Principal Technical Program Manager, Data Centers

Oracle Corporation; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Oracle Corporation is seeking an experienced End-to-End Data Center Technical Program Manager to lead hyperscale capacity-delivery programs from site selection through customer handover and production go-live.

You will coordinate internal teams, colocation providers, utilities, contractors, and technology partners across site due diligence, design, construction, commissioning, white-space fit-out, network deployment, server readiness, and operational handover, bringing strong fluency in

Qualifications

• Experience leading hyperscale data center capacity-delivery programs.
• Strong technical fluency in critical electrical infrastructure and low-voltage systems.
• Proven ability to coordinate internal teams, vendors, and contractors.

Responsibilities

• Leads the construction of data centers by colocation providers, ensuring projects are completed on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards.
• Develops and maintains detailed project schedules, coordinating with colocation providers to ensure timely milestone delivery across multiple projects.
• Creates and manages project budgets, optimizing resource allocation to ensure cost-effective project execution.
• Creates, reviews, and maintains documentation, including design review, commissioning, and problem‑solving papers, ensuring standards are upheld, documents are managed effectively, and materials are suitable for their intended purpose.
• Implements and oversees quality control processes to ensure all construction activities meet design specifications and industry standards.
• Collaborates actively in the coordination and integration of tenant fit‑out projects, ensuring alignment between different phases of design, construction, and commissioning.
• Conducts detailed site walks to monitor schedule, coordination, and quality throughout the life of the project.
• Leads the startup and commissioning phases of major data center projects, ensuring that all systems are operational and meet design specifications.
• Evaluates the risk profiles associated with timely project delivery for multiple projects.
• Identifies gaps in risk identification and mitigation and develops tailored solutions to address these gaps.
• Develops and implements mitigation strategies for major construction project risks to ensure project success.
• Serves as the primary point of contact between the company and colocation providers, facilitating clear and effective communication, and resolving routine issues independently.
• Develops and maintains key relationships to effectively support internal and external stakeholders, identifying opportunities for process improvements.
• Selects, negotiates, and manages contracts with external vendors, contractors, and suppliers, ensuring contract compliance and performance.
• Collaborates with design teams to ensure that construction activities align with the approved design plans and specifications, addressing routine design issues independently.
• Provides comprehensive colocation provider evaluation input for continuous improvement and identifies opportunities for process enhancements.
• Oversees the installation of power, cooling, networking, and structured cabling systems, ensuring adherence to quality standards.
• Manages and coordinates moderately complex tasks, monitoring timelines and deliverables for a moderately-sized project or initiative.
• Collaborates across the organization to align on expectations and achieve shared objectives.
• Identifies and addresses moderately complex issues by analyzing data to identify solutions in accordance with standard practices.
• Pursues learning opportunities and coaches junior team members to foster continuous improvement.
• Develops ideas and participates in process improvements to increase efficiency across teams.
• Participates in candidate interviews and hiring recommendations.

Skills

Data center project management

Stakeholder coordination

Electrical infrastructure

Low-voltage systems

Structured cabling

Networking dependencies

Vendor management

Risk management

Cross-functional leadership

Communication

Job description

We are seeking an experienced End-to-End Data Center Technical Program Manager to lead hyperscale data center capacity-delivery programs from early site selection through customer handover and production go-live. This role owns the integrated delivery path that converts a site into live, available compute and GPU capacity for end customers. The successful candidate will coordinate internal teams, colocation providers, utilities, contractors, and technology partners across site due diligence, design, construction, commissioning, white-space fit-out, network deployment, server readiness, and operational handover. They will bring strong technical fluency in critical electrical infrastructure, low-voltage systems, structured cabling, and networking dependencies within hyperscale data center environments.

Internal Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

Construction Project Management-Project Planning and Execution:

• -Leads the construction of data centers by colocation providers, ensuring projects are completed on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards.
• -Develops and maintains detailed project schedules, coordinating with colocation providers to ensure timely milestone delivery across multiple projects.
• -Creates and manages project budgets, optimizing resource allocation to ensure cost-effective project execution.
• -Creates, reviews, and maintains documentation, including design review, commissioning, and problem‑solving papers, ensuring standards are upheld, documents are managed effectively, and materials are suitable for their intended purpose.

Construction Project Management-Project Integration and Quality Assurance:

• -Implements and oversees quality control processes to ensure all construction activities meet design specifications and industry standards.
• -Collaborates actively in the coordination and integration of tenant fit‑out projects, ensuring alignment between different phases of design, construction, and commissioning.
• -Conducts detailed site walks to monitor schedule, coordination, and quality throughout the life of the project.
• -Leads the startup and commissioning phases of major data center projects, ensuring that all systems are operational and meet design specifications.

Risk and Problem Management:

• -Evaluates the risk profiles associated with timely project delivery for multiple projects.
• -Identifies gaps in risk identification and mitigation and develops tailored solutions to address these gaps.
• -Develops and implements mitigation strategies for major construction project risks to ensure project success.

Stakeholder and Vendor Management:

• -Serves as the primary point of contact between the company and colocation providers, facilitating clear and effective communication, and resolving routine issues independently.
• -Develops and maintains key relationships to effectively support internal and external stakeholders, identifying opportunities for process improvements.
• -Selects, negotiates, and manages contracts with external vendors, contractors, and suppliers, ensuring contract compliance and performance.

Design Coordination and Improvement:

• -Collaborates with design teams to ensure that construction activities align with the approved design plans and specifications, addressing routine design issues independently.
• -Provides comprehensive colocation provider evaluation input for continuous improvement and identifies opportunities for process enhancements.
• -Oversees the installation of power, cooling, networking, and structured cabling systems, ensuring adherence to quality standards.

Core Responsibilities

Planning & Execution:

• -Manages and coordinates moderately complex tasks, monitoring timelines and deliverables to ensure timely completion and adherence to requirements for a moderately‑sized project or initiative. Efficiently delegates, monitors, and prioritizes work across multiple projects, providing technical oversight and adjusting plans to address shifts in resources or timelines.

Collaboration & Partnership:

• -Collaborates across the organization to align on expectations and achieve shared objectives. Leverages understanding of business leaders, stakeholders, and/or customers to ensure proposed solutions meet their needs. Supports inclusivity by actively seeking and listening to diverse perspectives, ensuring others feel heard and respected.

Problem Solving:

• -Identifies and addresses moderately complex issues by analyzing a wide range of data and/or information to identify solutions in accordance with standard practices. Proactively escalates unresolved or critical issues with a thorough assessment and suggests potential solutions. Reviews, contributes to, and documents problem‑solving strategies.

Continuous Learning:

• -Pursues learning opportunities to expand knowledge and skills and/or tools in new areas and stays abreast of the latest industry trends and best practices. Proactively seeks and leverages ongoing feedback and training to improve skills. Coaches and mentors junior team members, fostering continuous learning and knowledge sharing within and across teams.

Continuous Improvement:

• -Develops ideas, recommends updates, and/or collaborates on the implementation of process improvements to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of processes, protocols, and workflows across teams, and evaluates the impact on key stakeholders. Solicits feedback from others on ideas for alternative approaches and methods for continued improvement.

Performance and Development:

• -Contributes to the talent development pipeline by participating in candidate interviews, assessing candidates, and providing hiring recommendations.