Sr. Principal Energy Program Manager

About the role

The Senior Principal Energy Program Manager will lead Oracle's energy procurement strategy, focusing on sustainable and scalable energy solutions for Oracle Cloud data centers. This role plays a key part in achieving Oracle's commitment to 100% carbon-free electricity for its offices and cloud offerings, and its goal to achieve 100% carbon-free electricity for Oracle Custom AI Data Centers by 2035.

Responsibilities

• Source and negotiate strategic power agreements with utility providers and independent power providers, ensuring the best possible outcome for Oracle.
• Manage day-to-day energy strategy for Oracle Cloud data centers, particularly in U.S. deregulated markets, with oversight potentially extending to North and South America and Europe/Middle East/Africa (EMEA).
• Create and manage requirements for energy sourcing, including leveraging expertise in regulated and deregulated power markets, financial modeling, and contract negotiations.
• Collaborate with retail energy providers, suppliers, and internal stakeholders to monitor real-time market conditions and inform short-term and long-term transaction decisions.
• Engage with energy and sustainability consultants to refine strategy and reporting.
• Monitor energy markets and specific utilities, IPPs, and electric grids for opportunities and risks, recommending strategies to stay ahead of challenges.
• Develop and manage relationships across Oracle, including with capacity planning, data center infrastructure, site selection, supply chain management, data center engineering, operations, and corporate sustainability and procurement teams.
• Coordinate with onsite generation and other solution providers to ensure seamless power delivery across various technologies.
• Partner with finance to develop annual energy budgets based on the organization's footprint and changing energy prices.
• Support the team in delivering power to new data center sites, focusing on Oracle's largest sites in the U.S., including developing comprehensive understandings of electricity supply equipment, utility tariffs, and contract negotiations.
• Manage RFPs, supplier onboarding, and consultant/contractor RFPs for various services, utilities, and rates.
• Monitor market conditions to inform team and site negotiations.
• Support consultant/contractor RFPs for various services, utilities, and rates.

Qualifications

• Desire to work in the fast-paced environment of AI/GPU computing and hyperscale data center design, construction, and operations.
• 10-15 years professional experience; 6-10 years managing corporate (C&I) power procurement or utility/IPP power origination, within a large matrix environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, STEM, or business with technical expertise on energy and data center topics.
• Understanding of regulated and deregulated energy markets, power hedging, energy supply agreements, and power purchase agreements.
• Experience with mark-to-market accounting and managing market exposure.
• Familiarity with sustainability frameworks and making carbon reduction and renewable energy claims.
• Experience developing annual energy budgets and working with finance teams to project the cost of power.
• Advanced Excel expertise building financial models and analyzing energy rates, riders, fees, etc.
• Articulate, executive presence, comfort with negotiations and supplier engagement.
• Willingness to support global time zones and travel as required, including internationally.

Additional Preferred Qualifications

• 1-3+ years' experience with utility interconnection processes and familiarity with transmission planning.
• Experience executing renewable energy strategies, including familiarity with green tariffs, wheeling arrangements, behind the meter deals, and VPPAs.
• Data center or mission critical expertise developing and executing energy strategies cross-functionally.
• Experience with gas transportation and gas molecule supply options, pros/cons, costs, risks.
• Experience developing comprehensive understanding of onsite technologies and integration options/ability with DC site requirements.