Senior Director, Engineering – OCI Infrastructure Planning & Capacity Management

Description

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is seeking an exceptional Senior Director of Engineering to lead the organization responsible for infrastructure planning forecasting sourcing coordination and capacity management across Oracles global cloud footprint.

This leader will own the engineering strategy execution and operational maturity of the platforms services and processes that enable Oracle to plan build and scale cloud infrastructure worldwide. The organization plays a critical role in supporting Oracles rapidly expanding cloud business by ensuring infrastructure investments data center expansion capacity forecasting and supply planning are executed with precision and scale.

The successful candidate will lead a multidisciplinary engineering organization responsible for developing the systems and operational frameworks used to manage billions of dollars in infrastructure investment and support Oracles global data center growth strategy.

This role requires a unique combination of technical depth operational excellence organizational leadership and executive influence. The Senior Director will partner closely with OCI engineering leaders infrastructure operations finance supply chain Fusion development teams Global Business Units (GBUs) and executive leadership to drive strategic initiatives across Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

Responsibilities

Organizational Leadership

• Build lead and develop a high-performing engineering organization focused on infrastructure planning and capacity management.

• Recruit mentor and retain engineering managers senior engineers architects and technical leaders.

• Establish a culture of operational excellence accountability innovation and continuous improvement.

• Define organizational strategy operating models and execution frameworks that support OCIs long-term growth objectives.

Engineering Strategy & Execution

• Own the roadmap and delivery of engineering systems supporting infrastructure forecasting planning sourcing deployment readiness and capacity management.

• Drive development of scalable platforms services workflows and automation that improve visibility accuracy and operational efficiency.

• Lead large-scale engineering initiatives spanning multiple OCI organizations and business units.

• Establish engineering standards governance processes and operational metrics across the organization.

Infrastructure Planning & Capacity Management

• Partner with OCI infrastructure supply chain finance and operations teams to support global infrastructure planning and investment decisions.

• Drive improvements in forecasting accuracy capacity planning models infrastructure utilization and deployment readiness.

• Help shape long-range infrastructure growth strategies supporting Oracles global cloud expansion.

• Ensure planning systems and operational processes scale to support rapidly growing cloud demand.

Executive Engagement

• Serve as a trusted advisor to VP SVP and EVP leadership across OCI.

• Lead executive reviews business planning cycles strategic initiatives and operational readiness programs.

• Communicate organizational priorities risks investment opportunities and execution progress to senior leadership.

• Drive alignment across highly matrixed organizations with competing priorities and dependencies.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering Information Systems or related technical field.

• 15 years of software engineering cloud infrastructure or enterprise technology experience.

• 8 years of engineering leadership experience including managing managers and senior technical leaders.

• Proven track record leading large engineering organizations responsible for mission-critical systems or cloud infrastructure platforms.

• Experience developing and executing organizational strategy roadmaps and operating plans.

• Demonstrated success leading complex cross-functional initiatives across engineering operations finance and business organizations.

• Exceptional communication executive presentation and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in hyperscale cloud environments including OCI AWS Azure Google Cloud or comparable infrastructure organizations.

• Experience with capacity planning infrastructure forecasting fleet management hardware lifecycle management or data center operations.

• Familiarity with supply chain systems infrastructure sourcing procurement planning or deployment operations.

• Experience building platforms that support large-scale operational decision making.

• Knowledge of FinOps CloudOps operational analytics and infrastructure economics.

• MBA or advanced technical degree preferred.

Qualifications
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: $193600 to $414400 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 Oracles 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:
1. Medical dental and vision insurance including expert medical opinion
2. Short term disability and long term disability
3. Life insurance and AD&D
4. Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
5. Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
6. Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
7. 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
8. 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.
9. 11 paid holidays
10. 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.
11. Paid parental leave
12. Adoption assistance
13. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
14. Financial planning and group legal
15. 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 - M5