Senior Director, Data Center Facilities Development

The Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Data Center Development organization leads the planning, design, and delivery of the next generation of Oracle’s global data center portfolio. We are seeking a Senior Director of Data Center Development to provide strategic leadership and organizational oversight for the design of mission-critical infrastructure across OCI’s rapidly expanding global footprint.
This role is responsible for establishing and executing OCI’s data center design strategy across a portfolio of large-scale, highly complex developments. The Senior Director will lead a team of design management professionals and provide executive-level oversight of multidisciplinary design activities spanning architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, controls, and mission-critical infrastructure systems.
The position requires a combination of organizational leadership, technical depth, design governance, and portfolio management. The successful candidate will establish clear design requirements, drive consistency across projects and delivery partners, manage technical risk, and ensure that OCI’s facilities meet established requirements for performance, reliability, resiliency, scalability, constructability, and operational readiness.
The Senior Director will serve as a senior technical and organizational leader within OCI Data Center Development, partnering closely with Construction, Engineering, Operations, Network, Capacity Planning, Energy, Security, and other internal organizations. The role will also provide senior-level direction to colocation partners, architects, engineers, consultants, contractors, and other external stakeholders responsible for delivering OCI
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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.
Vacancy Type - New Position
Responsibilities:
• Lead the Data Center Design Management function for an assigned global or multi-region portfolio of hyperscale and mission-critical infrastructure projects.
• Establish organizational priorities, expectations, governance processes, and performance standards for the design management team.
• Lead, develop, and mentor design managers and design leadership personnel, establishing clear accountability for project execution, technical quality, and professional development.
• Provide portfolio-level oversight of multidisciplinary data center design across architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, controls, life safety, and supporting infrastructure systems.
• Establish and maintain design governance throughout the project lifecycle, from early planning and Basis of Design development through schematic design, design development, construction documentation, construction support, commissioning, and record documentation.
• Ensure projects maintain alignment with OCI technical requirements, design standards, operational requirements, reliability objectives, and infrastructure strategies.
• Provide senior technical leadership for high-density compute environments, including mechanical systems, liquid cooling, electrical infrastructure, controls, and other mission-critical systems supporting next-generation cloud and AI infrastructure.