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Director of Data Center Operations

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  • Level
    Lead
  • Location
    Frankfurt
  • Working Model
    Onsite
  • Job Field
    IT, System, DevOps
  • Employment Type
    Full Time
  • Contract Type
    Permanent employment

Job Summary

In this role, you will lead the DCO team in Germany, manage extensive projects ensuring data center quality, and collaborate closely with various global teams to achieve operational goals.

Your role in the team

  • 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.
  • Lieferung groß angelegter Projekte termingerecht mit hoher Qualität.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Verhandeln und Zusammenarbeit mit lokalen Anbietern, um eine Strategie zur Leistungssteigerung zu entwickeln und Qualitätsanforderungen zu erfüllen.
  • 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.
  • Führen Sie Skalierbarkeitspraktiken ein, um Effizienzsteigerungen in Ihrer Organisation und Ihrem Raum sicherzustellen.
  • Project work will also be a crucial part of the engagement, you will also:
  • Leiten Sie die Umsetzung von funktionsübergreifenden Projekten und/oder Systemen.
  • 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.
  • Sei stets proaktiv und löse Probleme, bevor sie kritisch werden.
  • 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.
  • Führen Sie stets mit gutem Beispiel voran.
  • Sei vollständig versiert im Risikomanagement (sowohl bei der Projektlieferung als auch im Infrastrukturmanagement).
  • 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.

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Our expectations of you

Education

  • Abschluss in einer verwandten wissenschaftlichen oder ingenieurwissenschaftlichen Disziplin.

Qualifications

  • What you need to know to be successful in this role:
  • Detailliertes Verständnis von 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.)
  • Written and spoken fluency in English & German
  • Starkes interkulturelles Bewusstsein.
  • Starke HR-Beziehungs- und Verhandlungsfähigkeiten auf Geschäftsebene, um Ziele zu erreichen.

Experience

  • 10+ years of proven Data Centre leadership and management at hyperscale levels.
  • 5 years or more of Vendor relationship management and negotiations.
  • Deep experience with distributed, highly scalable, multi-node environments.

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What we offer

  • 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.

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Benefits

Health, Fitness & Fun

Work-Life-Integration

Higher Take-Home Pay

Topics You Will Work On

Job Locations

  • Location Frankfurt

    Hessen

    Germany

About Your Employer

Oracle

Oracle

Oracle Corporation is a leading American provider of software and hardware solutions for businesses. The company is headquartered in Austin, Texas and specializes in developing and marketing computer hardware and software, with a focus on the Oracle Database system.

Description

  • Company Size
    250+ Employees
  • Company Type
    Established Company
  • Working Model
    Hybrid, Onsite
  • Industry
    Internet, IT, Telecommunication
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Director of Data Center Operations

Location
Frankfurt
Working Model
Onsite
Diversity
Open for all genders

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