Sr. Principal Technical Program Manager, End-to-End Data Center Delivery

Oracle•Chicago, IL

1d•$126,200 - $264,100

About The Position

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure is seeking a highly technical Senior Principal Technical Program Manager to lead end-to-end delivery of hyperscale data center capacity, from site strategy through customer-ready compute and GPU capacity, operational handover, and production go-live. This IC5-level individual contributor leads an integrated portfolio of greenfield, expansion, and colocation programs with broad autonomy, resolving high-impact technical and commercial tradeoffs and aligning senior leaders and external partners around capacity commitments. The role requires deep fluency in mission-critical electrical systems, white-space infrastructure, structured cabling, fiber, network dependencies, commissioning, and operational readiness. The role provides strategic oversight of data center construction by colocation providers, with accountability for on-time, on-budget delivery and quality. It oversees design and commissioning documentation, quality control, construction conformance, site walks, startup and commissioning, and organization-wide risk identification and mitigation. The position is the primary company contact for colocation providers and oversees external vendor, contractor, and supplier selection, negotiation, contract management, and performance. It also oversees installation of power, cooling, networking, and structured cabling systems. The program leader owns delivery from site selection and due diligence through construction, commissioning, infrastructure deployment, customer go-live, and operational handover. The role establishes cross-functional delivery strategies, manages schedules, budgets, risks, changes and recovery plans, directs technical and readiness reviews, coordinates external partners, and communicates capacity, schedule, cost, decisions, risks, and recovery actions to executives. It drives repeatable delivery mechanisms, standards, metrics, and lessons learned across the regional data center portfolio. Travel up to 50% within the Eastern U.S. is required, particularly across Northern Virginia/IAD.

Requirements

8+ years of experience in technical program management, project delivery, engineering, construction, infrastructure deployment, or operations within mission-critical environments.
5+ years of direct experience delivering hyperscale, cloud, colocation, or large-scale enterprise data center programs.
Demonstrated ownership of complex programs spanning early planning, design, construction, commissioning, technical fit-out, infrastructure deployment, and operational handover.
Deep working knowledge of critical electrical infrastructure, including utility interfaces, substations or switchgear, generators, UPS systems, electrical distribution, busway, RPPs, and data-hall power distribution.
Strong technical understanding of low-voltage and network infrastructure, including structured cabling, fiber systems, containment, pathways, network deployment dependencies, and security-system interfaces.
Experience managing integrated schedules, critical paths, budgets, scope changes, vendor performance, commercial risk, and executive-level communications.
Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders, lead through ambiguity, make sound technical tradeoffs, and resolve issues across organizational boundaries.
Ability to travel up to 50% within the Eastern U.S., particularly across Northern Virginia/IAD.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Civil, or Construction Engineering; Construction Management; or a related technical discipline.
Experience delivering high-density AI, GPU, HPC, or large-scale cloud capacity.
Experience with both greenfield and leased/colocation data center delivery models.
Expertise in commissioning, integrated systems testing, operational readiness, and customer capacity turn-up.
Experience leading regional portfolios or programs with multiple concurrent data center delivery workstreams.
Proficiency with Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, Jira, SharePoint, or comparable delivery-management tools.
PMP, PgMP, CDCP, CDCS, or related mission-critical infrastructure certification.

Responsibilities

Lead multiple complex, high-value hyperscale data center capacity-delivery programs from site selection and due diligence through construction, commissioning, infrastructure deployment, and customer go-live.
Own the integrated master schedule, capacity milestones, budget, risk and issue management, change control, recovery planning, and executive reporting.
Define and drive cross-functional delivery strategy across Real Estate, Capacity Planning, Energy and Utilities, Design Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Network, Security, Infrastructure Deployment, Finance, and Data Center Operations.
Lead technical due diligence for prospective sites and colocation facilities, assessing utility availability, power-delivery timelines, fiber connectivity, permitting, constructability, physical constraints, and readiness for forecasted compute and GPU demand.
Drive technical decisions and execution across electrical and low-voltage scope, including utility interconnects, medium- and low-voltage distribution, switchgear, generators, UPS, busway, RPPs, containment, structured cabling, fiber pathways, network rooms, and white-space fit-out.
Establish and govern technical design reviews, constructability reviews, submittals, acceptance criteria, and decision forums; resolve cross-functional dependencies before they affect committed capacity dates.
Direct readiness of critical equipment, construction progress, commissioning, integrated systems testing, quality validation, punch-list closure, and final acceptance.
Ensure network, fiber, security, low-voltage, and server-deployment workstreams are sequenced and ready to safely energize, validate, and make capacity available to customers.
Manage strategic relationships and delivery interfaces with general contractors, design firms, equipment vendors, colocation providers, utilities, carriers, and other external partners.
Lead escalation and resolution of complex technical, schedule, commercial, and operational risks across organizations or programs.
Drive operational handover to Data Center Operations, including asset and configuration data, maintenance information, test results, warranties, training, documentation, residual-risk management, and ownership transition.
Establish repeatable delivery mechanisms, metrics, technical standards, and lessons learned to improve predictability, speed, cost, and quality across the regional data center portfolio.
Communicate capacity commitments, schedule health, cost exposure, key decisions, risks, and recovery actions clearly to technical teams and executive stakeholders.
Provide strategic oversight of construction by colocation providers, including documentation, quality control, site walks, startup, commissioning, risk mitigation, vendor and contract management, and installation of power, cooling, networking, and structured cabling systems.

Benefits

Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Short-term disability
Long-term disability
Life insurance and AD&D
Supplemental life insurance for employee, spouse, or child
Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
Flexible vacation for eligible salaried non-overtime employees; accrued vacation for other eligible employees
11 paid holidays
Paid sick leave
Paid parental leave
Adoption assistance
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Financial planning and group legal benefits
Voluntary auto, homeowner, and pet insurance
May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral