The Senior Principal Program Manager, Community Relations will lead the execution of OCI’s community relations strategy for AI data center development. This senior leader will build messaging and programming to support community engagement, They will also partner with on-the-ground community engagement managers to develop trusted relationships with community groups, civic leaders, city council members, labor representatives, and other stakeholders who influence how OCI is perceived and how quickly projects move forward. The role will translate complex project activity into clear, credible, community-centered engagement that helps OCI grow responsibly while protecting execution speed and long-term reputation.
Responsibilities
- Build and lead the community relations messaging and engagement strategy for OCI AI data center expansion.
- Develop proactive engagement plans alongside Community Engagement Managers for local residents, civic organizations, unions, elected officials, and other stakeholders.
- Prepare for emerging issues and create response plans to meet the needs of the moment.
- Partner with internal teams to align messaging, project milestones, and external commitments.
- Represent OCI in meetings, forums, and public settings with clarity, calm, and credibility.
- Track stakeholder sentiment, key issues, commitments, and follow-up actions.
- Create narratives and briefing materials that help executives communicate with confidence.
- Support permitting, site readiness, and community alignment through disciplined external engagement.
Qualifications
- 8+ years of experience in community relations, public affairs, external affairs, government relations, or a closely related field.
- Proven success managing sensitive, high-visibility stakeholder environments.
- Strong executive communication, facilitation, and issue management skills.
- Experience working across multiple functions in fast-moving, complex organizations.
- Ability to remain calm and effective in hostile or high-pressure public settings.
- Demonstrated skill in building trust with community leaders, public officials, and internal partners.
- Experience supporting infrastructure, industrial, energy, telecom, data center, or similarly complex projects preferred.
- Available to travel frequently to events, meetings, or forums across the US.
Preferred
- Bachelor’s degree; advanced degree a plus.
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: $115,400 to $251,600 per annum. May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.
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 Oracle's 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:
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
- Short term disability and long term disability
- Life insurance and AD&D
- Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
- Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
- 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
- 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.
- 11 paid holidays
- 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.
- Paid parental leave
- Adoption assistance
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Financial planning and group legal
- 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 - IC5