Senior Director, E2E Portfolio & Project Controls

Oracle•United States,

3d•$193,600 - $414,400•Onsite

About The Position

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure is seeking a Sr. Director, Data Center End-to-End Portfolio & Project Controls to lead OCI’s rapid expansion of the Shackleford AI Data Center Campus. This executive role requires establishing and scaling an End-to-End (E2E) Portfolio & Project Controls organization to provide leadership in portfolio forecasting, project controls, operational analytics, supply chain coordination, manufacturing readiness, and TPM governance across regional data center delivery projects. The role has end-to-end accountability for project controls across a portfolio of approximately $29 billion in capital investment, with critical delivery milestones from September 2026 through July 2028. The leader will build and manage a high-performing organization of employees, vendor partners, and a construction workforce that is expected to grow to approximately 8,000 workers at peak campus activity. Exceptional executive-level communication and stakeholder management skills are essential to influence, align, and coordinate across internal executive stakeholders, engineering, construction, commercial, and customer organizations, as well as external partners. This position demands a high level of ownership, autonomy, and strategic decision-making within the data center delivery organization. The role provides strategic oversight and leadership for the construction of data centers by colocation providers, ensuring successful completion of projects on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards. It involves directing and mentoring construction project teams, strategizing and directing documentation creation and maintenance, providing executive oversight of quality control, directing high-level site walks and strategic startup/commissioning phases, addressing risk identification and mitigation, serving as the primary point of contact with colocation providers, and directing the selection, negotiation, and management of contracts with external vendors and suppliers.

Requirements

13+ years' experience in project controls, portfolio management, program management, construction delivery, supply chain, or operational governance.
7+ years' experience in leadership and people management, managing managers of managers.
Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Construction Management, Business, Supply Chain, Operations, or related field, or equivalent experience.
Experience supporting large-scale infrastructure, data center, mission-critical, industrial, or manufacturing programs.
Strong understanding of integrated schedules, cost tracking, risk management, forecasting, and executive reporting.
Ability to connect portfolio data with actual field conditions.
Experience coordinating supply chain, manufacturing, logistics, and material readiness with project execution needs.
Strong leadership, executive communication, analytical, and stakeholder management skills.
Ability to influence cross-functional teams and drive accountability without directly owning field execution.
Willingness to travel regularly to project sites, suppliers, and manufacturing partners.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in engineering, Construction Management, Business, Supply Chain, or related field.
Experience in hyperscale data center delivery or mission-critical construction.
Experience with Primavera P6, Oracle Primavera Cloud, MS Project, Power BI, Tableau, Smartsheet, or similar tools.
Background in TPM, project controls, supply chain integration, or industrialized construction.
Experience with prefab, modular construction, OSA, manufacturing coordination, or logistics planning.
Strong executive reporting and dashboard development experience.
Experience improving forecast accuracy, schedule predictability, supplier readiness, logistics performance, and safety visibility.
Certifications: PMP, PgMP, PMI-SP, CCP, PSP, Lean Six Sigma, or similar certification preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead integrated portfolio schedules, forecasts, dashboards, and executive reporting.
Track portfolio performance across cost, schedule, risk, safety, supply chain, and execution.
Identify critical path risks, cross-project dependencies, delivery constraints, and recovery needs.
Develop mitigation plans, recovery forecasts, risk registers, milestone trackers, and action logs.
Coordinate long-lead procurement, supplier readiness, manufacturing alignment, logistics, and material flow.
Support prefab, modular delivery, OSA adoption, and industrialized delivery scaling.
Partner with project teams, suppliers, logistics providers, manufacturing partners, and leadership to improve execution alignment.
Validate reporting through regular field engagement and site reviews.
Ensure portfolio-level risks are escalated early with clear ownership and action plans.
Lead TPM governance, operating rhythms, accountability tracking, and cross-functional coordination.
Monitor KPIs including forecast accuracy, cost variance, schedule adherence, mitigation closure, material delivery, supplier performance, manufacturing throughput, logistics readiness, safety trends, and portfolio health.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
Short term disability and long term disability
Life insurance and AD&D
Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.
11 paid holidays
Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.
Paid parental leave
Adoption assistance
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Financial planning and group legal
Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance