Principal Technical Program Manager, Data Centers

Oracle•United States,

8h•$102,300 - $209,500

About The Position

We are seeking an experienced End-to-End Data Center Technical Program Manager to lead hyperscale data center capacity-delivery programs from early site selection through customer handover and production go-live. This role owns the integrated delivery path that converts a site into live, available compute and GPU capacity for end customers. The successful candidate will coordinate internal teams, colocation providers, utilities, contractors, and technology partners across site due diligence, design, construction, commissioning, white-space fit-out, network deployment, server readiness, and operational handover. They will bring strong technical fluency in critical electrical infrastructure, low-voltage systems, structured cabling, and networking dependencies within hyperscale data center environments.

Requirements

Strong technical fluency in critical electrical infrastructure, low-voltage systems, structured cabling, and networking dependencies within hyperscale data center environments.
Experience in leading hyperscale data center capacity-delivery programs from early site selection through customer handover and production go-live.
Experience coordinating internal teams, colocation providers, utilities, contractors, and technology partners across site due diligence, design, construction, commissioning, white-space fit-out, network deployment, server readiness, and operational handover.
Experience in construction project management, including project planning, execution, scheduling, budgeting, and documentation.
Experience in quality control processes and ensuring construction activities meet design specifications and industry standards.
Experience in coordinating and integrating tenant fit out projects.
Experience in leading startup and commissioning phases of major data center projects.
Experience in risk evaluation and developing mitigation strategies for construction project risks.
Experience serving as a primary point of contact between a company and colocation providers.
Experience developing and maintaining relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
Experience selecting, negotiating, and managing contracts with external vendors, contractors, and suppliers.
Experience collaborating with design teams and addressing design issues.
Experience providing colocation provider evaluation input for continuous improvement.
Experience overseeing the installation of power, cooling, networking, and structured cabling systems.
Experience managing and coordinating moderately complex tasks, monitoring timelines and deliverables.
Experience delegating, monitoring, and prioritizing work across multiple projects.
Experience collaborating across the organization to align on expectations and achieve shared objectives.
Experience leveraging understanding of business leaders, stakeholders, and/or customers to ensure proposed solutions meet their needs.
Experience identifying and addressing moderately complex issues by analyzing a wide range of data and/or information.
Experience proactively escalating unresolved or critical issues with a thorough assessment and suggesting potential solutions.
Experience reviewing, contributing to, and documenting problem solving strategies.
Experience pursuing learning opportunities and staying abreast of the latest industry trends and best practices.
Experience seeking and leveraging ongoing feedback and training to improve skills.
Experience coaching and mentoring junior team members.
Experience developing ideas, recommending updates, and/or collaborating on the implementation of process improvements.
Experience soliciting feedback from others on ideas for alternative approaches and methods for continued improvement.
Experience participating in candidate interviews, assessing candidates, and providing hiring recommendations.

Responsibilities

Leads the construction of data centers by colocation providers, ensuring projects are completed on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards.
Develops and maintains detailed project schedules, coordinating with colocation providers to ensure timely milestone delivery across multiple projects.
Creates and manages project budgets, optimizing resource allocation to ensure cost-effective project execution.
Creates, reviews, and maintains documentation, including design review, commissioning, and problem-solving papers, ensuring standards are upheld, documents are managed effectively, and materials are suitable for their intended purpose.
Implements and oversees quality control processes to ensure all construction activities meet design specifications and industry standards.
Collaborates actively in the coordination and integration of tenant fit out projects, ensuring alignment between different phases of design, construction, and commissioning.
Conducts detailed site walks to monitor schedule, coordination, and quality throughout the life of the project.
Leads the startup and commissioning phases of major data center projects, ensuring that all systems are operational and meet design specifications.
Evaluates the risk profiles associated with timely project delivery for multiple projects.
Identifies gaps in risk identification and mitigation and develops tailored solutions to address these gaps.
Develops and implements mitigation strategies for major construction project risks to ensure project success.
Serves as the primary point of contact between the company and colocation providers, facilitating clear and effective communication, and resolving routine issues independently.
Develops and maintains key relationships to effectively support internal and external stakeholders, identifying opportunities for process improvements.
Selects, negotiates, and manages contracts with external vendors, contractors, and suppliers, ensuring contract compliance and performance.
Collaborates with design teams to ensure that construction activities align with the approved design plans and specifications, addressing routine design issues independently.
Provides comprehensive colocation provider evaluation input for continuous improvement and identifies opportunities for process enhancements.
Oversees the installation of power, cooling, networking, and structured cabling systems, ensuring adherence to quality standards.
Manages and coordinates moderately complex tasks, monitoring timelines and deliverables to ensure timely completion and adherence to requirements for a moderately-sized project or initiative.
Efficiently delegates, monitors, and prioritizes work across multiple projects, providing technical oversight and adjusting plans to address shifts in resources or timelines.
Collaborates across the organization to align on expectations and achieve shared objectives.
Leverages understanding of business leaders, stakeholders, and/or customers to ensure proposed solutions meet their needs.
Supports inclusivity by actively seeking and listening to diverse perspectives, ensuring others feel heard and respected.
Identifies and addresses moderately complex issues by analyzing a wide range of data and/or information to identify solutions in accordance with standard practices.
Proactively escalates unresolved or critical issues with a thorough assessment and suggests potential solutions.
Reviews, contributes to, and documents problem solving strategies.
Pursues learning opportunities to expand knowledge and skills and/or tools in new areas and stays abreast of the latest industry trends and best practices.
Proactively seeks and leverages ongoing feedback and training to improve skills.
Coaches and mentors junior team members, fostering continuous learning and knowledge sharing within and across teams.
Develops ideas, recommends updates, and/or collaborates on the implementation of process improvements to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of processes, protocols, and workflows across teams, and evaluates the impact on key stakeholders.
Solicits feedback from others on ideas for alternative approaches and methods for continued improvement.
Contributes to the talent development pipeline by participating in candidate interviews, assessing candidates, and providing hiring recommendations.