Principal Data Center Facilities Development Manager, Front End Planning

Job Description

Reporting to the Senior Director of Global Construction Front End Planning, this role translates leadership priorities into actionable plans, builds cross-functional alignment, and drives implementation. The role also establishes Construction-focused portfolio visibility from project pipeline through execution, working with Delivery TPMs and functional owners to address reporting gaps and surface issues requiring leadership action.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver strategic initiatives. Translate leadership direction into defined outcomes, workplans, owners, and milestones. Engage stakeholders, resolve dependencies, and drive initiatives through implementation and adoption.

• Build practical processes. Lead the development and rollout of processes such as portfolio intake, preconstruction management, construction-ready handoff, and lessons learned. Work with functional leaders to establish responsibilities and secure agreement on how these processes operate.

• Define Construction’s portfolio reporting needs. Assess existing tracking with Construction leadership and Delivery TPMs. Identify gaps, clarify responsibilities, and establish the level of visibility needed to support Construction’s pipeline and portfolio decisions.

• Oversee portfolio reporting support. Direct the work of contingent resources maintaining portfolio information and reporting. Establish expectations for accuracy, timeliness, and follow-through, using inputs from accountable project and functional owners.

• Drive resolution and escalation. Evaluate portfolio information to identify risks, dependencies, and unresolved issues. Work with responsible owners to drive resolution and escalate matters requiring leadership decisions with clear recommendations.

• Run executive portfolio reviews. Establish a focused review cadence that highlights material changes, risks, decisions, and commitments. Prepare concise leadership materials and track resulting actions through completion.

• Implement readiness and handoff discipline. Coordinate the definition and adoption of construction-ready handoff criteria. Verify evidence with accountable owners, enforce agreed review requirements, and escalate unresolved conditions through established decision channels.

• Translate lessons into improvements. Establish a feedback process with Construction Delivery to identify recurring gaps and incorporate lessons into planning processes and readiness requirements.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering complex programs or cross-functional initiatives in data center construction, infrastructure development, engineering, or a comparable environment.

• Demonstrated ability to turn broad direction into a structured plan and drive work through implementation.

• Strong stakeholder management, problem-solving, and influencing skills.

• Experience developing processes, portfolio reporting, executive communications, and decision recommendations.

• Ability to interpret project information, identify material issues, and drive resolution with accountable owners.

• Experience coordinating supporting resources and maintaining clear accountability for deliverables.

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: $102,300 to $209,500 per annum. May be eligible for bonus and equity.

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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