Senior Principal Business Operations Analyst

Job DescriptionAs OCI's development pipeline expands, actionable insights, strong data governance, and consistent reporting are essential to supporting informed decision-making at scale. The Central Programs and Business Operations function plays a critical role in improving operational efficiency, driving cross-functional visibility, and enabling leadership to make data-backed investments and risk-aware decisions.We are seeking a highly motivated, analytical individual with strong communication skills to help the organization meet its strategic and financial objectives. Responsibilities include margin-based deal modeling, forecasting, budgeting,and strategic analysis. The ideal candidate is a subject matter expert in business operations and finance, with a passion for data and a strong ability to translate complex information into actionable insights.ResponsibilitiesResponsibilitiesA Senior Principal Business Operations Analyst operates at a highly strategic level, bridging the gap between engineering execution and corporate financial objectives. This role requires a blend of deep analytical expertise, executive presence, and a thorough understanding of cloud unit economics. Commercial Deal Structuring: Partner with Finance, Sales, Legal and Engineering teams to structure complex, multi-year deals, ensuring that bespoke commercial terms for enterprise customers remain within OCI's margin and capacity guardrails. AI Infrastructure Economics: Develop comprehensive cost and ROI models for strategic AI/ML GPU clusters, accounting for specialized hardware lifecycles, high-density power requirements, and networking costs. CAPEX Management: Partner with Finance to lead the strategic planning cycle for global infrastructure investment, ensuring alignment between demand forecasts and multi-billion dollar capital expenditure budgets. Long-Range Planning (LRP): Develop multi-year financial models that project growth, scaling requirements, and the impact of new product launches (e.g., AI/ML clusters or sovereign cloud regions). Advanced Modeling: Build and maintain complex SQL/Python-based models to simulate "what-if" scenarios regarding market expansion, pricing shifts, or hardware generational transitions. Dashboarding & Reporting: Design executive-level telemetry and BI dashboards (using OCI Data Studio, Tableau, or Power BI) that track North Star metrics for the leadership team. Executive Influence: Synthesize complex operational data into concise briefings for SVPs and EVPs, providing actionable recommendations that influence departmental strategy. Qualifications Advanced Educational Foundation: MBA or Master's degree in a quantitative field (e.g., Finance, Economics, or Engineering) from a reputable institution, demonstrating a sophisticated understanding of business strategy and organizational leadership. Hyperscale Cloud Expertise: 10+ years of progressive experience in business operations, finance, or strategy within a hyperscale cloud environment, with a proven track record of managing expansive infrastructure portfolios. AI & Technical Financial Modeling: Mastery in architecting complex financial models for GPU-intensive AI clusters, including deep knowledge of hardware depreciation cycles, power density costs, and the unit economics of large-language model (LLM) training environments. Strategic Commercial Structuring: Extensive experience partnering with executive leadership to structure and approve high-value, bespoke commercial agreements for Fortune 500 clients, balancing aggressive revenue growth with margin protection. Executive-Level Influence: Demonstrated ability to distill massive datasets into high-impact narratives for C-suite and Executive level stakeholders, driving consensus across fragmented engineering, supply chain, and sales organizations. Disclaimer:Certain US customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization and occupational health mandates.Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations onlyUS: Hiring Range in USD from: $109,200 to $223,400 per annum. May be eligible for bonus and equity.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: Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion Short term disability and long term disability Life insurance and AD&D Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child) Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match 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. 11 paid holidays 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. Paid parental leave Adoption assistance Employee Stock Purchase Plan Financial planning and group legal 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 - IC5About UsOnly 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 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.

Created: 2026-03-04