Business Operations Analyst (Nashville-TN)

Oracle•Nashville, TN

30d•$75,000 - $187,000•Onsite

About The Position

Oracle Business Planning & Operations is seeking an experienced Business Operations Analyst to partner with the AI Infrastructure Sales and Strategic Customer Operations team in the OCI organization. The role combines business operations, program management, and executive decision support. The analyst will bring structure to evolving processes and data, identify meaningful operational insights, and turn them into recommendations and actions for senior and executive leaders. The successful candidate will work across detailed operational activities and executive-level discussions, establish credibility with technical and business stakeholders, constructively challenge existing processes, and drive cross-functional change. The role is based onsite in Nashville, Tennessee, five days per week; relocation assistance is available. It is not a remote position. Visa sponsorship is unavailable. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure operates at significant scale and complexity. This position will help improve operating mechanisms, connect data to business outcomes, and support decisions about operations, infrastructure growth, capacity, resources, and changing business priorities. The U.S. hiring range is $75,000–$187,000 per year, with possible bonus and equity eligibility.

Requirements

At least 6 years of experience in business operations, program management, business analysis, engineering operations, strategy and operations, or a related function within a complex organization.
Demonstrated experience working directly with senior and executive leadership, including developing and presenting executive-level insights, recommendations, operating reviews, or decision materials.
Knowledge of cloud products, cloud infrastructure, or large-scale technology environments.
Proven ability to lead cross-functional programs and initiatives involving multiple stakeholders, competing priorities, dependencies, and evolving requirements.
Demonstrated success identifying process gaps and driving process improvement and organizational change.
Strong analytical capabilities, including maintaining, interpreting, and synthesizing operational or business data into meaningful, actionable outcomes.
Strong business judgment and ability to work effectively when processes, requirements, ownership, or available data are incomplete or ambiguous.
Advanced proficiency with Excel or comparable tools for business analysis, modeling, reporting, and data management.
Strong PowerPoint and executive presentation skills, including simplifying complex information and communicating a clear narrative to leadership.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders at multiple organizational levels.
Strong organizational and program-management skills, including structuring work, managing competing priorities, and driving work through completion.
Ability to work independently, take ownership, and maintain momentum in a fast-moving environment.

Nice To Haves

Experience working in cloud infrastructure, cloud products, hyperscale technology, or another large-scale technical environment.
Understanding of cloud business models, infrastructure capacity, consumption, resource planning, or engineering operations.
Experience supporting business planning, operational reviews, workforce planning, capacity planning, or resource allocation.
Experience creating dashboards or data visualizations using Oracle Analytics or comparable business intelligence tools.
Experience working with large or imperfect datasets and establishing processes that improve data quality, consistency, and decision usefulness.
Familiarity with AI/ML, high-performance computing, or other emerging infrastructure workloads.

Responsibilities

Partner with executive leadership and senior stakeholders to provide clear, concise, actionable insights for business decisions.
Develop executive-ready presentations, operating reviews, analyses, and recommendations that translate complex information into business implications and actions.
Own and drive cross-functional programs from problem definition through execution, setting objectives, milestones, dependencies, stakeholders, and measures of success.
Identify fragmented, inconsistent, or underdeveloped operational processes and lead efforts to establish scalable, repeatable operating mechanisms.
Manage, maintain, and analyze operational and business data to help leaders identify trends, risks, opportunities, and required actions.
Translate data into a clear narrative, distinguish meaningful business signals from reporting noise, and explain implications for leadership.
Develop and maintain reporting and operating mechanisms that provide visibility into business operations, infrastructure demand, consumption, capacity, resources, and performance.
Partner with Sales, Engineering, HR, Finance, and other stakeholder organizations to align priorities, planning assumptions, demand signals, and execution.
Support resource and workforce planning, including headcount planning, resource allocation, and analysis for leadership decision-making.
Improve the quality, consistency, and usability of operational data and reporting, including where source data and processes are incomplete or immature.
Establish credibility with technical and non-technical stakeholders and influence outcomes without direct authority.
Adapt as business priorities, organizational needs, and operating conditions change.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion.
Short-term and long-term disability insurance.
Life insurance and AD&D.
Supplemental life insurance for employees, spouses, and children.
Health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts.
Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits.
401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match.
Flexible or accrued paid vacation, depending on employee eligibility and position.
11 paid holidays.
Paid sick leave: 72 hours upon hire, refreshed each calendar year, with unused balance carrying over up to a 112-hour cap.
Paid parental leave.
Adoption assistance.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Financial planning and group legal benefits.
Voluntary auto, homeowner, and pet insurance benefits.
Potential bonus and equity eligibility.
Relocation assistance.