Principal Data Center Planning and Scheduling Lead

About the role

We are seeking a strategic and operationally strong leader to establish and scale integrated planning and scheduling standards across OCI’s global data center delivery portfolio. Operating within the Chief of Staff organization, this role is responsible for developing enterprise-level scheduling governance, standardized planning frameworks, milestone structures, and portfolio-level schedule visibility that enable predictable, scalable delivery across rapidly expanding programs and campuses. This role will partner closely with Program E2E, PMO, Construction Delivery, Long Range Planning, Cost Controls, Design, TPM, and site scheduling teams to drive consistency in how projects are planned, baselined, tracked, escalated, and reported.

Responsibilities

• Enterprise Planning & Schedule Governance
  • Develop and maintain enterprise scheduling standards, planning frameworks, and governance processes across OCI construction programs
  • Establish standardized milestone structures, critical path methodologies, schedule maturity expectations, and baseline governance practices
  • Define enterprise expectations for: schedule development, schedule updates, change management, forecasting, recovery planning, variance reporting
  • Drive consistency in scheduling practices across regions, campuses, and delivery teams
• Integrated Program & Portfolio Planning
  • Support development of integrated portfolio-level planning frameworks connecting: long range planning, design, procurement, construction, commissioning, operational readiness
  • Partner with Long Range Planning and Program E2E teams to support pipeline planning and scalable campus delivery sequencing
  • Ensure enterprise-level visibility into major dependencies, sequencing risks, and delivery constraints across the portfolio
• Schedule Visibility & Executive Reporting
  • Establish portfolio-level schedule health reporting, trend analysis, and milestone visibility frameworks
  • Develop standardized executive reporting structures focused on: milestone attainment, critical path risks, baseline movement, schedule recovery, delivery predictability
  • Support leadership visibility into systemic schedule risks and portfolio-level impacts
• Change Management & Delivery Predictability
  • Develop governance processes supporting disciplined schedule change management and plan-of-record stability
  • Partner with Design, TPM, Construction, and PMO teams to reduce uncontrolled schedule movement and shifting delivery targets
  • Establish escalation frameworks for critical schedule risks, baseline deviations, and dependency impacts
  • Drive initiatives improving delivery predictability and execution discipline
• Standardization & Operational Maturity
  • Develop standardized planning templates, schedule artifacts, and governance tools supporting scalable execution
  • Partner with site scheduling teams to drive adoption and continuous improvement of enterprise scheduling standards
  • Capture lessons learned and improve planning methodologies across campuses and programs
  • Support development of repeatable delivery planning models as OCI scales globally
• Cross-Functional Coordination
  • Partner closely with: Program E2E, PMO, Site Scheduling, Cost Controls, Delivery Operations, Design & Engineering, TPM, Long Range Planning
  • Serve as the enterprise coordination point for integrated schedule governance and planning alignment across functions

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.

Pay

US: Hiring range in USD from: $126,200 – $264,100 per year. 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.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
• Short term disability and long term disability
• 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 is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position; accrued Vacation is provided to all other eligible employees
• Vacation accrual: 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually thereafter for employees working at least 35 hours per week; prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week
• 11 paid holidays
• Paid sick leave: 72 hours upon date of hire; refreshes annually up to 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