Project Controls Manager FEP (Front End Planning)

Oracle

Olympia, WA

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JOB DETAILS

SALARY

$115,300–$264,100 Per Year

SKILLS

Artificial Intelligence (AI), Automation, Capacity Management, Cloud Computing, Construction, Construction Control, Construction Management, Continuous Improvement, Contract Negotiation, Cross-Functional, Customer Relations, Data Entry, Data Formats, Data Processing, Data Quality, Database Report Tools, Database Technology, Decision Support, Documentation, Embedded Systems, Establish Priorities, Finance, Financial Analysis, Financial Planning, Forecasting, Government Organizations, Infrastructure Construction, Integrated Circuits (ICs), Leadership, Legal, Matrix Management, Needs Assessment, Negotiation Skills, Network Operations Center, Occupational Health, Oracle, Organizational Skills, Portfolio Analysis, Power BI, Process Development, Process Improvement, Program Control, Project Control, Project Development, Project Estimates, Project Tracking, Project/Program Coordination, Project/Program Management, Property Insurance, Purchasing/Procurement, Reporting Dashboards, Risk Management, Sales Pipeline, Scalable System Development, Schedule Development, Scorecarding, Standards Development, Stock Purchase Plans, Systems Administration/Management, Tableau, Technical/Engineering Design, Test Requirements, Trend Analysis, User Interface/Experience (UI/UX)

