Senior Director of Estimating — Data Center Fit-Out Cost Strategy

The Global Program Controls organization provides governance, reporting, controls processes, cost management support, and portfolio visibility to help Oracle Cloud Infrastructure deliver global data center programs with greater consistency, transparency, and execution discipline.  

Oracle is seeking a Senior Director of Estimating to build and lead an owner-side cost-intelligence function for data-center tenant fit-out and technology infrastructure.

This is not a contractor bidding or business-development role. The Senior Director will establish independent, should-cost estimates and market benchmarks that allow us to assess, challenge, and negotiate pricing submitted by co-location providers and low-voltage contractors. The role will also partner closely with Engineering to ensure our design standards deliver the required performance without creating unnecessary cost.

The right candidate combines deep experience in low-voltage and technology-infrastructure estimating with strong commercial judgment, data-center awareness, and a practical vision for automating estimating through AI.

What You’ll Do

• Build an owner-side estimating capability that establishes independent should-cost estimates for our recurring data-center tenant fit-out build types.

• Develop benchmark pricing, unit-cost libraries, labor assumptions, productivity factors, and market intelligence for low-voltage, technology-infrastructure, power, and pathway scopes.

• Review co-location provider fit-out proposals and low-voltage contractor pricing; identify gaps, unsupported allowances, scope overlap, risk premiums, and opportunities to negotiate.

• Provide leadership with clear, defensible cost positions before and during commercial negotiations.

• Create repeatable, bid-ready assumptions and scope packages for each build type, allowing co-location providers to price against a common baseline.

• Establish an assumption-management process so that, as designs mature, the team can clearly identify what has changed and whether pricing should increase or decrease.

• Turn incomplete provider proposals into transparent comparisons by documenting the assumptions, inclusions, exclusions, quantities, and basis of estimate required for a reliable decision.

• Partner with Engineering and design teams to review design standards and challenge requirements that add cost without being necessary for data-center functionality, reliability, capacity, or operational needs.

• Help define cost-aware design standards, alternates, and decision frameworks that balance performance, speed, scalability, and capital efficiency.

• Interface with co-location providers, general contractors, low-voltage contractors, engineers, and internal stakeholders to resolve scope and pricing ambiguity early.

• Develop consistent reporting for estimate variance, cost drivers, market trends, negotiation outcomes, and lessons learned across projects.

• Lead the implementation of AI and automation in estimating, including rapid concept estimates, scope extraction, proposal analysis, benchmark comparisons, assumption tracking, and historical-cost intelligence.

 

Technical Scope

The Senior Director will have working knowledge across the technology and supporting-infrastructure package required for data-center tenant fit-outs, including:

• Structured cabling, fiber, network infrastructure, and interconnection requirements

• Technology rooms, IDFs/MDFs, racks, cabinets, containment, grounding/bonding, and equipment support

• AV, security, access control, CCTV, wireless, DAS, and related technology systems, where applicable

• Cable tray, ladder rack, conduit, sleeves, J-hooks, pathways, firestopping, backboards, and physical infrastructure

• Electrical power serving technology environments, including dedicated circuits, branch power, receptacles, whips, UPS support, and coordination with electrical-trade partners

• Testing, commissioning, turnover documentation, and other delivery requirements that affect cost and schedule