VICE PRESIDENT

Oracle is seeking a senior executive to lead OCI’s global strategy and execution across data center real estate acquisition, power sourcing, colocation development, and infrastructure expansion. This leader will own the end-to-end strategy for securing scalable infrastructure capacity required to support OCI’s aggressive growth trajectory, with a particular emphasis on Asia and Europe, where proximity to customers, regulatory complexity, utility constraints, and speed-to-market are critical competitive differentiators.

The successful candidate will drive large-scale infrastructure initiatives spanning land acquisition, utility and energy procurement, colocation strategy, supplier negotiations, and development execution across multiple international regions.

Key Responsibilities:

Global Infrastructure Growth Strategy

• Develop and execute OCI’s global infrastructure acquisition and power sourcing strategy to support hyperscale cloud expansion.
• Drive long-term regional growth plans focused on enabling OCI scale across Asia, including emerging and high-growth markets.
• Build strategic relationships with utilities, governments, colocation providers, developers, and infrastructure partners globally.
• Ensure Oracle maintains unconstrained infrastructure capacity and power availability to support customer demand and accelerated OCI deployment schedules.

Real Estate Acquisition & Campus Development

• Lead colocation site selection, evaluation, and acquisition activities globally.
• Oversee large-scale data center campus development initiatives, including land acquisition, utility access, and development contracting.
• Negotiate standard and complex colocation leases and real estate agreements.
• Evaluate site scalability, operational feasibility, infrastructure readiness, and regional market conditions.
• Drive due diligence programs covering technical, operational, financial, legal, and regulatory considerations.

Power & Utility Strategy

• Own energy sourcing and utility procurement strategies for OCI data centers.
• Negotiate retail electricity agreements, utility contracts, and long-term power supply arrangements.
• Manage supplier relationships and delivery timelines to ensure infrastructure readiness aligns with OCI growth objectives.
• Analyze international energy markets, utility regulations, and geopolitical risks to identify opportunities and mitigate supply constraints.
• Navigate complex regulatory environments across Asia.

Supplier & Colocation Management

• Develop strategic supplier frameworks and qualification programs for colocation and infrastructure partners.
• Conduct operational, financial, and scalability assessments of suppliers and providers.
• Lead negotiations to secure cost-effective, scalable, and energy-compliant infrastructure solutions.
• Maintain executive-level relationships with key global partners and vendors.

Organizational Leadership

• Build and scale a high-performing global organization aligned to OCI’s future growth strategy.
• Establish regionally focused teams supporting infrastructure sourcing, development, and operational expansion.
• Recruit, mentor, and develop leadership talent across multiple geographies.
• Partner cross-functionally with operations, legal, finance, engineering, supply chain, and business development organizations.

Executive Leadership & Communication

• Own the roadmap, business strategy, and execution model for global infrastructure acquisition and power sourcing.
• Present strategic recommendations, investment priorities, and operational updates to Oracle executive leadership.
• Operate effectively in a fast-paced, highly ambiguous, high-growth environment with executive-level accountability and visibility.
  

Requirement:

• 15+ years of progressive leadership experience in data center infrastructure, real estate, power sourcing, or hyperscale cloud operations.
• Deep expertise in global data center site selection, campus development, land acquisition, and utility/power procurement.
• Proven experience negotiating large-scale colocation, utility, and infrastructure agreements.
• Strong understanding of international energy markets, utility regulations, and regional infrastructure challenges.
• Demonstrated success leading hyperscale infrastructure expansion across Asia and Europe.
• Executive-level operational, organizational, and commercial leadership experience.
• Proven ability to build and scale globally distributed teams.
• Strong network within the power, utility, real estate, and data center industries.
• Experience operating in complex regulatory and geopolitical environments.
• Exceptional communication, negotiation, and executive presentation skills.
• Strong analytical capabilities and bias for action.
• Ability to thrive in a high-growth, fast-moving environment while driving operational excellence at scale.