Principal Data Center Facilities Development Manager

Oracle; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 102,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) Savings and Investment Plan

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Parental leave

Job summary

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure seeks a Principal Data Center Facilities Development Manager to plan and deliver capacity across a gigawatt-scale portfolio. The role connects site, power, design, construction, deployment, and operations teams to translate complex dependencies into clear plans and capacity-ready handoffs.

The position emphasizes leading integrated plans, identifying milestones, and presenting executive-level recommendations on schedule, cost, and readiness risks, with emphasis on

Qualifications

• Experience leading complex data center facilities or large-scale infrastructure projects.
• Ability to build integrated plans across multiple teams.
• Understanding of the data center development lifecycle including site and power readiness, design, construction, commissioning, and handoff.
• Strong judgment to assess schedule, cost, and readiness risks and present decisions clearly to senior stakeholders.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, business, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead integrated plans for data center facilities programs or portfolio initiatives across capacity needs, site readiness, design, construction, commissioning, and handoff.
• Identify milestones, dependencies, constraints, and decision points; propose options when scope or readiness changes.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to resolve risks and maintain a reliable program view.
• Evaluate planning and delivery scenarios and present recommendations to leadership on capacity timing, cost, and risk.
• Establish readiness criteria, reporting, escalation paths, and repeatable practices across sites and programs.
• Lead lessons learned and process improvements to strengthen future portfolio planning and delivery.

Skills

Data center facilities

Infrastructure program leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Risk assessment

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field

Job description

Job Description

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure is seeking a Principal Data Center Facilities Development Manager to help plan and deliver data center capacity across a gigawatt-scale portfolio. Depending on portfolio needs, this individual contributor may lead long-range development planning, readiness for new campuses, or end-to-end delivery of assigned programs. The role connects site, power, design, construction, deployment, and operations teams to turn complex dependencies into clear plans, decisions, and capacity-ready handoffs.

Responsibilities

• Lead integrated plans for complex data center facilities programs or portfolio initiatives, connecting capacity needs, site readiness, design, construction, commissioning, and operational handoff.
• Identify critical milestones, dependencies, constraints, and decision points; develop practical options when scope, schedule, or readiness changes.
• Bring accountable teams together to resolve cross-functional risks and maintain a reliable view of program progress.
• Evaluate planning and delivery scenarios, including their effects on capacity timing, cost, and execution risk, and present clear recommendations to leadership.
• Establish readiness criteria, reporting, escalation paths, and repeatable practices that can be used across sites and programs.
• Coordinate with internal teams and external providers while keeping technical approvals and execution decisions with their accountable owners.
• Lead lessons learned and process improvements that strengthen future portfolio planning and program delivery.

Required Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience leading complex data center facilities, large-scale infrastructure, or capital development programs.
• Ability to build integrated plans and resolve dependencies across multiple technical and delivery teams.
• Working understanding of the data center development lifecycle, including site and power readiness, design, construction, commissioning, and handoff.
• Strong judgment in assessing schedule, cost, and readiness risks and presenting decisions clearly to senior stakeholders.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, business, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with hyperscale or multi-campus data center programs.
• Experience in long-range capacity planning, portfolio development, or end-to-end infrastructure delivery.
• Experience creating scalable program controls, readiness measures, and executive reporting.

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.

Range and Benefit Information

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

US: Hiring Range in USD from: $102,300 - $209,500 per year. May be eligible for bonus and equity.

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.

• 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.

As part of Oracle's onboarding process and consistent with applicable law, US-based employees are required to complete identity verification, which involves the collection and processing of their biometric information. Accommodations to this requirement may be granted following an individualized assessment.

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