Senior Director, Data Center Facilities Development

Job Description

Provides strategic oversight and leadership for the construction of data centers by colocation providers, ensuring successful completion of projects on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards. Directs and mentors construction project teams, ensuring the alignment of all projects with the overall strategic vision of the organization. Strategizes and directs the creation, review, and maintenance of documentation, including design review, commissioning, and problem-solving papers. Provides executive oversight of quality control processes to ensure all construction activities meet design specifications and industry standards. Directs high-level site walks and leads the strategic startup and commissioning phases of major data center projects. Addresses gaps in risk identification and mitigation, and informs the board of associated potential impacts. Provides executive oversight as the primary point of contact between the company and colocation providers. Directs the strategic 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. Directs the installation of power, cooling, networking, and structured cabling systems.

Responsibilities

KeyResponsibilities

Construction Project Management-Project Planning and Execution:

-Provides strategic oversight and leadership for

the construction of data centers by colocation providers, ensuring successful

completion of projects on time, within budget, and to the highest quality

standards.

-Develops, maintains, and provides executive

oversight for comprehensive project schedules, ensuring strategic coordination

with colocation providers for the successful delivery of all project milestones.

-Leads and oversees the strategic creation,

management, and optimization of project budgets, ensuring efficient use of

resources and cost-effective delivery of projects across the organization.

-Directs and mentors construction project teams,

ensuring the alignment of all projects with the overall strategic vision of the

organization.

-Strategizes and directs the creation, review, and

maintenance of documentation, including design review, commissioning, and

problem-solving papers, ensuring enterprise-wide adherence to standards,

effective document management and delivery, and suitability of all materials

for their intended purpose.

Construction Project Management-Project Integration and Quality Assurance:

-Provides executive oversight of quality control

processes to ensure all construction activities meet design specifications and

industry standards.

-Strategizes and manages the coordination and

integration of tenant fit out projects, optimizing processes and driving

improvements throughout design, construction, and commissioning phases.

-Directs high-level site walks to ensure strategic

schedule adherence, coordination, and quality throughout the project lifecycle.

-Leads the strategic startup and commissioning

phases of major data center projects, ensuring all systems are operational and

meet design specifications.

Risk and Problem Management:

-Provides executive oversight for the evaluation

of risk profiles associated with timely project delivery across numerous

projects.

-Addresses gaps in risk identification and

mitigation and informs the board of associated potential impacts.

-Develops and ensures the strategic implementation

of comprehensive mitigation strategies for major construction project risks to

ensure corporate project success.

Stakeholder and Vendor Management:

-Provides executive oversight as the primary point

of contact between the company and colocation providers, ensuring clear and

effective communication and executive alignment.

-Develops and maintains high-level strategic

relationships to support internal and external stakeholders, influencing

corporate strategy and long-term goals.

-Directs the strategic selection, negotiation, and

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

ensuring contract compliance and performance, and resolving the most critical

and complex contract issues.

Design Coordination and Improvement:

-Provides executive oversight of collaboration

with design teams to ensure that construction activities align with the

approved design plans and specifications, ensuring executive alignment.

-Provides high-level colocation provider

evaluation input for continuous improvement, influencing corporate strategy and

long-term goals.

-Directs the installation of power, cooling,

networking, and structured cabling systems, ensuring adherence to quality

standards and resolving the most critical and complex installation issues.

Core Responsibilities

Planning & Execution:

-Provides strategic oversight on the management

and execution of large-scale projects or initiatives, monitoring timelines,

deliverables, and budgets when applicable to ensure success. Sets strategies

for appropriately delegating work, setting priorities, and aligning projects

with business needs. Drives the strategic planning process across teams,

providing guidance on resources or timelines in anticipation of changes.

Collaboration & Partnership:

-Sets a strategic direction for collaborating with

cross-functional teams to ensure alignment of expectations and strategic

objectives. Drives a culture of teamwork, empowering teams to build and

maintain partnerships with business leaders, stakeholders, and/or customers to

contribute to organizational success. Promotes a culture of transparency and

inclusivity where all voices are valued and respected.

Problem Solving:

-Develops and implements strategies for

specialized, advanced problem-solving efforts across the organization, serving

as an escalation point for highly complex operational and/or technical issues.

Oversees teams leveraging innovative techniques to address significant

ambiguous issues, identify root causes, and prevent recurrence, reviewing

solutions as needed.

Continuous Learning:

-Champions continuous learning to maintain

cutting-edge skills and influence organizational best practices. Inspires teams

to build and maintain expertise in relevant areas by proactively monitoring

emerging trends, technologies, and industry standards to help position the

organization as an industry leader. Contributes to the organization’s strategy

for learning and development, influencing leadership to foster learning

opportunities for the team.

Continuous Improvement:

-Drives a culture of continuous improvement that

sets a standard for efficient and effective processes, protocols, and workflows

across the organization. Oversees work to implement large-scale approaches and

methods for continued improvement, ensuring changes align with organizational

goals. Sets the strategic direction, prioritizes, and approves the roadmap of

improvement initiatives to maximize return on investments.

Performance and Development:

-Drives and ensures consistent application of

performance management strategies, systems, processes, and guidelines across

the organization. Creates an organizational culture of career development that

encourages proactively identifying and pursuing career development

opportunities, and guiding leaders to support their team's growth. Drives

consistency in the application of talent development procedures and socializes

performance expectations across the organization. Partners with HR and

executive leadership to envision and execute a talent management strategy,

balancing budget, and talent resources.

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: $193,600 to $414,400 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.

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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