Senior Compliance Manager

Oracle•Nashville, TN

About The Position

Oracle Data Center Facility Operations is seeking a Senior Compliance Manager to lead and mature the compliance program supporting a portfolio of large-scale, mission-critical data center facilities within Property Management. The role establishes consistent compliance standards across multiple sites, provides governance and oversight for regulatory and operational requirements, and partners with operations, engineering, EHS, security, construction, and other stakeholders to reduce compliance risk. The Senior Compliance Manager serves as the portfolio-level compliance leader, providing strategic direction to site and regional teams while maintaining operational awareness to identify risks, drive corrective actions, and support safe, reliable, and compliant operations. The role oversees compliance across multiple hyperscale facilities, manages audit and inspection readiness, regulatory response, risk assessments and corrective actions, and leads and develops Compliance Managers and other compliance personnel. It also establishes documentation standards, performance metrics, reporting mechanisms, and scalable processes as the portfolio expands. The role partners with Data Center Facility Operations, Property Management, Engineering, EHS, Security, Construction, Procurement, Legal, Risk, and corporate functions. Regular travel to assigned data center locations is required. Oracle describes competitive benefits supporting employees, including flexible medical, life insurance, and retirement options, and volunteer programs.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in environmental science, occupational safety, engineering, facilities management, business, risk management, compliance, or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.
At least 10 years of related experience, as stated in the qualifications section.
Significant professional experience in regulatory compliance, EHS, risk management, facilities operations, critical infrastructure, or a related field.
Experience providing compliance oversight across multiple facilities or a geographically distributed portfolio.
Demonstrated experience developing or managing compliance programs, audits, risk assessments, corrective actions, and regulatory readiness.
Strong working knowledge of compliance principles in mission-critical or industrial environments.
Experience working across business functions and influencing leaders without direct authority; ability to gain buy-in across divisions, functions, and cultures and to work with executive management.
Strong written, verbal, interpersonal, and presentation communication skills, including communicating complex compliance matters to technical and executive audiences.
Ability to prioritize multiple risks and requirements in a fast-paced operational environment; strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving capabilities.
Ability to travel regularly to assigned data center locations.
Ability to exercise creativity and independent judgment in developing methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria.
Demonstrated ability to achieve results through cross-functional and virtual teams and to lead, control, and complete projects.
Ability to work against aggressive schedules; flexible, resourceful, action-oriented, self-starting, and able to work independently in a dynamic environment.
Discretion in handling confidential information.
Strong working knowledge of IT processes and IT infrastructure, and/or healthcare quality standards and regulations.
Fluency and extensive experience in IT auditing and controls; the qualifications section lists SOX, SSAE 16 SOC 1 and SOC 2, PCI, NIST, DIACAP, FedRAMP, ISO 27001, ISO 27002, ISO 9001, and ISO 13485 as preferred areas of experience.
Proven ability to combine business, technical, and process expertise to define control specifications for standards and frameworks including SSAE 16 SOC 1 and SOC 2, PCI, ISO 27002, ISO 9001, and ISO 13485.
Formal training in project management.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting hyperscale, colocation, cloud, data center, semiconductor, manufacturing, utility, telecommunications, or other mission-critical infrastructure.
Experience with large electrical systems, generators, UPS systems, battery energy storage, cooling systems, fuel systems, or other critical facility infrastructure.
Knowledge of environmental, occupational safety, fire and life safety, emergency-management, and contractor-management requirements.
Experience leading regulatory inspections or complex internal and external audits.
Experience establishing compliance metrics, dashboards, and executive reporting.
Experience building or scaling a compliance function across a rapidly growing facility portfolio.
Relevant professional certifications such as CSP, CHMM, CCEP, ISO lead auditor, or comparable credentials.
CISA, CISM, CISSP, CIPP, RAC, CQE, CPPS, or CQA certifications are desired.
Experience with SOX, SSAE 16 SOC 1 and SOC 2, PCI compliance, NIST, DIACAP, FedRAMP, ISO 27001, ISO 27002, ISO 9001, or ISO 13485.

Responsibilities

Develop, implement, and continuously improve the compliance framework for Data Center Facility Operations.
Establish standardized compliance policies, procedures, controls, and governance across assigned sites, translating regulatory, corporate, and operational requirements into facility-level expectations.
Maintain a risk-based compliance strategy and establish metrics, dashboards, and reporting to measure portfolio compliance health; provide updates, risk assessments, and recommendations to leadership.
Provide compliance leadership and oversight across multiple data center facilities, partnering with Compliance Managers and site leadership to establish ownership and consistent execution.
Conduct periodic site reviews covering regulatory readiness, operational controls, documentation, and compliance performance; identify recurring issues and implement portfolio-wide corrective or preventive actions.
Ensure new sites, expansions, and significant infrastructure changes are incorporated into the compliance program.
Maintain awareness of applicable federal, state, local, and jurisdiction-specific requirements and coordinate compliance relating to environmental permitting, occupational health and safety, electrical and critical infrastructure safety, emergency preparedness, fire and life safety, hazardous materials, generators, fuel, batteries, energy storage, water, wastewater, cooling, security, access controls, vendors, contractors, and corporate standards.
Partner with subject matter experts on specialized regulatory interpretation or technical matters and support interactions with regulators, inspectors, auditors, and authorities having jurisdiction.
Establish and manage a risk-based internal compliance audit and inspection program; maintain readiness for regulatory inspections, customer audits, corporate assessments, and third-party reviews.
Coordinate audit preparation, evidence collection, stakeholder participation, and responses; ensure findings are documented, assigned, tracked, and closed on time; analyze results for trends, root causes, and systemic improvements.
Develop and maintain facility compliance risk assessments, identify emerging risks, establish corrective and preventive action processes, monitor overdue or high-risk actions, and escalate significant concerns.
Facilitate root-cause analysis for significant compliance events and recurring deficiencies, and partner with facility leadership on practical, measurable, sustainable mitigation plans.
Provide compliance leadership during significant facility events, regulatory inquiries, or reportable incidents; ensure notifications, documentation, investigations, and follow-up actions are completed appropriately.
Partner with Operations, EHS, Security, Legal, Engineering, and other stakeholders during investigations and drive applicable lessons learned across the portfolio.
Lead, coach, and provide technical guidance to Compliance Managers and other compliance personnel; establish responsibilities, priorities, and performance expectations; develop team capabilities, succession plans, and scalable resources.
Partner across Facility Operations, Property Management, Engineering, EHS, Security, Construction, Procurement, Legal, Risk, and corporate functions; identify compliance considerations in operational planning and change management.
Support vendor and contractor governance by establishing compliance expectations and monitoring mechanisms; maintain strong site relationships while preserving compliance independence and objectivity.
Advise leadership on compliance risk and operational decision-making; influence stakeholders across functions and without relying solely on positional authority.
Establish compliance documentation and record-retention standards; ensure permits, inspection and training records, assessments, certifications, corrective actions, and other evidence are accurate, accessible, and readily available for audits and inspections.
Promote standardized tools and processes across facilities to reduce administrative complexity and improve visibility.
Travel regularly to assigned data center locations.
Prioritize, manage, and deliver multiple projects simultaneously, including in a fast-paced environment.