Chief of Staff to VP, Data Center Engineering & Infrastructure

Oracle•United States,

11d•$109,200 - $223,400

About The Position

This role serves as a strategic partner to the VP of Data Center Engineering & Infrastructure, focusing on operationalizing organizational priorities, driving strategic initiatives, and achieving long-term business objectives. The Chief of Staff will act as a trusted advisor and force multiplier, anticipating executive needs, driving alignment, and ensuring execution rigor. The position involves leading business operations programs, establishing best practices, identifying inefficiencies, and driving cross-functional execution on strategic projects. Key responsibilities include executive communications, reporting, and fostering a culture of operational excellence and accountability.

Requirements

Experience partnering directly with senior executives (VP level and above).
Proven ability to operationalize organizational priorities and strategic initiatives.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to anticipate needs and develop action plans.
Experience driving alignment, accountability, and execution rigor.
Experience leading business operations programs.
Ability to establish and improve operational best practices, forecasting, tooling, reporting, and organizational rhythms.
Skill in identifying business process gaps and operational inefficiencies.
Experience driving leadership accountability for execution.
Experience leading special projects and cross-cutting strategic programs.
Ability to collaborate with engineering organizations on standards for deployment and readiness.
Proven ability to drive complex initiatives through influence in matrixed organizations.
Experience managing risks, dependencies, escalations, and execution tracking.
Experience delivering executive-level reporting and establishing executive operating rhythms (MBRs, QBRs).
Ability to provide data-driven insights and recommendations.
Experience developing operational strategies, governance mechanisms, and policies.
Ability to act as an educator, mentor, and evangelist for best practices.
Experience driving continuous improvement initiatives.
Ability to promote a culture of accountability, collaboration, transparency, and customer obsession.

Responsibilities

Partner directly with the VP to operationalize organizational priorities, strategic initiatives, and long-term business objectives.
Anticipate executive questions, concerns, risks, and organizational pain points while proactively developing recommendations and action plans.
Serve as a trusted advisor and force multiplier for the VP and leadership team by driving alignment, accountability, and execution rigor across the organization.
Hold self and partner organizations accountable to the high operational and performance bar established within OCI.
Lead business operations programs for Engineering & Infrastructure organizations in partnership with CIO-office Business Operations teams.
Establish and continuously improve operational best practices, forecasting mechanisms, tooling strategies, reporting frameworks, and organizational rhythms.
Identify business process gaps, operational inefficiencies, and organizational changes needed to support a healthy, scalable organization.
Drive leadership accountability for execution against organizational priorities, deliverables, and operational commitments.
Lead special projects and cross-cutting strategic programs spanning engineering, infrastructure, supply chain, product, and operations teams.
Collaborate with engineering organizations to develop and maintain standards for physical deployment, testing metrics, logical deployment, and infrastructure readiness.
Drive complex initiatives through influence across highly matrixed organizations without direct reporting authority.
Manage risks, dependencies, escalations, and execution tracking across multiple concurrent strategic programs.
Deliver executive-level reporting including program summaries, business reviews, product documentation, business requirements, roadmap updates, release plans, and operational metrics.
Establish executive operating rhythms including Monthly Business Reviews (MBRs), Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs), staff meetings, and leadership updates.
Provide data-driven insights and recommendations to support strategic decision-making and organizational planning.
Develop operational strategies, governance mechanisms, and policies that improve scalability, consistency, and execution quality across the organization.
Act as an educator, mentor, and evangelist for industry best practices, operational excellence, and OCI core values.
Drive continuous improvement initiatives that elevate organizational maturity, execution discipline, and leadership effectiveness.
Promote a culture of accountability, collaboration, transparency, and customer obsession.