Software Development Director

Oracle Software Development Director - Augusta, Maine

Assists in the development of short, medium, and long term plans to achieve strategic objectives. Regularly interacts across functional areas with senior engineering management or executives to ensure unit objectives are met. Ability to influence thinking or gain acceptance of others in sensitive situations is important. Strong written and verbal communication skills. Attention to detail and ability to multitask. Ability to travel as needed. Demonstrated leadership skills. BA/BS degree or equivalent. Advanced degree desirable.

The Senior Director of the OCI Availability Engineering Project Management Office will be responsible for global business operations, planning, forecasting and execution management in support of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure’s Availability organization and associated services, including Physical, Virtual, and Corporate Networking. This role will report to the SVP of Network Capacity & Planning and will lead a team of business analysts and program managers responsible for:

1. Annual and quarterly business planning and ongoing (quarterly & monthly) tracking of commitments.
2. Developing and supervising planning activities.
3. Providing updates to engineering management regarding program performance using KPIs, advising executives of deviations and opportunities.
4. Driving automation and systems integration projects to improve accuracy and reduce human error.
5. Collaborating closely with Core Infrastructure engineering on all of the above.
6. Providing value-add business analysis to leadership such as identifying concerning or improving trends, outlining areas of risk, and making recommendations on how to address.
7. Establishing and owning programs to generate consistent operational performance metrics across all OCI Availability Engineering teams.
8. Developing and monitoring metrics to measure other key performance indicators and group performance goals.
9. Driving policies and procedures that monitor and support OCI operational and financial business objectives.
10. Providing oversight, review and approval of capex and opex spend for new projects within OCI Availability Engineering.
11. Assisting in the development, tracking and execution of short, medium, and long term plans to achieve strategic objectives.
12. Oversight or advising on ad-hoc strategic initiatives at the request of Oracle executive management.
13. Regularly interacting across functional areas with senior management and executives to ensure unit objectives are met.
14. Identifying key areas for cost reduction and long term savings.
15. May be responsible to work with procurement teams to ensure collection of supplier disputes.
16. May be involved in certain vendor contract reviews and negotiations for pricing and terms.
17. May be involved with compensation and bonus process for OCI Availability team.

Responsibilities

1. 8+ years of professional experience in business operations or Cloud Infrastructure Engineering preferably in a multinational organization.
2. 5-10 years of experience leading and developing engineering program focused teams.
3. Passion for fixing problems, with a curious mind.
4. Strong analysis and reporting skills with attention to detail and accuracy at the senior executive level.
5. Ability to collect, organize, and display data in consumable format.
6. Closure attitude, sense of urgency. Problem identification and solving skills.
7. Able to meet ambitious turnaround times in a fast-moving environment.
8. Good relationship leadership skills, able to work across global teams who may not have a financial background.
9. Experience in working across business units and with cross-functional collaboration.
10. Manages information with proper sensitivity and has a high sense of business ethics.
11. Adaptable to change.
12. Fluency in English, excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Disclaimer:

Certain US customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization and occupational health mandates.

Range and Benefit Information:

US: Hiring Range: from $120,300 to $291,900 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.

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. Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts.
5. Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits.
6. 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match.
7. Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position.
8. 11 paid holidays.
9. Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire.
10. Paid parental leave.
11. Adoption assistance.
12. Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
13. Financial planning and group legal.
14. 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.

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