LOCATION

Olympia, WA

POSTED

23 days ago

**Job Description** The Global Program Controls organization provides the governance, reporting, controls processes, and portfolio visibility required to support Oracle Cloud Infrastructure's global data center delivery objectives. This role will work closely with the Front End Planning (FEP) organization, and other relevant stakeholder groups, ensuring early demand signals, letters of intent, project intake data, and planning inputs are captured, structured, governed, and reported consistently across the pre-execution lifecycle. As the **Project Controls Manager FEP IC5** you will lead the development of controls processes that support FEP from early demand signals through LOI, project intake, planning readiness, and transition toward execution. This includes tracking all relevant data, intake maturity, commercial status, schedule assumptions, cost inputs, risks, dependencies, stakeholder decisions, and readiness indicators. This role requires a self-starting leader who can operate with limited direction, create structure in ambiguity, and build scalable processes, reporting mechanisms, and governance models. The successful candidate will bring Data Center Front End Planning experience, project controls expertise, working knowledge of contracts and negotiations, and the ability to influence cross-functional teams across a complex global infrastructure portfolio. Key Responsibilities Program Controls during Pre-Execution + Serve as the Global Program Controls lead responsible for all things pre-execution. + Develop project controls processes supporting from early demand signal through LOI, design, planning readiness, and execution transition. + Establish scalable controls, inform reporting, and governance frameworks that improve visibility into the critical data points needed to inform downstream decision-making. + Partner with internal stakeholder groups to define required data, data quality, reporting cadence, intake governance, readiness criteria, and escalation paths. + Ensure FEP related project controls information is accurate, structured, current, and available for leadership decision-making. Early Intake, LOI & Demand Signal Controls + Establish processes to capture early demand signals from Capacity Planning, Customer teams, Site Selection, and other internal stakeholders. + Track potential projects from initial signal through LOI, intake validation, project prioritization, and coordination with Plan of Record processes. + Develop standardized criteria, data fields, reporting templates, milestone gates, and documentation requirements. + Identify gaps in early-stage project data, commercial status, scope assumptions, schedule inputs, and readiness information. + Translate early demand signals and incomplete project information into consistent, reportable project controls data. + Develop dashboards, pipeline trackers, readiness scorecards, and executive reporting inputs in partnership with the Data & Digital Excellence team. Reporting, Data Quality, Data & Digital Excellence Partnership + Work with the Data & Digital Excellence team to define reporting inputs, dashboard requirements, reporting design, data quality checks, and data governance expectations. + Support the design and improvement of reporting tools, dashboards, databases, and portfolio trackers used by FEP and Global Program Controls leadership. + Validate data completeness, consistency, and accuracy across early-stage project controls information. + Partner with Data & Digital Excellence to identify reporting gaps, data integrity issues, automation opportunities, and dashboard enhancements. + Use reporting outputs to identify trends, bottlenecks, missing data, milestone slippage, readiness gaps, and decision dependencies. + Track commercial milestones, LOI status, negotiation dependencies, procurement assumptions, and contract-related risks. + Partner with Commercial, Legal, Procurement, Estimating, FEP, Delivery, and Construction stakeholders to ensure commercial considerations are captured and visible. Stakeholder Management + Interface with FEP and stakeholder groups including Site Selection, Capacity Planning, Customer teams, Design and Engineering, Estimating, Scheduling, Commercial, Finance, Delivery, Construction, and Data & Digital Excellence. + Coordinate with stakeholder teams to collect, validate, and report data required to support decision-making. + Lead cross-functional working sessions focused on data quality, reporting standards, process alignment, milestone governance, and readiness requirements. + Influence matrixed teams without direct authority to improve data discipline, reporting accuracy, accountability, and decision velocity. + Present project controls insights, portfolio status, risks, trends, and recommended actions to senior leadership. Process Development & Continuous Improvement + Build standardized Global Program Controls processes for FEP interface activities, including intake tracking, LOI reporting, readiness reviews, reporting inputs, and executive reporting support. + Create templates, process maps, data standards, operating rhythms, and governance models. + Define controls performance indicators, including intake completeness, reporting accuracy, milestone adherence, readiness quality, and cycle-time improvement. + Improve processes to support scale, speed, consistency, and executive decision quality. + Operate independently to identify needs, develop solutions, align stakeholders, and implement improvements. **Responsibilities** Required Qualifications + 12+ years of experience in project controls, program controls, construction controls, infrastructure planning, or capital program management. + Strong experience in data center, hyperscale, mission-critical, or complex infrastructure development environments. + Experience supporting front-end planning, preconstruction, project intake, portfolio planning, governance, or early-stage development processes. + Strong understanding of project controls, including schedule management, cost tracking, milestone reporting, risk management, forecasting, and portfolio reporting. + Experience with databases, reporting tools, dashboards, data governance, data quality controls, and portfolio analytics. + Proven ability to work across a complex matrixed organization. + Ability to operate independently in a self-starting leadership role with high ambiguity and significant cross-functional influence. Preferred Qualifications + Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, Business, Finance, Data Analytics, or related discipline. + Experience supporting hyperscale cloud infrastructure, AI infrastructure, or global data center expansion programs. + Experience with Power BI, Tableau, scheduling tools, estimating systems, project management platforms, or similar reporting/database platforms. + Experience presenting project controls information to senior leadership or executive stakeholders. Leadership Expectations This is a highly visible IC5 leadership role within Global Program Controls that will serve as the dedicated controls partner many internal stakeholder groups. The role requires a proactive, self-starting leader who can create structure in ambiguity, build scalable controls processes, and ensure early-stage data is transformed into reliable decision-making information. Disclaimer: **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: $115,300 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 **About Us** Only Oracle brings together the data, infrastructure, applications, and 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 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.

About the Company

Oracle

For over three decades, Oracle has been the center of innovation for business software birthplace of the first commercially available relational database, the first suite of internet-based applications, and the next-generation enterprise-computing platform, Oracle Fusion. Today, Oracle provides the world's most complete, open, and integrated business software and hardware systems, with more than 370,000 customers including - 100 of the Fortune 100 - representing a variety of sizes and industries in more than 145 countries around the globe. And Oracle's 110,000 global employees - including 30,000 developers working full-time on Oracle products -are critical to that success. Oracle Supports Workforce Diversity

COMPANY SIZE

10,000 employees or more

INDUSTRY

Other/Not Classified

FOUNDED

1977

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