Director - Data Center Multicloud

Oracle Oracle · Enterprise · Seattle, WA +1

This role is for a Director managing Technical Program Managers focused on data center multicloud infrastructure. The responsibilities include team leadership, program management for complex business initiatives, global stakeholder collaboration, and process improvement. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in managing teams, data center infrastructure, and leading through ambiguity, with strong communication and collaboration skills.

What you'd actually do

  1. Manage a diverse team of Technical Program Managers; coaching, mentoring, and leading the team while providing opportunities for career growth
  2. Provide program and project management expertise to complex business initiatives that are regional in nature, understanding dependencies and accounting for complexity relative to scope/schedule and budgets
  3. Build relationships and collaborate globally with stakeholders and partners to deliver outcomes across the organization, ensuring a shared understanding of progress and performance
  4. Seek opportunities to bring about ongoing improvement and simplification in business operating procedures and practices leading to improved effectiveness of the organization
  5. Track and manage priorities and committed actions to drive progress and provide actionable insights.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's degree in Technology, Project Management, Program Management or proven technical equivalent experience
  • 10+ years of experience directly managing, mentoring, and leading a team
  • Experience with varying scenarios of data center infrastructure builds and network augmentations
  • Knowledge of best practices and emerging technologies, related to infrastructure (i.e., network, data center, hardware, mechanical and electrical systems)
  • Ability to inspire confidence in executive leaders and motivate team members
  • Experience leading through ambiguity
  • proven track record of implementing solutions that improve delivery
  • Excellent communication skills including high quality written communications and the ability to articulate complex information in a simple way
  • Outstanding cross-group collaboration skills and proven ability to partner across teams
  • Program/project management certifications or qualifications with proven ability to deliver complex programs

What the JD emphasized

  • proven technical equivalent experience
  • directly managing, mentoring, and leading a team
  • Experience with varying scenarios of data center infrastructure builds and network augmentations
  • Knowledge of best practices and emerging technologies, related to infrastructure
  • Ability to inspire confidence in executive leaders and motivate team members
  • Experience leading through ambiguity
  • proven track record of implementing solutions that improve delivery
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Outstanding cross-group collaboration skills
  • proven ability to partner across teams
  • proven ability to deliver complex programs