Principal Data Center Facilities Development Manager

About the Role

Provides strategic oversight and leadership for the construction of data centers by colocation providers, ensuring the completion of projects on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards. Oversees the creation, review, and maintenance of documentation, including design review, commissioning, and problem-solving papers. Directs the implementation and oversight of quality control processes to ensure all construction activities meet design specifications and industry standards. Conducts strategic site walks and provides executive oversight and strategic leadership for the startup and commissioning phases of major data center projects. Identifies critical gaps in risk identification and mitigation, and drives organizational-wide initiatives to address these gaps. Leads 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.

Responsibilities

• Construction Project Management - Project Planning and Execution
  • Provides strategic oversight and leadership for the construction of data centers by colocation providers, ensuring projects are completed 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 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.
  • Oversees the creation, review, and maintenance of documentation, including design review, commissioning, and problem-solving papers.
• Construction Project Management - Project Integration and Quality Assurance
  • Directs the implementation and oversight of quality control processes to ensure all construction activities meet design specifications and industry standards.
  • Strategizes and leads the coordination and integration of tenant fit-out projects, optimizing efforts throughout design, construction, and commissioning phases.
  • Conducts strategic site walks to ensure schedule adherence, coordination, and quality throughout the project lifecycle.
  • Provides executive oversight and strategic leadership for the startup and commissioning phases of major data center projects, ensuring all systems are operational and meet design specifications.
• Risk and Problem Management
  • Leads the evaluation of risk profiles associated with timely project delivery across a portfolio of projects.
  • Identifies critical gaps in risk identification and mitigation and drives organizational-wide initiatives to address these gaps.
  • Develops and ensures the execution of comprehensive mitigation strategies for major construction project risks.
• Stakeholder and Vendor Management
  • Leads the role of primary point of contact between the company and colocation providers, ensuring clear and effective communication and addressing long-term strategic issues.
  • Develops and maintains strategic relationships to support internal and external stakeholders at a high level, driving strategic initiatives and organizational goals.
  • Oversees the selection, negotiation, and management of contracts with external vendors, contractors, and suppliers, ensuring contract compliance and performance.
• Design Coordination and Improvement
  • Directs collaboration with design teams to ensure construction activities align with approved design plans and specifications, addressing long-term strategic design issues.
  • Provides high-level colocation provider evaluation input for continuous improvement, driving strategic initiatives and organizational goals.
  • Oversees the installation of power, cooling, networking, and structured cabling systems, ensuring adherence to quality standards and resolving high-stakes installation challenges.
• Core Responsibilities
  • Planning & Execution: Manages and provides direction on timelines, deliverables, and budgets for critical high-impact projects, ensuring timely completion and adherence to requirements.
  • Collaboration & Partnership: Influences cross-functional leaders and external stakeholders to gain alignment on strategic objectives. Fosters partnerships and champions transparency and inclusivity.
  • Problem Solving: Leads specialized, advanced problem-solving efforts and guides others to leverage innovative data-driven techniques.
  • Continuous Learning: Leverages deep industry knowledge to serve as a thought leader, contributes to the advancement of the field, and champions continuous learning and knowledge sharing.
  • Continuous Improvement: Develops innovative solutions to increase efficiency and effectiveness of processes, evaluates effectiveness of updated approaches, and designs metrics to measure success.
  • Performance and Development: Serves as a subject matter expert regarding talent needs and organizational talent strategy, and imparts leadership and expert knowledge throughout the talent development pipeline.

Qualifications

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

Pay

Hiring range in USD: $126,200 to $264,100 per annum. May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral. Oracle maintains broad salary ranges to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions, and locations.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Life insurance and AD&D
• Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
• Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
• 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
• Paid time off:
  • Flexible Vacation for salaried employees (13 days annually for the first three years, 18 days annually thereafter; accrual prorated for part-time employees working 20-34 hours per week)
  • 11 paid holidays
  • Paid sick leave: 72 hours upon date of hire, refreshes each calendar year, with a maximum cap of 112 hours
• Paid parental leave
• Adoption assistance
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Financial planning and group legal services
• Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner, and pet insurance