Director of Data Center Design Management

Job Description

The Director of Data Center Design Management is accountable for leading a team of Design Managers responsible for the end-to-end design lifecycle of large-scale Oracle Cloud Infrastructure data center programs. This leader drives technical excellence, organizational clarity, and execution discipline across multiple concurrent campuses and regions.

The Design Management team provides strategic oversight across critical infrastructure design (mechanical, electrical, controls), ensuring alignment with OCI's established requirements. This team partners closely with Engineering, Construction, Planning, Commissioning, Operations, Supply Chain, and executive leadership to enable predictable, high-quality delivery at hyperscale.

Must be able to travel domestically and internationally (10-25%).

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

Organizational Leadership & Team Development

• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of Design Managers responsible for delivery of large-scale data center programs.

• Establish clear ownership models, technical escalation paths, and accountability frameworks across the Design Management organization.

• Drive consistency in standard of care, design review rigor, and execution discipline across projects and geographies.

• Support hiring, workforce planning, succession planning, and talent development to scale with OCI growth.

Strategic Design Oversight

• Provide executive-level oversight of the end-to-end design lifecycle across multiple campuses and regions, from concept through commissioning and operational handoff.

• Ensure alignment of design strategy with Oracle Cloud capacity roadmaps, resiliency requirements, and long-term business objectives.

• Drive cross-disciplinary integration across mechanical, electrical, and controls systems to reduce operational risk and enhance scalability.

• Champion technical due diligence, value engineering, and risk mitigation strategies across major capital programs.

Cross-Functional Alignment & Executive Engagement

• Represent the Design Management organization in executive forums, influencing decisions related to cost, schedule, risk, and capacity.

• Partner with Construction, Commissioning, Operations, and Supply Chain leaders to ensure seamless transition from design intent to field execution and operational readiness.

• Communicate complex technical tradeoffs and program risks clearly and concisely to senior leadership.

• Resolve high-impact technical or execution challenges that span multiple projects or regions.

Governance, Standards & Continuous Improvement

• Establish and enforce design governance frameworks, review gates, and quality assurance processes.

• Drive standardization of design templates, technical standards, lessons learned, and best practices across the portfolio.

• Collaborate on the implementation of scalable tooling, dashboards, and reporting mechanisms to improve visibility into design health, risk, and performance metrics.

• Lead post-mortems and root cause analyses to strengthen processes and prevent recurrence of systemic issues.

Risk & Program Management

• Provide oversight across complex, multi-building hyperscale programs, ensuring proactive risk identification and mitigation.

• Balance cost, schedule, quality, and operational readiness while maintaining long-term reliability and scalability standards.

• Escalate and manage risks with clear mitigation strategies and decision frameworks.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Architecture, or related technical field (Master's degree preferred).

• 5+ years leading large-scale technical programs within data center, mission-critical, or similarly complex infrastructure environments.

• Demonstrated experience delivering hyperscale or multi-campus data center programs.

• Strong executive presence with ability to influence senior leadership.

• Deep understanding of mission-critical infrastructure systems (mechanical, electrical, controls and comissioning).

• Proven ability to scale organizations, drive process improvement, and lead through ambiguity in fast-growth environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading distributed or global teams.

• Experience implementing design governance frameworks and quality assurance standards across portfolios.

Disclaimer:

Certain US customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization and occupational health mandates.

Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only

US: Hiring Range in USD from: $139,400 to $291,800 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:

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 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.

11 paid holidays

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.

Paid parental leave

Adoption assistance

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Financial planning and group legal

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.

Career Level - M4

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