Senior Manager, Data Center Construction, Integration & Handover - Saline, MI

Oracle; Michigan; On-site; USD 126,200 - 264,100; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Job summary

Oracle in the United States is seeking a Senior Manager, Data Center Construction Integration & Handover to oversee developers and general contractors across base building, MEP infrastructure, and high-density tenant fit outs. You will drive scheduling, budgeting, quality, and risk, ensuring design compliance and smooth turnover to operations for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

This onsite role is preferred in Saline, MI, with responsibilities spanning coordination of commissioning, documentation,

Qualifications

• Experience overseeing data center construction projects, integration, and handover.
• Strong abilities in managing schedules, budgets, quality, and risk across multiple teams.
• Proven track record coordinating with developers, GCs, and OCI/stakeholders to deliver standards-compliant turnover.

Responsibilities

• Leads and manages data center construction through developer/GC oversight, delivering on time, within budget, and to high-quality standards.
• Develops and maintains detailed project schedules; coordinates milestones with developers/GCs.
• Manages project budgets and allocates resources for cost-effective execution.
• Provides strategic direction to project teams; resolves issues during design, construction, commissioning, and closeout.
• Leads creation and maintenance of design review, commissioning, and as-built documentation to support turnover.

Skills

Data center construction

Project management

Stakeholder management

Budget management

Scheduling

Quality assurance

Commissioning

Job description

Job Description

The Senior Manager, Data Center Construction Integration & Handover oversees developers and their general contractors in delivering data center construction projects, with a focus on base building, MEP infrastructure, and high-density liquid cooling tenant fit outs. This role manages schedule, quality, budget, and risk, ensuring projects meet all design and compliance standards. The Senior Manager drives collaboration with internal OCI stakeholders and customers, leads the commissioning process, and ensures seamless turnover readiness to the operations team to support Oracle Cloud Infrastructure’s rapid growth and technical excellence.

Onsite role preferred in Saline, MI.

Responsibilities

• Leads and manages the construction of data centers through oversight of the developer and their general contractor, ensuring all projects are completed on time, within budget, and to high-quality standards.
• Develops and maintains detailed project schedules, coordinating with the developer/GC to ensure timely milestone delivery and alignment with overall program goals.
• Manages project budgets, monitoring and optimizing resource allocation for cost-effective execution throughout all phases.
• Provides strategic direction to multiple project teams, resolving issues as they arise during design, construction, commissioning, and closeout.
• Leads the creation, review, and maintenance of documentation—including design review, commissioning (Cx), and problem-resolution records—ensuring all documents support standards compliance, operational readiness, and effective turnover.

Construction Project Management – Integration, Quality Assurance, and Turnover

• Oversees rigorous quality control processes and site audit activities to ensure all construction activities meet or exceed design specifications, operational standards, and industry best practices.
• Coordinates the integration of tenant fit outs and all MEP systems, supporting seamless transition through construction, commissioning, and handover phases.
• Directs frequent site walks with the developer and GC to verify progress against schedule, coordination effectiveness, and adherence to quality standards.
• Leads and governs the startup and commissioning (Cx) phases, validating system readiness and ensuring comprehensive turnover to OCI’s operations team, including closure of punch-list items and delivery of as-built documentation.

Risk and Problem Management

• Oversees the evaluation of risk profiles across multiple concurrent projects, proactively identifying and communicating gaps in risk identification or mitigation to senior leadership.
• Develops and implements robust risk mitigation strategies to support delivery certainty and operational reliability.

Stakeholder and Vendor Management

• Acts as primary point of contact between Oracle, the developer, and their GC, ensuring clear and effective communication, coordination, and problem resolution across all teams—including OCI internal stakeholders and customers.
• Develops, negotiates, and manages contracts with vendors, contractors, and suppliers, ensuring contract compliance and addressing significant issues to maintain project momentum.

Design Coordination and Improvement

• Drives collaboration with design and engineering teams to ensure construction aligns with approved plans, operational requirements, and long‑term business needs.
• Leads evaluation and feedback with the developer and project teams to foster continuous improvement, capture lessons learned and incorporate best practices into future projects.
• Oversees installation and commissioning of core physical infrastructure—power, cooling, networking, structured cabling—ensuring operational readiness, handoff completeness, and standards compliance.

Planning & Execution

• Manages multiple medium‑to‑large‑scale projects, ensuring timelines, deliverables, and budgets are achieved; adjusts plans in partnership with teams to support project and business objectives.

Collaboration & Partnership

• Builds cross‑functional partnerships to align expectations, drive shared objectives, and ensure operational readiness at project turnover. Coaches teams to collaborate with business leaders, internal stakeholders, and OCI’s customers for successful project outcomes.

Problem Solving

• Provides direction on complex operational and technical issues, reviews critical issues, and guides teams toward effective, sustainable solutions.

Continuous Learning & Improvement

• Fosters a learning culture that integrates industry trends and best practices, encourages the adoption of new methods, and supports continuous process improvement and efficiency gains throughout the project lifecycle.

Performance and Development

• Provides feedback, coaching, and talent development for high‑performing project teams, ensuring alignment of goals and advancement in line with business needs.

Qualifications

• 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 provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only

US: Hiring Range in USD from: $126,200 - $264,100 per year. May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.

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.

Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following

• 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.

Career Level - M3

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