Principal Program Manager (OCI Site Design)

Description

The Site Design Planner develops accurate integrated and actionable site designs for new Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) data center builds and expansions. This role translates business demand customer requirements and infrastructure capacity needs into an executable site and data-hall plan.

A successful team member brings together compute power network connectivity and physical-layout inputs to create a single source of truth for each site. They use sound judgment to balance customer priorities infrastructure constraints deployment sequencing and available capacity while driving alignment across planning engineering design delivery sourcing and operations teams.

Responsibilities

Reporting to the Director of DC Site Design & Planning this role will:

• Convert business demand customer requirements and capacity plans into integrated site designs for greenfield data centers and site expansions.

• Own the site-design process from initial demand intake through an approved actionable handoff to Data Center Design and Delivery teams.

• Develop data-hall layouts and rack compute power and infrastructure allocation plans that meet customer needs deployment timelines and site constraints.

• Integrate network capacity physical connectivity and infrastructure requirements from partner organizations into a cohesive site plan.

• Partner with Networking Connectivity Compute Capacity Planning DC Engineering DC Design Delivery and Sourcing teams to resolve dependencies constraints and design tradeoffs.

• Support complex deployments including AI networking high-density GPU infrastructure and multi-plane fabric designs ensuring site plans account for associated power cooling network and connectivity requirements.

• Produce and maintain clear comprehensive site-design documentation that serves as the approved source of truth for each new build or expansion.

• Drive timely design reviews stakeholder alignment and leadership approvals; clearly communicate risks decisions assumptions and required actions.

• Identify opportunities to standardize and automate site-design inputs workflows and outputs; partner with development and tooling teams to improve scale accuracy and cycle time.

• Use data and judgment to recommend allocation sequencing and design decisions that balance customer commitments business priorities and infrastructure availability.

Qualifications

• 710 years of experience in cloud or hyperscale infrastructure data center planning capacity planning cloud networking connectivity data center design or related technical fields.

• Demonstrated experience translating business or customer demand into executable infrastructure capacity network or physical site plans.

• Strong understanding of data center infrastructure dependencies including compute racks power cooling network capacity physical connectivity and deployment sequencing.

• Experience supporting large-scale or high-density infrastructure deployments; AI/ML GPU InfiniBand or advanced network-fabric experience is highly valued.

• Proven ability to lead complex cross-functional initiatives and influence stakeholders without direct authority.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including the ability to communicate complex technical decisions risks and tradeoffs clearly to senior leadership.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the judgment to make sound decisions amid shifting priorities incomplete information and tight timelines.

• Ability to build productive working relationships across Sourcing DC Engineering DC Design Delivery Networking Connectivity Capacity Planning and Development organizations.

• Bachelors degree in engineering computer science operations supply chain or a related fieldor equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

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Identifies prioritizes and successfully executes a broad portfolio of functional initiatives and programs. Plans and directs schedules for multiple programs running simultaneously. Partners closely with global cross-functional teams to understand and capture requirements for programs. Navigates complex dependencies between cross-functional teams and organizational priorities to optimize the critical path and addresses & mitigates risks. Effectively influences internal and external teams to prioritize; Drives mitigation plans and ensures ownership for each item and regular follow up through to program closure while ensuring resolution of risk and issues escalating as necessary. Provides rigorous management and analysis of overall portfolio budget (including spend and forecasted spend vs. budget spend per program and historical trends etc.). Establishes scalable frameworks (process tools etc.) for the end-to-end project and manages stakeholders applying project management standards and documentation best practices. Runs standups and sprint planning exercises for programs owned. Builds and maintains consistent reporting across numerous programs. Determines methods and procedures on new assignments and may coordinate activities of other personnel. Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications
Disclaimer:

Certain U.S. based or U.S. customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements such as immunization/occupational health mandates and/or drug testing requirements.

Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only

US: Hiring Range in USD from: $90100 to $209500 per annum. May be eligible for bonus and equity.


Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge skills experience market conditions and locations as well as reflect Oracles differing products industries and lines of business.
Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity.

Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:
1. Medical dental and vision insurance including expert medical opinion
2. Short term disability and long term disability
3. Life insurance and AD&D
4. Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
5. Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
6. Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
7. 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
8. 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.
9. 11 paid holidays
10. 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.
11. Paid parental leave
12. Adoption assistance
13. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
14. Financial planning and group legal
15. Voluntary benefits including auto homeowner and pet insurance

The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted.

Career Level - IC4