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Oracle Cloud Service Delivery Manager (SDM)

IBM, Houston, Texas, United States, 77246

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A career in IBM Consulting is rooted by long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe. You'll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio.

Your role and responsibilities The Oracle Cloud Service Delivery Manager (SDM) is responsible for the end-to-end delivery, stability, and continuous improvement of Oracle Cloud services, including OCI, Oracle SaaS (ERP, HCM, SCM), and Oracle PaaS. The role ensures services meet SLAs, security, compliance, and business objectives while providing a high-quality customer experience. The SDM acts as the primary interface between customers, Oracle, engineering teams, and business stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

Own end-to-end service delivery for Oracle Cloud services (OCI, SaaS, PaaS)

Manage SLAs, OLAs, KPIs, and service reviews

Lead incident, problem, and change management aligned with ITIL processes

Conduct root cause analysis and drive preventive actions

Coordinate with Oracle Support (SRs, Sev-1 escalations, MOS)

Manage customer expectations, escalations, and communications

Present service performance, risks, and improvement plans to leadership

Ensure compliance with enterprise security, regulatory, and audit requirements

Enforce Oracle Cloud governance standards and controls

Monitor and optimize Oracle Cloud costs (OCI cost management, tagging, budgets)

Support licensing, contracts, renewals, and ULA discussions

Identify automation and operational efficiency opportunities

Conduct regular governance meetings to review open issues, escalated support requests, and provide metrics on support and change requests

Assist with coordinating upgrade and migration plans, when necessary.

This role can be performed anywhere in the US.

Required Education Bachelor's Degree

Required Technical and Professional Expertise Technical Skills

8+ years of experience in Oracle Cloud or service delivery roles

Strong hands-on knowledge of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)

Experience with Oracle SaaS (ERP, HCM, SCM) and/or Oracle PaaS

Understanding of Oracle databases, middleware, and integrations

Familiarity with Oracle Cloud networking, IAM, security, and monitoring

Experience using Oracle Support (MOS), SR management, and escalations

Proven experience in service delivery or managed services environments

Strong ITIL process knowledge (Incident, Problem, Change, Release)

Experience with ITSM tools (ServiceNow, Remedy, Jira, etc.)

Excellent stakeholder and customer-facing communication skills

Strong leadership, coordination, and escalation management abilities

Ability to balance technical depth with business priorities

Structured, detail-oriented, and proactive mindset

Able to travel per project and organizational needs.

Preferred Technical and Professional Experience

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) certifications

ITIL (Foundation or higher)

PMP / Agile / SAFe (optional)

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT IBM Consulting is IBM’s consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients’ businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.

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OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS IBM offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits program. Eligible employees may have access to:

Healthcare benefits including medical & prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, and mental health & well‑being

Financial programs such as 401(k), cash balance pension plan, the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Program, financial counseling, life insurance, short & long‑term disability coverage, and opportunities for performance‑based salary incentive programs

Generous paid time off including 12 holidays, minimum 56 hours sick time, 120 hours vacation, 12 weeks parental bonding leave in accordance with IBM Policy, and other Paid Care Leave programs. IBM also offers paid family leave benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law

Training and educational resources on our personalized, AI‑driven learning platform where IBMers can grow skills and obtain industry‑recognized certifications to achieve their career goals

Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups, giving & volunteer opportunities, and discounts on retail products, services & experiences

We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 21 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role.

IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.

Job Title: Oracle Cloud Service Delivery Manager (SDM)

Date posted: 14-Jan-2026

City / Township / Village: Lisle, Tempe, COLUMBIA, Buffalo, PARAMUS, POUGHKEEPSIE, Coppell, Iselin, CORAL GABLES, Armonk, DURHAM, Charlotte, Plano, Boston, Irvine, Bellevue, Columbus, JERY CITY, San Jose, Dallas, Houston, Austin, San Francisco, WASHINGTON, Chicago, Cleveland, New York

State / Province: South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Illinois, Ohio, Texas, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Washington, Massachusetts, California, New Jersey, District of Columbia

Country: United States

Work arrangement: Hybrid

Area of work: Project Management

Employment type: Regular

Projected Minimum Salary per year: 94,000.00

Projected Maximum Salary per year: 162,000.00

Up to 40% or 2 days a week (home on weekends- based on project requirements)

Company: (0147) International Business Machines Corporation

Shift: General (daytime)

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