Senior Director, Special Projects – Data Center Operations (Nashville, TN)

Role Overview

Role Overview

Role Overview

As Senior Director, Special Projects, you will lead a construction-focused portfolio of strategic data center projects that improve capacity, reliability, safety, maintainability, and operational readiness across Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. This role owns the operating model for complex remediation, retrofit, expansion, lifecycle, and infrastructure improvement programs that sit outside routine delivery but are critical to long-term site performance.

As Senior Director, Special Projects, you will lead a construction-focused portfolio of strategic data center projects that improve capacity, reliability, safety, maintainability, and operational readiness across Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. This role owns the operating model for complex remediation, retrofit, expansion, lifecycle, and infrastructure improvement programs that sit outside routine delivery but are critical to long-term site performance.

You will lead directors, managers, technical SMEs, project managers, vendors, and cross-functional partners across Construction, Engineering, Commissioning, Data Center Operations, Reliability, Procurement, Finance, Safety, and Security. The role requires executive leadership, deep construction and operational judgment, and the ability to create scalable governance for high-risk work across active mission-critical environments.

You will lead directors, managers, technical SMEs, project managers, vendors, and cross-functional partners across Construction, Engineering, Commissioning, Data Center Operations, Reliability, Procurement, Finance, Safety, and Security. The role requires executive leadership, deep construction and operational judgment, and the ability to create scalable governance for high-risk work across active mission-critical environments.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities Set the strategy, operating model, and governance framework for the Special Projects construction portfolio across assigned sites, regions, or global programs. Lead teams responsible for remediation, retrofits, infrastructure upgrades, capacity improvements, lifecycle replacements, and construction-driven operational improvements. Own portfolio prioritization, staffing strategy, budget alignment, risk governance, executive reporting, and escalation management. Partner with Construction, Engineering, Operations, Reliability, Commissioning, Procurement, Finance, Safety, Security, and vendors to align project scope with operational needs. Ensure projects are planned and executed with strong safety controls, change management, outage planning, customer impact awareness, and operational readiness discipline. Drive resolution of complex construction, design, commissioning, procurement, schedule, and stakeholder issues. Establish portfolio dashboards, KPIs, risk registers, decision logs, and governance cadences for leadership visibility. Ensure special projects produce complete turnover documentation, asset data, commissioning evidence, warranty records, and operational handoff materials. Lead development of playbooks, standards, templates, and repeatable project delivery practices. Build and develop leaders and senior individual contributors, reinforcing accountability, technical rigor, and cross-functional execution. Identify systemic risks across the portfolio and sponsor corrective actions that improve reliability, maintainability, and capital efficiency. Represent Special Projects in executive reviews, funding discussions, site readiness forums, and major incident or remediation planning. Ideal Candidate Profile

Key Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

Set the strategy, operating model, and governance framework for the Special Projects construction portfolio across assigned sites, regions, or global programs.

• Set the strategy, operating model, and governance framework for the Special Projects construction portfolio across assigned sites, regions, or global programs.

Set the strategy, operating model, and governance framework for the Special Projects construction portfolio across assigned sites, regions, or global programs.

Lead teams responsible for remediation, retrofits, infrastructure upgrades, capacity improvements, lifecycle replacements, and construction-driven operational improvements.

• Lead teams responsible for remediation, retrofits, infrastructure upgrades, capacity improvements, lifecycle replacements, and construction-driven operational improvements.

Lead teams responsible for remediation, retrofits, infrastructure upgrades, capacity improvements, lifecycle replacements, and construction-driven operational improvements.

Own portfolio prioritization, staffing strategy, budget alignment, risk governance, executive reporting, and escalation management.

• Own portfolio prioritization, staffing strategy, budget alignment, risk governance, executive reporting, and escalation management.

Own portfolio prioritization, staffing strategy, budget alignment, risk governance, executive reporting, and escalation management.

Partner with Construction, Engineering, Operations, Reliability, Commissioning, Procurement, Finance, Safety, Security, and vendors to align project scope with operational needs.

• Partner with Construction, Engineering, Operations, Reliability, Commissioning, Procurement, Finance, Safety, Security, and vendors to align project scope with operational needs.

