Senior Manager, Data Center Commissioning

Oracle•Nashville, TN

About The Position

This role involves managing the commissioning of multiple data center projects, ensuring alignment with business objectives and industry standards. The Senior Manager will oversee contract administration, budget and resource allocation, and stakeholder relationship management. Key responsibilities include reviewing technical documentation, ensuring data center designs meet operational and reliability requirements, and driving testing and issue resolution processes. The role also emphasizes mentoring teams on quality and safety standards, facilitating knowledge sharing, and resolving safety and security issues. Core responsibilities include managing projects, fostering cross-functional collaboration, guiding teams in problem-solving, promoting continuous learning and improvement, and driving team performance and development.

Requirements

Experience in managing the commissioning of multiple projects.
Experience in contract administration, including generation and review of contracts, change orders, and cost forecasts.
Experience in collaborating with cross-functional teams to determine budget and resources.
Experience in maintaining relationships with stakeholders, suppliers, and cross-functional teams.
Experience in reviewing commissioning scripts and technical documentation.
Experience in developing Systems Manuals documentation.
Experience in ensuring data center designs and specifications align with operations and reliability requirements.
Experience in incorporating electrical and mechanical critical systems into designs.
Experience in analyzing key performance indicators (KPIs) throughout systems testing.
Experience in troubleshooting and resolving moderately complex, non-routine issues with mechanical and electrical systems.
Experience in analyzing root causes of issues and implementing long-term solutions.
Experience in mentoring teams on quality and safety standards.
Experience in identifying training needs and guiding development of training programs.
Experience in facilitating knowledge-sharing amongst teams.
Experience in informing external stakeholders and vendors of quality and safety guidelines.
Experience in resolving and documenting safety and security issues.
Experience in managing multiple medium- to large-scale projects or initiatives.
Experience in providing direction to teams on project work, setting priorities, and aligning with business needs.
Experience in guiding teams on adjusting plans to accommodate resource or timeline changes.
Experience in driving cross-functional partnerships.
Experience in coaching team members to develop strategic relationships.
Experience in promoting inclusivity and seeking diverse perspectives.
Experience in providing direction on addressing complex operational and/or technical issues.
Experience in guiding teams on analyzing complex data and/or information to identify solutions.
Experience in reviewing and providing insights into unresolved or critical issues.
Experience in continuous learning and staying ahead of industry trends.
Experience in leveraging feedback for personal and team skill improvements.
Experience in identifying skill gaps across teams and empowering team members.
Experience in driving teams to develop and implement process improvements.
Experience in guiding teams to adopt new approaches and methods.
Experience in driving performance through feedback and coaching.
Experience in discussing development goals with team members.
Experience in developing and managing a talent acquisition pipeline.
Experience in leading candidate interviews.
Experience in monitoring promotion eligibility.
Experience in orchestrating talent resources.

Responsibilities

Manages the commissioning of multiple projects and other design and engineering initiatives within a region, ensuring alignment with business objectives and industry standards.
Aligns team to strategic direction for contract administration including generation and review of contracts, change orders, cost forecasts, and other pertinent documents.
Collaborates with cross-functional team leads to determine the budget and resources required for timely project completion.
Encourages teams to maintain relationships with stakeholders, suppliers, and cross-functional teams to communicate expectations and ensure reports are provided on project updates.
Reviews commissioning scripts and related technical documentation.
Facilitates collaborations with the general contractor to develop Systems Manuals documentation to serve as a reference for Data Center Operations personnel.
Engages with engineering team leads to ensure data center designs and specifications align to operations and reliability requirements (e.g., power capacity, cooling systems), and electrical and mechanical critical systems (e.g., electrical and mechanical plant, life safety, fire suppression systems, and control systems) are incorporated.
Drives analyses of key performance indicators (KPIs) throughout systems testing to make recommendations to address observed trends or anomalies.
Oversees the resolution of moderately complex, non-routine issues with implementing mechanical and electrical systems.
Analyzes the root causes of common and repeating cases of issues to identify and implement long-term solutions.
Ensures team understands and applies best practices to troubleshoot and mitigate issues and reduce recurrence by aligning with major stakeholders.
Mentors team to prioritize quality and safety standards ensuring safety throughout project lifecycle.
Identifies training needs to guide development of training programs and ensure alignment on safety standards.
Facilitates knowledge-sharing amongst teams to stay up to date on industry standards and best practices.
Encourages team to inform external stakeholders and vendors of quality and safety guidelines to facilitate compliance.
Resolves and documents safety and security issues as they arise.
Manages multiple medium- to large-scale projects or initiatives across teams, ensuring timelines, deliverables, and budgets when applicable are monitored and met.
Provides direction to teams on project work, setting priorities, and aligning with business needs.
Guides teams on adjusting plans to accommodate resource or timeline changes.
Drives cross-functional partnerships to align on expectations and shared objectives across multiple teams.
Coaches team members to develop strategic relationships with business leaders, stakeholders, and external partners to foster collaboration and long-term success.
Promotes inclusivity by actively seeking and listening to diverse perspectives, ensuring others feel heard and respected.
Provides direction to multiple teams on addressing complex operational and/or technical issues as well as providing guidance on analyzing complex data and/or information to identify solutions.
Reviews and provides insights into unresolved or critical issues, helping the team to identify potential solutions.
Models engaging in continuous learning to deepen expertise and stay ahead of industry trends, integrating best practices into strategic planning.
Leverages feedback to drive personal and team skill improvements.
Identifies skill gaps across teams, and empowers team members to pursue learning and knowledge sharing opportunities that build their expertise in new areas and coaches them to apply learnings to advance the organization.
Drives team to collaborate on, develop, and implement ideas to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of processes, protocols, and workflows within and across teams, providing oversight.
Guides team to adopt new ideas for alternative approaches and methods and encourages feedback for continued improvement.
Drives performance across teams by providing feedback and coaching in alignment with performance management processes, guidelines, and expectations.
Discusses development goals with team members, shares opportunities to facilitate career development, and ensures individual goals are aligned with broader organizational goals.
Develops and manages talent acquisition pipeline by leading candidate interviews, monitoring promotion eligibility, and/or orchestrating talent resources.