Director, Data Center Facilities Development

Job Description

Are you a proven people leader with 6–10+ years of experience leading and developing high-performing teams ? Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is seeking an experienced leader to oversee the delivery of large-scale data center construction projects while coaching project managers, driving operational excellence, and partnering with senior leaders, colocation providers, and cross-functional teams to deliver mission-critical infrastructure. This role is ideal for a strategic leader with a passion for developing talent, influencing organizational success, and leading through change. The ideal candidate has demonstrated success hiring, mentoring, and building high-performing teams, managing complex construction or infrastructure programs, and delivering results in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Provides high-level leadership to project managers, setting strategic goals and ensuring alignment with organizational objectives. Directs the creation, review, and maintenance of documentation, including design review, commissioning, and problem-solving papers. Directs the oversight of quality control processes to ensure all construction activities meet design specifications and industry standards. Leads strategic site walks and oversees the startup and commissioning phases of major data center projects. Addresses gaps in risk identification and mitigation, and communicates potential impacts to executive leadership. Directs the role of primary point of contact between the company and colocation providers. Oversees 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. Oversees the installation of power, cooling, networking, and structured cabling systems, ensuring adherence to quality standards and managing high-impact installation resolutions.

Responsibilities

KeyResponsibilities

Construction Project Management-Project Planning and Execution:

-Oversees the construction of data centers by

colocation providers, ensuring successful delivery of projects within the

established timeline, budget, and quality parameters.

-Develops, maintains, and oversees project

schedules, ensuring effective coordination with colocation providers for

on-time milestone achievement.

-Leads the creation, management, and optimization

of project budgets, ensuring strategic resource allocation and cost-efficiency

throughout the project.

-Provides high-level leadership to project

managers, setting strategic goals and ensuring alignment with organizational

objectives.

-Directs the creation, review, and maintenance of

documentation, including design review, commissioning, and problem-solving

papers, ensuring organizational standards are upheld, documents are managed and

delivered effectively, and all materials are suitable for their intended

purpose.

Construction Project Management-Project Integration and Quality Assurance:

-Directs the oversight of quality control

processes to ensure all construction activities meet design specifications and

industry standards.

-Directs the coordination and integration of

tenant fit out projects, developing strategies to enhance efficiency and

collaboration during design, construction, and commissioning phases.

-Leads strategic site walks to ensure schedule

adherence, coordination, and quality throughout the project lifecycle.

-Oversees the startup and commissioning phases of

major data center projects, ensuring all systems are operational and meet

design specifications.

Risk and Problem Management:

-Directs the evaluation of risk profiles

associated with timely project delivery across a portfolio of projects.

-Addresses gaps in risk identification and

mitigation, and communicates potential impacts to executive leadership.

-Develops and ensures the execution of

comprehensive mitigation strategies for major construction project risks to

ensure overall project success.

Stakeholder and Vendor Management:

-Directs the role of primary point of contact

between the company and colocation providers, ensuring clear and effective

communication and integrative solutions across the organization.

-Develops and maintains strategic relationships to

support internal and external stakeholders at a senior level, driving

organizational strategy and business objectives.

-Oversees the selection, negotiation, and

management of contracts with external vendors, contractors, and suppliers,

ensuring contract compliance and performance, and managing high-impact contract

resolutions.

Design Coordination and Improvement:

-Directs collaboration with design teams to ensure

that construction activities align with the approved design plans and

specifications, integrating solutions across the organization.

-Provides high-level colocation provider

evaluation input for continuous improvement, driving organizational strategy

and business objectives.

-Oversees the installation of power, cooling,

networking, and structured cabling systems, ensuring adherence to quality

standards and managing high-impact installation resolutions.

Core Responsibilities

Planning & Execution:

-Oversees and guides multiple teams on managing

complex projects or initiatives, monitoring timelines, deliverables, and

budgets when applicable to ensure strategic objectives are met. Serves as a

role model for appropriately delegating work, setting priorities, and ensuring

alignment with business needs. Coaches others on adjusting resources or project

timelines in anticipation of business changes.

Collaboration & Partnership:

-Role models leading cross-functional

collaborative efforts to ensure alignment of expectations and strategic

objectives. Empowers team to build and maintain partnerships with business leaders,

stakeholders, and/or customers to address barriers and contribute to

organizational success. Drives transparency and inclusivity by modeling

actively seeking, listening to, and leveraging diverse perspectives.

Problem Solving:

-Shares problem-solving strategies across teams,

providing oversight on complex operational and/or technical issues, as needed.

Coaches teams on analyzing highly complex data and/or information to identify

solutions to ambiguous issues, and provides direction on identifying root

causes to prevent recurrence of issues.

Continuous Learning:

-Pursues strategic learning opportunities to

maintain expertise and apply best practices at the organizational level.

Creates opportunities for team members and leaders to build their expertise in

new areas, coaching them to build innovative skills. Identifies skill gap

trends across the organization, and upholds a culture that places significant

emphasis on sharing knowledge and pursuing learning opportunities that advance

the organization. Evaluates efficiency of learning strategies and recommends

adjustments as needed.

Continuous Improvement:

-Empowers team to own the development and

implementation of ideas that increase the efficiency and effectiveness of

processes, protocols, and workflows across the department. Coaches teams to

gain buy-in for ideas and to seek feedback on approaches and methods for

continued improvement. Prioritizes and reviews the roadmap of improvement

initiatives to ensure alignment with strategic direction and maximize return on

investments.

Performance and Development:

-Serves as a role model for driving performance

across teams through tailored feedback and coaching in alignment with

performance management processes, guidelines, and expectations. Drives

consistency in the application of talent development procedures and socializes

performance expectations across the organization. Ensures that individual

development goals are aligned with organizational strategic initiatives.

Collaborates with HR to implement talent strategy through hiring and promotion

processes.

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: $146,300 to $306,400 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.

Career Level - M4

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