Partner with Construction, Engineering, Operations, Reliability, Commissioning, Procurement, Finance, Safety, Security, and vendors to align project scope with operational needs.

Ensure projects are planned and executed with strong safety controls, change management, outage planning, customer impact awareness, and operational readiness discipline.

• Ensure projects are planned and executed with strong safety controls, change management, outage planning, customer impact awareness, and operational readiness discipline.

Ensure projects are planned and executed with strong safety controls, change management, outage planning, customer impact awareness, and operational readiness discipline.

Drive resolution of complex construction, design, commissioning, procurement, schedule, and stakeholder issues.

• Drive resolution of complex construction, design, commissioning, procurement, schedule, and stakeholder issues.

Drive resolution of complex construction, design, commissioning, procurement, schedule, and stakeholder issues.

Establish portfolio dashboards, KPIs, risk registers, decision logs, and governance cadences for leadership visibility.

• Establish portfolio dashboards, KPIs, risk registers, decision logs, and governance cadences for leadership visibility.

Establish portfolio dashboards, KPIs, risk registers, decision logs, and governance cadences for leadership visibility.

Ensure special projects produce complete turnover documentation, asset data, commissioning evidence, warranty records, and operational handoff materials.

• Ensure special projects produce complete turnover documentation, asset data, commissioning evidence, warranty records, and operational handoff materials.

Ensure special projects produce complete turnover documentation, asset data, commissioning evidence, warranty records, and operational handoff materials.

Lead development of playbooks, standards, templates, and repeatable project delivery practices.

• Lead development of playbooks, standards, templates, and repeatable project delivery practices.

Lead development of playbooks, standards, templates, and repeatable project delivery practices.

Build and develop leaders and senior individual contributors, reinforcing accountability, technical rigor, and cross-functional execution.

• Build and develop leaders and senior individual contributors, reinforcing accountability, technical rigor, and cross-functional execution.

Build and develop leaders and senior individual contributors, reinforcing accountability, technical rigor, and cross-functional execution.

Identify systemic risks across the portfolio and sponsor corrective actions that improve reliability, maintainability, and capital efficiency.

• Identify systemic risks across the portfolio and sponsor corrective actions that improve reliability, maintainability, and capital efficiency.

Identify systemic risks across the portfolio and sponsor corrective actions that improve reliability, maintainability, and capital efficiency.

Represent Special Projects in executive reviews, funding discussions, site readiness forums, and major incident or remediation planning.

• Represent Special Projects in executive reviews, funding discussions, site readiness forums, and major incident or remediation planning.

Represent Special Projects in executive reviews, funding discussions, site readiness forums, and major incident or remediation planning.

Ideal Candidate Profile

Ideal Candidate Profile

15+ years of experience in construction, data center delivery, mission-critical infrastructure, engineering, facilities operations, capital projects, or special projects leadership. 7+ years of people leadership experience, including leading managers, senior project leaders, technical SMEs, or distributed construction teams. Experience managing large, complex construction or remediation portfolios in active data center , utility, industrial, manufacturing, or high-availability environments. Strong understanding of MEP infrastructure, commissioning, construction closeout, operational handoff, safety, change management, and site operations constraints. Demonstrated ability to build governance models, dashboards, operating rhythms, and executive reporting for complex portfolios. Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, architecture, facilities management, operations, or equivalent practical experience. Skills and Competencies Executive leadership with strong judgment across construction risk, operational impact, schedule, budget, and safety. Ability to lead through ambiguity and align multiple executive stakeholders around clear priorities. Strong team development, coaching, staffing, and performance management capability. Deep cross-functional partnership across build, operate, procure, engineer, and finance functions. High accountability for portfolio visibility, issue resolution, governance, and measurable outcomes. Continuous improvement mindset focused on scalable standards and repeatable delivery quality. Preferred Skills / Certifications Experience with hyperscale data centers, colocation facilities, utilities, semiconductor, critical manufacturing, or complex infrastructure portfolios. PMP, PgMP , CCM, PE, LEED, OSHA, Six Sigma, or related construction, engineering, or project management certification. Experience with Primavera, MS Project, Procore, Smartsheet, CMMS, DCIM, BIM, commissioning tools, or portfolio reporting platforms. Familiarity with BMS/EPMS, switchgear, UPS, generators, cooling systems, controls, fire/life safety, and operational procedures. Experience leading projects in live critical environments with outage, change, safety, access, and customer-impact constraints. Physical Demands / Work Environment

15+ years of experience in construction, data center delivery, mission-critical infrastructure, engineering, facilities operations, capital projects, or special projects leadership.

