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Oracle

Data Centre Construction Director

Remote

United kingdom

Full Time

11-02-2026

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Skills

Leadership Risk Management Resource Allocation Change Management Decision-making Risk Mitigation Organization Project Management

Job Specifications

About the Role

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure continues to expand its global footprint and scale its cloud regions. The Infrastructure Delivery organization is responsible for delivering world-class Datacenter (DC) builds, ensuring OCI capacity is deployed with speed, quality, safety, and operational excellence.

We are seeking a Program Management Director with deep experience leading large-scale datacenter construction and physical infrastructure delivery projects. This is a hands-on leadership role requiring oversight of complex, multi-phase infrastructure programs — from planning and design through construction, commissioning, and handover to operations.

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Key Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end delivery of Datacenter build programs, ensuring sites are delivered on-time, within budget, and to engineering standards.
Manage cross-functional and multi-disciplinary teams, including construction partners, facilities teams, logistics, engineering, procurement, and operations.
Direct program and project planning, resource allocation, financial management, risk mitigation, and execution.
Oversee site readiness, construction timelines, commissioning, and compliance with safety, quality, and security standards.
Act as primary point of escalation and decision-making authority for major program risks, blockers, and change management.
Partner closely with internal teams (network, hardware, supply chain, facilities, security) to ensure seamless and predictable region delivery.
Provide technical and operational leadership to program managers, engineers, and vendor partners; select, develop, and evaluate talent to ensure high performance.
Report program status to senior leadership with clear ownership of schedule, scope, and quality.

About You

You have owned and delivered complex physical infrastructure programs — ideally datacenters or highly similar environments — requiring coordination of construction, engineering, supply chain, commissioning, and operational readiness.

You are a leader who is proactive in identifying risks, driving solutions, managing stakeholders, and ensuring disciplined program execution.

Required Qualifications

Proven experience leading Datacenter builds or comparable physical infrastructure delivery (telecom, colocation, large-scale industrial facilities, or mission-critical environments).
10–15+ years in program or project management, with direct accountability for schedule, budget, and delivery.
Successful track record managing contractors, construction partners, and internal engineering/operations teams.
Strong risk management, vendor management, and cross-functional leadership skills.
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced global environment with high ownership and urgency.
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related technical field (preferred).

Why Oracle

You will play a critical role in building and scaling the infrastructure that powers Oracle Cloud worldwide. This is an opportunity to lead high-impact programs, solve complex real-world engineering challenges, and help shape the future of OCI’s global datacenter presence.

About the Company

We're a cloud technology company that provides organizations around the world with computing infrastructure and software to help them innovate, unlock efficiencies and become more effective. We also created the world's first - and only - autonomous database to help organize and secure our customers' data. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure offers higher performance, security, and cost savings. It is designed so businesses can move workloads easily from on-premises systems to the cloud, and between cloud and on-premises and other ... Know more