Senior Director, E2E Portfolio & Project Controls

Oracle Corporation; United States; On-site; USD 250,000 - 350,000; Full time

Job summary

Oracle Corporation seeks a Sr. Director, Data Center End-to-End Portfolio & Project Controls to lead OCI’s rapid expansion of the Shackleford AI Data Center Campus.

You will establish and scale an End-to-End Portfolio & Project Controls organization handling forecasting, cost, schedule, and reporting across a multi-year $29B capital plan. You will build a high-performing team of 3,500+ personnel with vendors and construction partners, ensuring on-time, on-budget delivery to the highest

Qualifications

• 13+ years' experience in project controls, portfolio management, or construction delivery.
• 7+ years' experience in leadership and people management.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, business, supply chain, or related field.
• Experience supporting large-scale infrastructure, data center, or manufacturing programs.
• Strong understanding of schedules, cost tracking, risk management, forecasting, and executive reporting.

Responsibilities

• Lead integrated portfolio schedules, forecasts, dashboards, and executive reporting.
• Track portfolio performance across cost, schedule, risk, safety, supply chain, and execution.
• Identify critical path risks and cross-project dependencies; develop recovery plans.
• Coordinate procurement, supplier readiness, manufacturing alignment, and logistics.
• Provide executive oversight of TPM governance, operating rhythms, and accountability tracking.
• Monitor KPIs such as forecast accuracy, cost variance, schedule adherence, and portfolio health.
• Lead relationships with colocation providers, vendors, and contractors; ensure contract compliance.

Skills

Leadership

Portfolio management

Project controls

Construction delivery

Supply chain

Executive communication

TPM governance

Stakeholder management

Data center delivery

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering/related field

Master’s degree in engineering/related field

Tools

Primavera P6

Oracle Primavera Cloud

MS Project

Power BI

Tableau

Smartsheet

Job description

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Shackleford County Data Centeris searching for aSr. Director,Data Center End-to-End Portfolio & Project Controlsto lead OCI’s rapid expansion of the Shackleford AI Data Center Campus which requires a proven executive capable of establishing and scaling End-to-End (E2E) Portfolio & Project Controls organization ensuring the leadership necessary to deliver and lead portfolio forecasting, project controls, operational analytics, supply chain coordination, manufacturing readiness, and TPM governance across regional data center delivery projects.

This role will have end-to-end accountability for project controls across a portfolio totaling approximately $29 billion in capital investment, with critical delivery milestones beginning in September 2026 and extending through July 2028. In addition to overseeing project schedule, cost, forecasting, and reporting, the leader will build and manage a high-performing organization consisting of full-time employees, vendor partners, and a construction workforce that currently exceeds 3,500 personnel and is expected to grow to approximately 8,000 workers at peak campus activity.

The E2E Portfolio & Project Controls executive must possess exceptional executive level communication and stakeholder management capabilities to influence, align, and coordinate across internal executive stakeholders, engineering, construction, commercial, and customer organizations, as well as external partners. Given the breadth of responsibility and cross-functional influence required, this position demands one of the highest levels of ownership, autonomy, and strategic decision-making within the data center delivery organization.

This role provides strategic oversight and leadership for the construction of data centers by colocation providers, ensuring successful completion of projects on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards.

• Directs and mentors' construction project teams, ensuring the alignment of all projects with the overall strategic vision of the organization.
• Strategizes and directs the creation, review, and maintenance of documentation, including design review, commissioning, and problem-solving papers.
• Provides executive oversight of quality control processes to ensure all construction activities meet design specifications and industry standards.
• Directs high-level site walks and leads the strategic startup and commissioning phases of major data center projects.
• Addresses gaps in risk identification and mitigation and informs the board of associated potential impacts.
• Provides executive oversight as the primary point of contact between the company and colocation providers.
• Directs the strategic selection, negotiation, and management of contracts with external vendors, contractors, and suppliers, ensuring contract compliance and performance and construction activities align with the approved design plans and specifications.
• Directs the installation of power, cooling, networking, and structured cabling systems.