• 15+ years of experience in construction, data center delivery, mission-critical infrastructure, engineering, facilities operations, capital projects, or special projects leadership.

15+ years of experience in construction, data center delivery, mission-critical infrastructure, engineering, facilities operations, capital projects, or special projects leadership.

7+ years of people leadership experience, including leading managers, senior project leaders, technical SMEs, or distributed construction teams.

• 7+ years of people leadership experience, including leading managers, senior project leaders, technical SMEs, or distributed construction teams.

7+ years of people leadership experience, including leading managers, senior project leaders, technical SMEs, or distributed construction teams.

Experience managing large, complex construction or remediation portfolios in active data center , utility, industrial, manufacturing, or high-availability environments.

• Experience managing large, complex construction or remediation portfolios in active data center , utility, industrial, manufacturing, or high-availability environments.

Experience managing large, complex construction or remediation portfolios in active data center , utility, industrial, manufacturing, or high-availability environments.

Strong understanding of MEP infrastructure, commissioning, construction closeout, operational handoff, safety, change management, and site operations constraints.

• Strong understanding of MEP infrastructure, commissioning, construction closeout, operational handoff, safety, change management, and site operations constraints.

Strong understanding of MEP infrastructure, commissioning, construction closeout, operational handoff, safety, change management, and site operations constraints.

Demonstrated ability to build governance models, dashboards, operating rhythms, and executive reporting for complex portfolios.

• Demonstrated ability to build governance models, dashboards, operating rhythms, and executive reporting for complex portfolios.

Demonstrated ability to build governance models, dashboards, operating rhythms, and executive reporting for complex portfolios.

Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, architecture, facilities management, operations, or equivalent practical experience.

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, architecture, facilities management, operations, or equivalent practical experience.

Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, architecture, facilities management, operations, or equivalent practical experience.

Skills and Competencies

Skills and Competencies

Executive leadership with strong judgment across construction risk, operational impact, schedule, budget, and safety.

• Executive leadership with strong judgment across construction risk, operational impact, schedule, budget, and safety.

Executive leadership with strong judgment across construction risk, operational impact, schedule, budget, and safety.

Ability to lead through ambiguity and align multiple executive stakeholders around clear priorities.

• Ability to lead through ambiguity and align multiple executive stakeholders around clear priorities.

Ability to lead through ambiguity and align multiple executive stakeholders around clear priorities.

Strong team development, coaching, staffing, and performance management capability.

• Strong team development, coaching, staffing, and performance management capability.

Strong team development, coaching, staffing, and performance management capability.

Deep cross-functional partnership across build, operate, procure, engineer, and finance functions.

• Deep cross-functional partnership across build, operate, procure, engineer, and finance functions.

Deep cross-functional partnership across build, operate, procure, engineer, and finance functions.

High accountability for portfolio visibility, issue resolution, governance, and measurable outcomes.

• High accountability for portfolio visibility, issue resolution, governance, and measurable outcomes.

High accountability for portfolio visibility, issue resolution, governance, and measurable outcomes.

Continuous improvement mindset focused on scalable standards and repeatable delivery quality.

• Continuous improvement mindset focused on scalable standards and repeatable delivery quality.

Continuous improvement mindset focused on scalable standards and repeatable delivery quality.

Preferred Skills / Certifications

Preferred Skills / Certifications

Experience with hyperscale data centers, colocation facilities, utilities, semiconductor, critical manufacturing, or complex infrastructure portfolios.

• Experience with hyperscale data centers, colocation facilities, utilities, semiconductor, critical manufacturing, or complex infrastructure portfolios.

