Project Controls Program Lead (Nashville, TN)

Oracle Corporation; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Oracle Corporation in Nashville seeks a Project Controls Program Lead to guide global cost controls across large-scale data center capital programs, ensuring consistency and transparency.

You will shape strategy, develop templates, and deliver executive cost reporting, leveraging advanced Excel-based and AI-powered tools to scale controls globally. This role requires senior-level expertise and the ability to influence multiple teams without direct authority.

Qualifications

• Senior-level expertise in cost project controls and forecasting.
• Ability to influence cross-functional teams in fast-paced environments.
• Experience with advanced Excel-based cost modeling.
• Experience with AI-based tools for cost analysis.

Responsibilities

• Develop and refine global cost controls strategy, standards, processes, procedures, templates, and reporting cadences across projects and regions.
• Create standardized templates for budgets, forecasts, commitment tracking, contingency management, change control, funding requests, bid comparisons, and executive summaries.
• Establish governance for WBS/CBS structures, cost codes, control accounts, budgets, forecasts, commitments, contingency logs, change logs, and monthly cost reporting.
• Lead or support project budgets, cost plans, cash flows, forecasts, funding views, cost-to-complete assessments, and executive cost reports.
• Drive disciplined monthly cost reporting, ensuring variances, risks, opportunities, commitments, contingency usage, and forecast changes are clearly documented.
• Build and refine advanced Excel-basedandAI basedtoolsmodels, trackers, templates, and reporting workbooks to improve consistency, accuracy, auditability, and scalability.
• Support robust change control processes, including review of scope changes, cost impacts, entitlement, pricing, supporting documentation, and negotiation strategy.
• Review contractor and subcontractor pricing, reconcile estimate changes,validatecost submissions, and provide written commercial recommendations.
• Manage or support contingency and allowance tracking, including drawdowns, releases, risk alignment, documentation, and leadership visibility.
• Partner with Design & Construction, Procurement, Finance, Scheduling, Project Controls, Delivery, Engineering, Legal, and regional teams to align cost controls with project execution and commercial strategy.
• Have experience working with P6/OPC Scheduling anduse milestones to inform costactivities forto stay ahead of critical activities and accelerate delivery.
• Translate complex cost and commercial information into clear narratives, risks, decisions, and recommendations for senior leaders and non-cost audiences.
• Support onboarding, training, and knowledge-sharing for teams using global cost controls processes, procedures, and templates.

Skills

Cost project controls

Forecasting

Change management

Contingency management

Commercial analysis

Executive reporting

Excel-based cost modeling

AI-based tools

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Excel

P6/OPC Scheduling

AI-based reporting tools

Job description

The Global Program Controls organization provides governance, reporting, controls processes, cost management support, and portfolio visibility to help Oracle Cloud Infrastructure deliver global data center programs with greater consistency, transparency, and execution discipline.

Oracle is seeking aProject ControlsProgramLeadto serve as a senior individual contributor and subject matter expert for cost project controls across large-scaleMission Critical Data Centerconstruction programs. This role will help shape the team’s strategy, operating model, processes, procedures, templates, tools, and reporting standards needed to scale cost controls globally.

The ideal candidate bringssenior-levelexpertiseincost project controls, forecasting, change management, contingency management, commercial analysis, executive reporting, and advanced Excel-based cost modeling. This person must be highly self-directed, comfortable operating in a fast-paced and ambiguous environment, and able to influence cross-functional teams without direct authority.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and refine global cost controls strategy, standards, processes, procedures, templates, and reporting cadences across projects and regions.
• Create standardized templates for budgets, forecasts, commitment tracking, contingency management, change control, funding requests, bid comparisons, and executive summaries.
• Establish governance for WBS/CBS structures, cost codes, control accounts, budgets, forecasts, commitments, contingency logs, change logs, and monthly cost reporting.
• Lead or support project budgets, cost plans, cash flows, forecasts, funding views, cost-to-complete assessments, and executive cost reports.
• Drive disciplined monthly cost reporting, ensuring variances, risks, opportunities, commitments, contingency usage, and forecast changes are clearly documented.
• Build and refine advanced Excel-basedandAI basedtoolsmodels, trackers, templates, and reporting workbooks to improve consistency, accuracy, auditability, and scalability.
• Support robust change control processes, including review of scope changes, cost impacts, entitlement, pricing, supporting documentation, and negotiation strategy.
• Review contractor and subcontractor pricing, reconcile estimate changes,validatecost submissions, and provide written commercial recommendations.
• Manage or support contingency and allowance tracking, including drawdowns, releases, risk alignment, documentation, and leadership visibility.
• Partner with Design & Construction, Procurement, Finance, Scheduling, Project Controls, Delivery, Engineering, Legal, and regional teams to align cost controls with project execution and commercial strategy.
• Have experience working with P6/OPC Scheduling anduse milestones to inform costactivities forto stay ahead of critical activities and accelerate delivery.
• Translate complex cost and commercial information into clear narratives, risks, decisions, and recommendations for senior leaders and non-cost audiences.
• Support onboarding, training, and knowledge-sharing for teams using global cost controls processes, procedures, and templates.