Internal Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead integrated portfolio schedules, forecasts, dashboards, and executive reporting.
• Track portfolio performance across cost, schedule, risk, safety, supply chain, and execution.
• Identify critical path risks, cross-project dependencies, delivery constraints, and recovery needs.
• Develop mitigation plans, recovery forecasts, risk registers, milestone trackers, and action logs.
• Coordinate long-lead procurement, supplier readiness, manufacturing alignment, logistics, and material flow.
• Support prefab, modular delivery, OSA adoption, and industrialized delivery scaling.
• Partner with project teams, suppliers, logistics providers, manufacturing partners, and leadership to improve execution alignment.
• Validate reporting through regular field engagement and site reviews.
• Ensure portfolio-level risks are escalated early with clear ownership and action plans.
• Lead TPM governance, operating rhythms, accountability tracking, and cross-functional coordination.
• Monitor KPIs including forecast accuracy, cost variance, schedule adherence, mitigation closure, material delivery, supplier performance, manufacturing throughput, logistics readiness, safety trends, and portfolio health

Qualifications:

• 13+ years' experience in project controls, portfolio management, program management, construction delivery, supply chain, or operational governance.
• 7+ years' experience in leadership and people management, managing managers of managers
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Construction Management, Business, Supply Chain, Operations, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Experience supporting large-scale infrastructure, data center, mission-critical, industrial, or manufacturing programs.
• Strong understanding of integrated schedules, cost tracking, risk management, forecasting, and executive reporting.
• Ability to connect portfolio data with actual field conditions.
• Experience coordinating supply chain, manufacturing, logistics, and material readiness with project execution needs.
• Strong leadership, executive communication, analytical, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to influence cross-functional teams and drive accountability without directly owning field execution.
• Willingness to travel regularly to project sites, suppliers, and manufacturing partners.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in engineering, Construction Management, Business, Supply Chain, or related field.
• Experience in hyperscale data center delivery or mission-critical construction.
• Experience with Primavera P6, Oracle Primavera Cloud, MS Project, Power BI, Tableau, Smartsheet, or similar tools.
• Background in TPM, project controls, supply chain integration, or industrialized construction.
• Experience with prefab, modular construction, OSA, manufacturing coordination, or logistics planning.
• Strong executive reporting and dashboard development experience.
• Experience improving forecast accuracy, schedule predictability, supplier readiness, logistics performance, and safety visibility.
• Certifications: PMP, PgMP, PMI-SP, CCP, PSP, Lean Six Sigma, or similar certification preferred.

External Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead integrated portfolio schedules, forecasts, dashboards, and executive reporting.
• Track portfolio performance across cost, schedule, risk, safety, supply chain, and execution.
• Identify critical path risks, cross-project dependencies, delivery constraints, and recovery needs.
• Develop mitigation plans, recovery forecasts, risk registers, milestone trackers, and action logs.
• Coordinate long-lead procurement, supplier readiness, manufacturing alignment, logistics, and material flow.
• Support prefab, modular delivery, OSA adoption, and industrialized delivery scaling.
• Partner with project teams, suppliers, logistics providers, manufacturing partners, and leadership to improve execution alignment.
• Validate reporting through regular field engagement and site reviews.
• Ensure portfolio-level risks are escalated early with clear ownership and action plans.
• Lead TPM governance, operating rhythms, accountability tracking, and cross-functional coordination.
• Monitor KPIs including forecast accuracy, cost variance, schedule adherence, mitigation closure, material delivery, supplier performance, manufacturing throughput, logistics readiness, safety trends, and portfolio health

Qualifications:

• 13+ years' experience in project controls, portfolio management, program management, construction delivery, supply chain, or operational governance.
• 7+ years' experience in leadership and people management, managing managers of managers
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Construction Management, Business, Supply Chain, Operations, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Experience supporting large-scale infrastructure, data center, mission-critical, industrial, or manufacturing programs.
• Strong understanding of integrated schedules, cost tracking, risk management, forecasting, and executive reporting.
• Ability to connect portfolio data with actual field conditions.
• Experience coordinating supply chain, manufacturing, logistics, and material readiness with project execution needs.
• Strong leadership, executive communication, analytical, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to influence cross-functional teams and drive accountability without directly owning field execution.
• Willingness to travel regularly to project sites, suppliers, and manufacturing partners.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in engineering, Construction Management, Business, Supply Chain, or related field.
• Experience in hyperscale data center delivery or mission-critical construction.
• Experience with Primavera P6, Oracle Primavera Cloud, MS Project, Power BI, Tableau, Smartsheet, or similar tools.
• Background in TPM, project controls, supply chain integration, or industrialized construction.
• Experience with prefab, modular construction, OSA, manufacturing coordination, or logistics planning.
• Strong executive reporting and dashboard development experience.
• Experience improving forecast accuracy, schedule predictability, supplier readiness, logistics performance, and safety visibility.
• Certifications: PMP, PgMP, PMI-SP, CCP, PSP, Lean Six Sigma, or similar certification preferred.