Experience with hyperscale data centers, colocation facilities, utilities, semiconductor, critical manufacturing, or complex infrastructure portfolios.

PMP, PgMP , CCM, PE, LEED, OSHA, Six Sigma, or related construction, engineering, or project management certification.

• PMP, PgMP , CCM, PE, LEED, OSHA, Six Sigma, or related construction, engineering, or project management certification.

PMP, PgMP , CCM, PE, LEED, OSHA, Six Sigma, or related construction, engineering, or project management certification.

Experience with Primavera, MS Project, Procore, Smartsheet, CMMS, DCIM, BIM, commissioning tools, or portfolio reporting platforms.

• Experience with Primavera, MS Project, Procore, Smartsheet, CMMS, DCIM, BIM, commissioning tools, or portfolio reporting platforms.

Experience with Primavera, MS Project, Procore, Smartsheet, CMMS, DCIM, BIM, commissioning tools, or portfolio reporting platforms.

Familiarity with BMS/EPMS, switchgear, UPS, generators, cooling systems, controls, fire/life safety, and operational procedures.

• Familiarity with BMS/EPMS, switchgear, UPS, generators, cooling systems, controls, fire/life safety, and operational procedures.

Familiarity with BMS/EPMS, switchgear, UPS, generators, cooling systems, controls, fire/life safety, and operational procedures.

Experience leading projects in live critical environments with outage, change, safety, access, and customer-impact constraints.

• Experience leading projects in live critical environments with outage, change, safety, access, and customer-impact constraints.

Experience leading projects in live critical environments with outage, change, safety, access, and customer-impact constraints.

Physical Demands / Work Environment

Physical Demands / Work Environment

This role operates across office, remote collaboration, construction, commissioning, and active data center environments. The position requires travel to project sites and leadership reviews. Site visits may involve walking large facilities, standing for extended periods, using stairs, and following all safety, PPE, security, and access-control requirements. Why Oracle Cloud Infrastructure? Global impact at cloud scale supporting mission-critical infrastructure for customers around the world. Technically rigorous environment where reliability, safety, documentation, and operational readiness matter every day. Culture built on ownership, operational excellence, continuous improvement, and cross-functional partnership. Long-term career development across cloud infrastructure, data center operations, construction delivery, and global portfolio leadership. This role is onsite in Nashville, TN.

This role operates across office, remote collaboration, construction, commissioning, and active data center environments. The position requires travel to project sites and leadership reviews. Site visits may involve walking large facilities, standing for extended periods, using stairs, and following all safety, PPE, security, and access-control requirements.

This role operates across office, remote collaboration, construction, commissioning, and active data center environments. The position requires travel to project sites and leadership reviews. Site visits may involve walking large facilities, standing for extended periods, using stairs, and following all safety, PPE, security, and access-control requirements.

Why Oracle Cloud Infrastructure?

Why Oracle Cloud Infrastructure?

Global impact at cloud scale supporting mission-critical infrastructure for customers around the world.

• Global impact at cloud scale supporting mission-critical infrastructure for customers around the world.

Global impact at cloud scale supporting mission-critical infrastructure for customers around the world.

Technically rigorous environment where reliability, safety, documentation, and operational readiness matter every day.

• Technically rigorous environment where reliability, safety, documentation, and operational readiness matter every day.

Technically rigorous environment where reliability, safety, documentation, and operational readiness matter every day.

Culture built on ownership, operational excellence, continuous improvement, and cross-functional partnership.

• Culture built on ownership, operational excellence, continuous improvement, and cross-functional partnership.

Culture built on ownership, operational excellence, continuous improvement, and cross-functional partnership.

Long-term career development across cloud infrastructure, data center operations, construction delivery, and global portfolio leadership. This role is onsite in Nashville, TN.

• Long-term career development across cloud infrastructure, data center operations, construction delivery, and global portfolio leadership.

Long-term career development across cloud infrastructure, data center operations, construction delivery, and global portfolio leadership.

This role is onsite in Nashville, TN.

Requirements & Qualifications

Career Level - M5

Application Instructions

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