Senior Director, Special Project

Key Responsibilities

• Set the strategy operating model and governance framework for the Special Projects construction portfolio across assigned sites regions or global programs.

• Lead teams responsible for remediation retrofits infrastructure upgrades capacity improvements lifecycle replacements and construction-driven operational improvements.

• Own portfolio prioritization staffing strategy budget alignment risk governance executive reporting and escalation management.

• Partner with Construction Engineering Operations Reliability Commissioning Procurement Finance Safety Security and vendors to align project scope with operational needs.

• Ensure projects are planned and executed with strong safety controls change management outage planning customer impact awareness and operational readiness discipline.

• Drive resolution of complex construction design commissioning procurement schedule and stakeholder issues.

• Establish portfolio dashboards KPIs risk registers decision logs and governance cadences for leadership visibility.

• Ensure special projects produce complete turnover documentation asset data commissioning evidence warranty records and operational handoff materials.

• Lead development of playbooks standards templates and repeatable project delivery practices.

• Build and develop leaders and senior individual contributors reinforcing accountability technical rigor and cross-functional execution.

• Identify systemic risks across the portfolio and sponsor corrective actions that improve reliability maintainability and capital efficiency.

• Represent Special Projects in executive reviews funding discussions site readiness forums and major incident or remediation planning.

Ideal Candidate Profile

• 15 years of experience in construction data center delivery mission-critical infrastructure engineering facilities operations capital projects or special projects leadership.

• 7 years of people leadership experience including leading managers senior project leaders technical SMEs or distributed construction teams.

• Experience managing large complex construction or remediation portfolios in active data center utility industrial manufacturing or high-availability environments.

• Strong understanding of MEP infrastructure commissioning construction closeout operational handoff safety change management and site operations constraints.

• Demonstrated ability to build governance models dashboards operating rhythms and executive reporting for complex portfolios.

• Bachelors degree in engineering construction management architecture facilities management operations or equivalent practical experience.

Skills and Competencies

• Executive leadership with strong judgment across construction risk operational impact schedule budget and safety.

• Ability to lead through ambiguity and align multiple executive stakeholders around clear priorities.

• Strong team development coaching staffing and performance management capability.

• Deep cross-functional partnership across build operate procure engineer and finance functions.

• High accountability for portfolio visibility issue resolution governance and measurable outcomes.

• Continuous improvement mindset focused on scalable standards and repeatable delivery quality.

Preferred Skills / Certifications

• Experience with hyperscale data centers colocation facilities utilities semiconductor critical manufacturing or complex infrastructure portfolios.

• PMP PgMP CCM PE LEED OSHA Six Sigma or related construction engineering or project management certification.

• Experience with Primavera MS Project Procore Smartsheet CMMS DCIM BIM commissioning tools or portfolio reporting platforms.

• Familiarity with BMS/EPMS switchgear UPS generators cooling systems controls fire/life safety and operational procedures.

• Experience leading projects in live critical environments with outage change safety access and customer-impact constraints.

Physical Demands / Work Environment

This role operates across office remote collaboration construction commissioning and active data center environments. The position requires travel to project sites and leadership reviews. Site visits may involve walking large facilities standing for extended periods using stairs and following all safety PPE security and access-control requirements.

Why Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

• Global impact at cloud scale supporting mission-critical infrastructure for customers around the world.

• Technically rigorous environment where reliability safety documentation and operational readiness matter every day.

• Culture built on ownership operational excellence continuous improvement and cross-functional partnership.

• Long-term career development across cloud infrastructure data center operations construction delivery and global portfolio leadership.