LEAD PRINCIPAL CONSTRUCTION DELIVERY MANAGER
Oracle · Port Washington, WI, United States ·
- Seniority
- Principal
- Employment
- Contract
- Category
- Project management
The position improves portfolio delivery performance by identifying risk, standardizing construction practices, optimizing sequencing and productivity, applying lessons learned, and supporting project recovery efforts. The role partners closely with Delivery, Construction, Project Controls, Commissioning, Power Delivery, Controls Integration, Operations, contractors, and external colocation providers.
This is an individual contributor leadership role that operates through technical expertise, influence, and advisory authority rather than direct people management or daily project ownership.
Construction Excellence
- Lead portfolio-level constructability reviews and technical assessments.
- Develop and promote construction standards, best practices, and delivery methods.
- Identify construction risks and recommend mitigation strategies.
- Evaluate project sequencing, logistics, productivity, and workflow constraints.
- Lead field innovation, industrialization, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Develop and implement lessons learned across projects.
- Identify recurring execution issues and recommend corrective actions.
Delivery Governance and Risk Management
- Conduct independent project health and construction risk assessments.
- Support portfolio delivery reviews, executive escalations, and recovery planning.
- Evaluate project recovery strategies, schedules, and execution alternatives.
- Validate reported progress through field observations and project reviews.
- Support construction-related startup, energization, turnover, and readiness assessments.
- Provide technical guidance on complex or high-risk delivery issues.
Colocation and External Provider Oversight
- Serve as a senior technical interface with colocation providers and external delivery partners.
- Review construction execution, quality, design, and readiness of leased facilities.
- Assess provider performance and identify delivery risks or gaps.
- Support contract compliance observations from a technical construction perspective.
- Recommend corrective actions and performance improvements.
- Engage directly with provider, contractor, and project leadership teams.
Commercial and Change Advisory
- Provide technical support for change order and contractor claim reviews.
- Validate constructability, cost, and schedule impacts associated with proposed changes.
- Evaluate recovery options and execution alternatives.
- Identify budget and schedule risks related to construction decisions.
- Provide technical input without owning contract execution, commercial negotiations, or budget approval.
Technical Leadership and Mentorship
- Mentor Construction Directors, Construction Manager Leads, and Construction Managers.
- Transfer technical knowledge and best practices across projects.
- Develop construction standards, tools, and governance processes.
- Facilitate cross-project lessons learned and continuous improvement discussions.
- Promote consistent execution practices across the regional portfolio.
- Influence stakeholders and project teams without direct management authority.
Key Deliverables
- Constructability review reports
- Portfolio construction health assessments
- Technical risk and mitigation assessments
- Construction best-practice standards
- Recovery strategy assessments
- Startup and turnover readiness reviews
- Productivity improvement recommendations
- Lessons learned reports
- Industrialization opportunity assessments
- Colocation provider performance assessments
- Construction innovation recommendations
- Cross-project execution trend reports
- Continuous improvement action plans
- Technical mentoring and development feedback
Measures of Success
- Construction risks are identified and mitigated early.
- Constructability issues are resolved before affecting cost or schedule.
- Recovery strategies are effective, measurable, and predictable.
- Productivity and field quality improve across projects.
- Repeat construction failures are reduced.
- Construction-related startup and turnover deficiencies decrease.
- Standard construction practices are adopted consistently.
- Lessons learned are implemented across the portfolio.
- Colocation provider performance improves through technical oversight.
- Leadership teams proactively engage the role on complex delivery issues.
Work Environment and Travel:
- Approximately 50%–70% field and site engagement across active campuses.
- Frequent participation in strategic site walks, constructability reviews, recovery meetings, and executive project assessments.
- Direct engagement with contractors, colocation providers, project teams, and senior leadership.
- Support for major construction, energization, startup, and turnover milestones.
- Regular assessment of field quality, progress, productivity, sequencing, and delivery risk.
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: $126,200 to $264,100 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.
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 - IC5