives, we ensure that our team members have what they need to do their best work - both in and out of the office.We are looking for a Manager, Algorithms to lead a team creating new health sensing algorithms that power future Oura experiences. You'll set direction, build strong execution habits, and partner across hardware, firmware, and product to deliver algorithms that are accurate, resilient, and ready for real-world use.This is a hybrid role based in San Diego, CA, requiring at least three days in office (at our Carmel Mountain location) per week.What you will do:Lead and grow a team of algorithm scientists advancing Oura's next generation health sensing capabilities: setting direction, coaching, and ensuring strong delivery and technical qualityDrive algorithm strategy and execution for new sensing programs: translate product and program needs into clear technical goals, milestones, and success metricsOwn end-to-end algorithm development from early feasibility and prototype evaluation through feature-ready performancePartner deeply with hardware and firmware teams to shape sensing requirements, understand constraints, and influence design decisions to improve real-world algorithm performanceCoordinate cross-functionally with product, program management and other stakeholders to align priorities, manage dependencies, and communicate progress, risks, and tradeoffsMaintain technical depth as a leader: review methods and results, unblock complex problems, and uphold strong engineering/scientific standards, while enabling the team to own implementation detailsScale team leverage by improving processes and infrastructure (reusable analysis pipelines, evaluation frameworks, documentation, etc)RequirementsWe would love to have you on our team if you have:PhD in biomedical engineering, electrical engineering, neural engineering, biostatistics, computer science or related field; or MS with significant relevant industry experienceDemonstrated people leadership experience managing and developing technical teams (scientists/engineers/data scientists), including hiring, coaching, performance management, and team execution5+ years of experience developing and productizing algorithms in a cross-functional environment, ideally involving sensor time-series dataSolid foundation in time-series/signal processing and statistical evaluation, with the ability to guide technical choices and ensure rigor (filtering, artifact handling, modeling approaches, performance characterization, etc)Experience collaborating with hardware/firmware partners on prototype-to-product development; comfort operating with real-world constraints and imperfect early dataStrong programming fluency in Python, plus modern collaboration practices (git, code review, testing, reproducibility)Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills: you can align globally distributed teams, make tradeoffs clear, and drive decisions with crisp narrativesA pragmatic, delivery-focused mindset: you prioritize effectively, build team leverage, and create clarity in ambiguityFlexible schedule and strong async communication skills to work with Oura's Finnish teams (early morning meetings two to three times a week)BenefitsAt Oura, we care about you and your well-being. Everyone here at Oura has a ring of their own and we are continually looking to improve employee health.What we offer:Competitive salary and equity packagesHealth, dental, vision insurance, and mental health resourcesAn Oura Ring of your own plus employee discounts for friends & family20 days of paid time off plus 13 paid holidays plus 8 days of flexible wellness time offPaid sick leave and parental leaveOura takes a market-based approach to pay, which may vary depending on your location. US locations are categorized into tiers based on a cost of labor index for that geographic area. While most offers will be closer to the starting range, successful candidates pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, internal peer equity, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future.San Diego area $173,000- $200,000A recruiter can determine your zones/tiers based on your US location.We are not considering candidates residing in the following states: Alaska (AK), Delaware (DE), Iowa (IA), Mississippi (MS), Missouri (MO), Nebraska (NE), South Dakota (SD), Vermont (VT), West Virginia (WV), and Wisconsin (WI)