Regional Director, Data Center Operations

Oracle; Greater London; On-site; GBP 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Oracle is seeking a Director of Data Center Operations to lead the Data Center Service Operations team across EMEA and JAPAC. This executive will shape operating strategy, performance standards, and continuous-improvement initiatives to support OCI’s growth.

The role partners with Data Center Operations leadership, engineering, and incident management to drive outcomes across multiple data centers, ensuring global consistency and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading data center operations or critical facilities in cloud-scale environments.
• Strong understanding of data center infrastructure including power, cooling, and lifecycle management.
• Proven track record in incident management, root-cause analysis and change control.

Responsibilities

• Lead regional data center service operations and drive performance against KPIs and commitments.
• Define and execute continuous-improvement strategies with measurable outcomes.
• Oversee complex escalations across multiple sites with triage, monitoring and automation practices.
• Establish standards for incident, crisis, problem, and root-cause management aligned with business continuity.
• Ensure knowledge capture and standardized processes to support global operations.
• Collaborate with internal customers and stakeholders to improve service quality and efficiency.

Skills

Data center operations

Cloud infrastructure

Incident management

Leadership

Budget management

Job description

Oracle is seeking a Director of Data Center Operations to lead the Data Center Service Operations team across EMEA and JAPAC. This executive will shape operating strategy, performance standards, and continuous-improvement initiatives to support OCI’s growth.

The role partners with Data Center Operations leadership, engineering, and incident management to drive outcomes across multiple data centers, ensuring global consistency and operational excellence.