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Candidate will be responsible for:
* Providing leadership, direction and strategy across our German territory.
* Building and leading a new DCO organization in Germany.
* Working with geographically distributed teams and contributing to the success
of his/her organization and other related teams.
* Coaching and mentoring managers and individual contributors across the
organization.
* Growing the team by recruiting and retaining top talent.
* Delivering large-scale projects on-time with high quality.
* Collaborating and working effectively with various teams across the
organization at both a technical level and a business level.
* Ensuring all sites are delivered to a standardized, high-quality bar, and
this quality is sustained, day on day, week on week, year on year.
* Holding others to account as needed to ensure we meet our quality & delivery
goals.
* Defining and contributing to global objectives to move the organization
forwards.
As a Director of German Data Centre Operations, you will lead the region and be
responsible for the overall availability of Oracle’s Cloud Infrastructure. You
should be able to dive deep into any part of the stack and higher-level system
interactions. You should value simplicity and scale, work comfortably in a
collaborative, agile environment, and be excited to learn. You should have a
demonstrated track record working in the industry, already having worked at
hyperscale in previous positions. You should be fully versed in Data Centre
build, live operations management, change control and be familiar with LEAN and
5S.
Detailed Description and Job Requirements
Working with world-class global teams to implement and support cutting-edge
Oracle technology in Cloud Data Centres requires an experienced manager with a
proven ability to lead from the front who can thrive in a complex matrix
environment.
To maximize the quality of delivery and reliability of our sites you will:
* Work across multiple LOB effectively, negotiating and bringing together
stakeholders & teams to ensure success for Oracle.
* Negotiating and working with local vendors to deliver a strategy to drive
performance and meet quality expectations. This encompasses LV cabling
vendors through to Colocation partners.
* Work closely with Human Resources within the regions to ensure the best
possible relationship and care for your Oracle employees.
* Focus and prioritize appropriately on what is most important to Oracle at any
given time as priorities can shift quickly.
* Drive scalability practices to ensure efficiencies across your organization
and space.
Project work will also be a crucial part of the engagement, you will also:
* Lead the implementation of multi-functional projects and/or systems.
* Manage scope, expectations, implementation approach, deliverables and
acceptance testing criteria, whilst appropriately managing risk.
* Driving the delivery of improvements. Interacting across functional areas to
ensure objectives are met.
* Driving the development of short, medium, and long-term plans and regularly
interacting across functional areas with executives to achieve strategic
objectives.
* Demonstrate a track record of influencing thinking and gaining acceptance of
others in sensitive situations.
* Be proactive at all times, resolving issues before they become critical.
* Work independently without escalation or supervision.
* Manage upwards effectively to VP level, with succinct, clear communication,
and a solution-first approach.
* Manage individual contributors where you do not have direct authority over
them.
* Resolve conflicts without escalation, by negotiation, understanding and
mediating as necessary.
* Lead by example at all times.
* Be fully versed in managing risk (both project delivery and infrastructure
management).
* Be able to devise plans, and strategies, bringing others on the journey with
you.
* Be continuously learning about new technology advantages related to Data
Centres (e.g. power density, cooling, cabling, critical load management) a
SME in at least two areas.
You should be able to:
Candidate can expect:
* A stable environment with low turnover and great opportunities to grow.
* A merit-based organization.
* An opportunity to contribute to a well-recognized, revenue-producing Oracle
product that has thousands of customers as well as be involved in
cutting-edge technology
* Challenging and diverse projects.
* Competitive salary and benefits.
What you need to know to be successful in this role:
* 10+ years of proven Data Centre leadership and management at hyperscale
levels.
* Detailed understanding of LEAN & Six Sigma
* Demonstrated use of AI to create business value
* A deep understanding of managing resources across global teams and the local
laws that can affect this.
* In-depth knowledge of the Data Center ecosystem. (cooling, electrical,
networking, structured cabling, etc.)
* 5 years or more of Vendor relationship management and negotiations.
* Deep experience with distributed, highly scalable, multi-node environments.
* Written and Spoken fluency in English & German
* Strong multi-culture awareness.
* Strong HR relationship and negotiating skills at a business level to achieve
objectives.
* Degree educated in a related scientific or engineering discipline.
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innovation starts with inclusion and to create the future we need people with
diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and abilities. That’s why we’re committed to
creating a workplace where all kinds of people can do their best work. It’s when
everyone’s voice is heard and valued that we’re inspired to go beyond what’s
been done before. https://www.oracle.com/corporate/careers/diversity-inclusion/
We expressly encourage disabled candidates to apply for this position. Please
therefore feel free to voluntarily inform us in your application about any
severe disability (degree of disability of at least 50%) or any equal status
(degree of disability of at least 30% together with official decision on
equality) in accordance with the German SGB IX.”
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