Senior Director, Data Center Training at Oracle — Nashville, Tennessee | Racks & RowsOR
Senior Director, Data Center Training
Oracle·Nashville, Tennessee
Full-time
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About This Role
Role Overview
As Senior Director, Data Center Training, you will own the global training
strategy, operating model, and execution framework that prepares Oracle Cloud
Infrastructure data center teams to operate safely, reliably, and consistently
at scale. This role is accountable for building training standards that support
technical qualification, site readiness, maintenance execution, emergency
response, safety, compliance, and leadership development across mission-critical
You will lead training leaders, program managers, instructional designers,
technical SMEs, site operations partners, and vendor contributors to deliver a
scalable learning ecosystem for new sites, expanding campuses, and steady-state
operations. The role requires senior-level judgment, strong operational
credibility, and the ability to turn field experience into repeatable standards
that improve uptime, safety, audit readiness, and team capability.
* Define and lead the enterprise training strategy for OCI data center
operations, facilities, deployment, reliability, and site support functions.
* Build and govern role-based training paths for technicians, engineers,
managers, site leaders, deployment teams, and support functions.
* Lead a distributed training organization through managers and senior program
leaders, including staffing, coaching, performance management, and capability
* Establish qualification standards for technical operations, MOP/SOP/EOP
execution, incident response, switching, maintenance, safety, and operational
* Partner with Data Center Operations, Engineering, Reliability, Construction,
Commissioning, Site Deployment, Safety, Security, and HR to align training
with operating risks and business priorities.
* Develop scalable curricula, labs, simulations, field qualification records,
train-the-trainer models, and recurring proficiency checks.
* Ensure training content reflects current procedures, equipment
configurations, lessons learned, audit findings, safety expectations, and
* Create training governance cadences, dashboards, KPIs, completion tracking,
and executive reporting for workforce readiness.
* Drive training readiness for new site launches, expansions, critical
remediation programs, and major operational changes.
* Identify capability gaps across regions and partner with functional leaders
to prioritize corrective training, coaching, and standardization.
* Oversee vendor and third-party training quality where external partners
support technical instruction, certification, or workforce onboarding.
* Promote a culture of operational discipline, continuous learning, safety, and
accountability across the data center organization.
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expertise to power everything from industry innovations to life-saving care. And
with AI embedded across our products and services, we help customers turn that
promise into a better future for all. Discover your potential at a company
leading the way in AI and cloud solutions that impact billions of lives.
True innovation starts when everyone is empowered to contribute. That’s why
we’re committed to growing a workforce that promotes opportunities for all with
competitive benefits that support our people with flexible medical, life
insurance, and retirement options. We also encourage employees to give back to
their communities through our volunteer programs.
We’re committed to including people with disabilities at all stages of the
employment process. If you require accessibility assistance or accommodation for
a disability at any point, let us know by emailing
accommodation-request_mb@oracle.com [accommodation-request_mb@oracle.com] or by
calling 1-888-404-2494 in the United States.
Oracle is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants
will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color,
religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability
and protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Oracle will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and
conviction records pursuant to applicable law.
Required Skills
Global Training StrategyInstructional DesignOperational ReadinessProgram ManagementCurriculum DevelopmentStakeholder ManagementPerformance ManagementRisk ManagementComplianceTechnical QualificationLeadership DevelopmentVendor ManagementKPI TrackingEmergency ResponseSafety StandardsDistance Learning