Director of Estimating - Data Center Fit-Out Cost Strategy (Nashville, TN)

Oracle•Nashville, TN

13h

About The Position

Oracle’s Global Program Controls organization provides governance, reporting, controls processes, cost management support, and portfolio visibility for global data-center programs. The Director of Estimating will build and lead an owner-side cost-intelligence function focused on data-center tenant fit-outs and technology infrastructure. This is an independent should-cost and market-benchmarking role, not a contractor bidding or business-development position. The Director will evaluate, challenge, and help negotiate pricing from co-location providers and low-voltage contractors while partnering with Engineering to ensure design standards meet operational and performance needs without unnecessary cost. The role covers low-voltage and technology infrastructure and related power and pathway scopes, including structured cabling, fiber, network infrastructure, technology rooms, racks, containment, AV, security, access control, CCTV, wireless, DAS, electrical power supporting technology environments, pathways, testing, commissioning, and turnover requirements. The Director will create repeatable estimates and assumptions, improve proposal transparency and cost reporting, and develop cost-aware design standards and decision frameworks. The Director will also lead implementation of AI and automation in estimating, including concept estimates, scope extraction, proposal analysis, benchmark comparisons, assumption tracking, and historical-cost intelligence. Success in the first year includes a trusted should-cost model for primary build types, common pricing assumptions for provider proposals, improved visibility into scope and cost drivers, stronger negotiating positions, and launched AI-enabled workflows.

Requirements

Significant experience estimating low-voltage, technology-infrastructure, and supporting power and pathway scopes.
Strong experience in commercial tenant improvement, interior fit-out, data-center fit-out, mission-critical, or similarly complex environments.
Experience developing budgets, independent estimates, benchmarks, or owner-side cost models, rather than relying solely on contractor bid estimates.
Ability to translate incomplete design or proposal information into a credible, transparent basis of estimate.
Strong understanding of how design decisions, standards, phasing, schedule, procurement, labor availability, and scope definition affect cost.
Experience working effectively with engineers, designers, contractors, and senior business stakeholders.
Strong analytical judgment and confidence constructively challenging pricing, assumptions, and design requirements.
Demonstrated interest in AI, automation, and scalable estimating processes, with the ability to turn ideas into practical workflows.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain complex cost issues simply and credibly.

Nice To Haves

Data-center, co-location, hyperscale, mission-critical, or critical-infrastructure experience.
Experience with owner’s-representative, developer, enterprise-owner, or procurement-side estimating.
Experience building a cost database, benchmark model, standardized scope package, or design-to-cost program.
Familiarity with low-voltage and technology standards, Division 27/28 systems, and their coordination with power and pathways.
Experience implementing estimating platforms, data tools, automation, or AI-enabled workflows.

Responsibilities

Build an owner-side estimating capability that establishes independent should-cost estimates for recurring data-center tenant fit-out build types.
Develop benchmark pricing, unit-cost libraries, labor assumptions, productivity factors, and market intelligence for low-voltage, technology-infrastructure, power, and pathway scopes.
Review co-location provider fit-out proposals and low-voltage contractor pricing; identify gaps, unsupported allowances, scope overlap, risk premiums, and negotiation opportunities.
Provide leadership with clear, defensible cost positions before and during commercial negotiations.
Create repeatable, bid-ready assumptions and scope packages for each build type so providers can price against a common baseline.
Establish assumption management processes to track design changes and their potential effect on pricing.
Document assumptions, inclusions, exclusions, quantities, and basis of estimate to make incomplete provider proposals comparable.
Partner with Engineering and design teams to review standards and challenge requirements that add cost without being necessary for functionality, reliability, capacity, or operational needs.
Help define cost-aware design standards, alternates, and decision frameworks that balance performance, speed, scalability, and capital efficiency.
Work with co-location providers, general contractors, low-voltage contractors, engineers, and internal stakeholders to resolve scope and pricing ambiguity early.
Develop consistent reporting for estimate variance, cost drivers, market trends, negotiation outcomes, and lessons learned.
Lead implementation of AI and automation in estimating, including concept estimates, scope extraction, proposal analysis, benchmark comparisons, assumption tracking, and historical-cost intelligence.