Senior Director, Site Readiness & Data Center Operations

We’re seeking a senior data center operations leader who has personally launched large-scale hyperscale, colocation, or mission-critical facilities and successfully guided them from construction completion through operational go-live.

This is a highly visible leadership role responsible for ensuring new data centers are fully prepared to operate before handoff to long-term operations teams. The ideal candidate understands both the construction and operations sides of the business and has experience bridging the gap between the two.

This role is focused on readiness, execution, operational preparedness, and scale.

What You’ll Own

You will lead the transition of newly built and retrofitted facilities from construction completion into fully operational data centers by overseeing:

• Operational readiness and go-live execution
• Facility turnover and acceptance processes
• Operations staffing and workforce planning
• Training programs and operational procedures
• Risk identification and mitigation
• Vendor readiness and support planning
• Commissioning acceptance and operational integration
• Executive stakeholder communication and reporting

Key Responsibilities

• Lead site readiness efforts for large-scale greenfield and retrofit data center projects.
• Develop and execute operational turnover strategies from construction teams to facility operations.
• Partner with engineering, construction, commissioning, and operations leaders to ensure successful launches.
• Establish scalable readiness standards, processes, and deployment playbooks.
• Manage program performance, schedules, risks, and operational milestones.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives across site deployment and operational startup activities.
• Ensure facilities are delivered safely, efficiently, and without unresolved operational risks.

• Experience leading startup readiness efforts for newly constructed facilities
• Proven success managing operational turnover and transition planning

Large-Scale Data Center Operations

• Experience managing regional or global data center portfolios
• Oversight of large operational teams supporting mission-critical environments
• Exposure to hundreds of megawatts of critical infrastructure capacity

Construction & Operations Integration

• Strong understanding of critical facility construction, commissioning, and turnover
• Experience partnering with construction, engineering, and operations organizations
• Ability to identify operational requirements before facility handoff

Executive Leadership

• Experience influencing senior leadership and cross-functional stakeholders
• Strong program ownership and organizational leadership skills
• Track record of scaling teams, processes, and operations within rapidly growing environments, * Experience supporting multi-site or global deployment programs
• Background in mission-critical environments with strict uptime requirements
• Strong understanding of commissioning, critical infrastructure, and operational excellence frameworks
• Experience developing enterprise-level readiness standards and deployment methodologies

This is an exceptional opportunity for a senior leader who enjoys building operational capability at scale and ensuring world-class facilities are ready to perform from day one.

• Large mission-critical facilities organizations
• Digital infrastructure providers
• Data center development and operations organizations

What Success Looks Like

• New facilities launch on schedule and are operationally ready from day one.
• Operations teams receive facilities with minimal risk and clear ownership.
• Readiness, staffing, process, and training programs scale effectively across multiple deployments.
• Construction and operations teams operate with alignment and accountability throughout delivery.