Senior Manager, Data Center Facilities Development

Job Description

Leads and manages the construction of data centers by colocation providers, ensuring projects are completed on time, within budget, and to high-quality standards. Supervises multiple project teams, offering strategic direction and resolving any issues that may arise during project cycles. Leads the creation, review, and maintenance of documentation, including design review, commissioning, and problem-solving papers. Leads the management of quality control processes to ensure all construction activities meet design specifications and industry standards. Supervises comprehensive site walks and directs the startup and commissioning phases of major data center projects. Addresses gaps in risk identification and mitigation, and communicates potential impacts to senior management. Oversees the primary point of contact role between the company and colocation providers. Leads the selection, negotiation, and management of contracts with external vendors, contractors, and suppliers, ensuring contract compliance and performance and construction activities align with the approved design plans and specifications. Leads the installation of power, cooling, networking, and structured cabling systems.

Responsibilities

KeyResponsibilities
Construction Project Management-Project Planning and Execution: -Leads and manages the construction of datacenters by colocation providers, ensuring projects are completed on time,within budget, and to high-quality standards.
-Develops and maintains detailed projectschedules, coordinating with colocation providers to ensure timely milestonedelivery.
-Manages project budgets, optimizing resourceallocation to ensure cost-effective project execution.-Supervises multiple project teams, offeringstrategic direction and resolving any issues that may arise during projectcycles.
-Leads the creation, review, and maintenance ofdocumentation, including design review, commissioning, and problem-solvingpapers, guaranteeing team compliance with standards, effective documentmanagement, and the suitability of all materials for their intended purpose. Construction Project Management-Project Integration and Quality Assurance: -Leads the management of quality control processesto ensure all construction activities meet design specifications and industrystandards.
-Oversees the coordination and integration oftenant fit out projects, ensuring effective communication and addressingchallenges during design, construction, and commissioning phases.-Supervises comprehensive site walks to ensureschedule adherence, coordination, and quality throughout the project lifecycle.-Directs the startup and commissioning phases ofmajor data center projects, ensuring all systems are operational and meetdesign specifications.
Risk and Problem Management:
-Oversees the evaluation of risk profilesassociated with timely project delivery for multiple projects.-Addresses gaps in risk identification andmitigation and communicates potential impacts to senior management.-Develops and oversees the implementation ofmitigation strategies for major construction project risks to ensure projectsuccess.
Stakeholder and Vendor Management:
-Oversees the primary point of contact rolebetween the company and colocation providers, ensuring clear and effectivecommunication and coordination across multiple teams.-Develops and maintains strategic relationships tosupport internal and external stakeholders effectively, contributing tostrategic planning and decision-making.
-Leads the selection, negotiation, and managementof contracts with external vendors, contractors, and suppliers, ensuringcontract compliance and performance, and overseeing the resolution ofsignificant contract issues.
Design Coordination and Improvement:
-Oversees collaboration with design teams toensure that construction activities align with the approved design plans andspecifications, coordinating across multiple teams.
-Provides strategic colocation provider evaluationinput for continuous improvement, contributing to strategic planning anddecision-making.
-Leads the installation of power, cooling,networking, and structured cabling systems, ensuring adherence to qualitystandards and overseeing the resolution of significant installation issues.
Core Responsibilities
Planning & Execution:
-Manages multiple medium- to large-scale projectsor initiatives across teams, ensuring timelines, deliverables, and budgets whenapplicable are monitored and met. Provides direction to teams on project work,setting priorities, and aligning with business needs. Guides teams on adjustingplans to accommodate resource or timeline changes.
Collaboration & Partnership:
-Drives cross-functional partnerships to align onexpectations and shared objectives across multiple teams. Coaches team membersto develop strategic relationships with business leaders, stakeholders, andexternal partners to foster collaboration and long-term success. Promotesinclusivity by actively seeking and listening to diverse perspectives, ensuringothers feel heard and respected.
Problem Solving:
-Provides direction to multiple teams onaddressing complex operational and/or technical issues as well as providingguidance on analyzing complex data and/or information to identify solutions.Reviews and provides insights into unresolved or critical issues, helping theteam to identify potential solutions.
Continuous Learning:
-Models engaging in continuous learning to deepenexpertise and stay ahead of industry trends, integrating best practices intostrategic planning. Leverages feedback to drive personal and team skillimprovements. Identifies skill gaps across teams, and empowers team members topursue learning and knowledge sharing opportunities that build their expertisein new areas and coaches them to apply learnings to advance the organization. Continuous Improvement:
-Drives team to collaborate on, develop, andimplement ideas to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of processes,protocols, and workflows within and across teams, providing oversight. Guidesteam to adopt new ideas for alternative approaches and methods and encouragesfeedback for continued improvement.
Performance and Development:
-Drives performance across teams by providingfeedback and coaching in alignment with performance management processes, guidelines,and expectations. Discusses development goals with team members, sharesopportunities to facilitate career development, and ensures individual goalsare aligned with broader organizational goals. Develops and manages talentacquisition pipeline by leading candidate interviews, monitoring promotioneligibility, and/or orchestrating talent resources.

Qualifications

Disclaimer:

Certain U.S. based or U.S. customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization/occupational health mandates, and/or drug testing requirements.

Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only

US: Hiring Range in USD from: $126,200 to $264,100 per annum. May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.

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. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
14. Financial planning and group legal
15. Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance

The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted.
As part of Oracle's onboarding process and consistent with applicable law, US-based employees are required to complete identity verification, which involves the collection and processing of their biometric information. Accommodations to this requirement may be granted following an individualized assessment.

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