Sr. Director, Data Center Design & Product Engineering – OCI Data Center Infrastructure

Role Overview

This organization will be responsible for developing OCI's standardized data center design platforms, creating engineering standards and reference architectures, driving design innovation, and ensuring designs are optimized for constructability, scalability, manufacturability, operational excellence, and total lifecycle cost. The role will establish engineering ownership across the entire design lifecycle—from concept development and requirements definition through detailed engineering, design validation, deployment support, and continuous design improvement. In partnership with OEMs and strategic suppliers, this leader will also define OCI's modular infrastructure strategy, drive off-site manufacturing and assembly initiatives, influence technology roadmaps and product selection, and help shape next-generation infrastructure solutions that accelerate deployment while improving quality and consistency across OCI's global fleet. The ideal candidate combines deep expertise in mission-critical facility design, MEP engineering, and hyperscale infrastructure with proven success building engineering organizations, driving technical strategy, and influencing complex supplier ecosystems.

Responsibilities

Design Engineering Leadership -Own the engineering development of OCI's standardized data center design platforms and MEP infrastructure. Confidential - Oracle Restricted \Employees Only Confidential - Oracle Restricted \Employees Only -Establish design standards, engineering specifications, reference architectures, and reusable design templates that enable global deployment at hyperscale. -Lead engineering decisions across mechanical, electrical, plumbing, controls, and integrated infrastructure systems. -Drive continuous improvements in design quality, constructability, operability, maintainability, energy efficiency, and lifecycle performance. -Develop engineering methodologies that balance innovation with standardization while supporting regional deployment requirements. -Lead technical design reviews and engineering governance across all phases of the infrastructure lifecycle. -Partner with Architecture, Capacity Delivery, Construction, and Operations to ensure engineering solutions meet deployment, operational, and long-term business objectives. -Establish ownership of engineering change management and continuous improvement using lessons learned from construction and operational performance. OEM Strategy & Product Engineering -Develop strategic engineering partnerships with OEMs to influence future product roadmaps and technology development. -Partner with suppliers to co-develop infrastructure solutions aligned with OCI's long-term engineering strategy. -Influence product selection based on technical capability, scalability, manufacturability, lifecycle performance, and deployment efficiency. -Drive engineering engagement throughout supplier design, validation, qualification, and change management processes. -Ensure OEM innovation aligns with OCI's standardized infrastructure platforms and future capacity requirements. Modularization & Industrialized Construction -Develop OCI's engineering strategy for modular infrastructure and industrialized construction. -Define standardized modular building blocks across mechanical, electrical, and integrated infrastructure systems. -Drive Design for Manufacturing (DFM), Design for Assembly (DFA), and Design for Offsite Manufacturing (DfOSM) principles into OCI engineering standards. -Partner with OEMs and manufacturing partners to maximize factory integration, reduce field labor, and improve deployment speed. -Lead engineering initiatives that enable repeatable, scalable, factory-built infrastructure solutions across OCI's global portfolio. Cross-Functional Leadership -Partner closely with Infrastructure Engineering, Capacity Delivery, Construction, Supply Chain, Operations, Manufacturing, and Architecture. -Provide executive leadership on engineering strategy, technology roadmaps, design decisions, and infrastructure standardization. -Drive alignment between engineering, construction, manufacturing, and operations to continuously improve OCI's infrastructure platform. -Represent engineering in executive reviews, supplier engagements, and strategic planning activities.

Design Engineering Leadership

-Own the engineering development of OCI's standardized data center design platforms and MEP infrastructure. Confidential - Oracle Restricted \Employees Only Confidential - Oracle Restricted \Employees Only -Establish design standards, engineering specifications, reference architectures, and reusable design templates that enable global deployment at hyperscale. -Lead engineering decisions across mechanical, electrical, plumbing, controls, and integrated infrastructure systems. -Drive continuous improvements in design quality, constructability, operability, maintainability, energy efficiency, and lifecycle performance. -Develop engineering methodologies that balance innovation with standardization while supporting regional deployment requirements. -Lead technical design reviews and engineering governance across all phases of the infrastructure lifecycle. -Partner with Architecture, Capacity Delivery, Construction, and Operations to ensure engineering solutions meet deployment, operational, and long-term business objectives. -Establish ownership of engineering change management and continuous improvement using lessons learned from construction and operational performance. OEM Strategy & Product Engineering -Develop strategic engineering partnerships with OEMs to influence future product roadmaps and technology development. -Partner with suppliers to co-develop infrastructure solutions aligned with OCI's long-term engineering strategy. -Influence product selection based on technical capability, scalability, manufacturability, lifecycle performance, and deployment efficiency. -Drive engineering engagement throughout supplier design, validation, qualification, and change management processes. -Ensure OEM innovation aligns with OCI's standardized infrastructure platforms and future capacity requirements. Modularization & Industrialized Construction -Develop OCI's engineering strategy for modular infrastructure and industrialized construction. -Define standardized modular building blocks across mechanical, electrical, and integrated infrastructure systems. -Drive Design for Manufacturing (DFM), Design for Assembly (DFA), and Design for Offsite Manufacturing (DfOSM) principles into OCI engineering standards. -Partner with OEMs and manufacturing partners to maximize factory integration, reduce field labor, and improve deployment speed. -Lead engineering initiatives that enable repeatable, scalable, factory-built infrastructure solutions across OCI's global portfolio. Cross-Functional Leadership -Partner closely with Infrastructure Engineering, Capacity Delivery, Construction, Supply Chain, Operations, Manufacturing, and Architecture. -Provide executive leadership on engineering strategy, technology roadmaps, design decisions, and infrastructure standardization. -Drive alignment between engineering, construction, manufacturing, and operations to continuously improve OCI's infrastructure platform. -Represent engineering in executive reviews, supplier engagements, and strategic planning activities.

Requirements & Qualifications

Career Level - M5

Application Instructions

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