Global Datacenter Engineering Senior Director, Operations Engineering

Provides strategic leadership, governance, and oversight for all global operational engineering activities, ensuring alignment with business objectives, operational excellence, and long-term infrastructure strategy.

Serves as the senior technical authority for operational engineering, leveraging deep industry expertise to guide decision-making, resolve complex engineering challenges, and mitigate operational risks across the global portfolio.

Leads the development and execution of major retrofit, infrastructure modernization, and asset replacement programs, including portfolio prioritization, business case development, risk management, and delivery governance.

Develops emergency operating procedures (EOPs) and governance.

Reviews critical technical documents and sequences of operation.

Provides training of site operations on new facility designs and sequences of operation.

Acts as the primary escalation point for significant engineering incidents, reliability concerns, and infrastructure failures, driving root cause analysis and implementation of sustainable corrective actions.

Fosters strong cross-functional partnerships with operational, technical, and business leaders to drive collaboration, stakeholder alignment, and successful program execution in a fast-paced global environment.

Leads, develops, and mentors a globally distributed team of engineering leaders and subject matter experts, building organizational capability through talent development, succession planning, accountability, and performance management.

Promotes a culture of innovation, ownership, operational excellence, and continuous improvement across the engineering organization.

Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years experience in datacenter engineering, product/technical program management, OR equivalent experience. 3+ years people management experience. 6+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.

Bachelor's Degree AND 15+ years experience engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development OR equivalent experience. 6+ years people management experience. 10+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.

Professional Engineer (PE) registration or equivalent professional certification in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.

Demonstrated experience managing large-scale retrofit, modernization, or infrastructure renewal programs.

supporting global operations and geographically distributed teams. Strong experience with the operation and maintenance of building electrical systems (power distribution, lighting, grounding, fire alarm, security, life safety, and controls systems) Solid understanding of critical datacenter or equivalent high-tech CE equipment Knowledge of construction techniques, terminology, and documentation (ability to interpret blueprints, electrical one-lines, construction drawings etc.) Practical experience with automation and control systems Fundamental understanding of the International Building Codes These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Citizenship Verification: This position requires verification of US Citizenship to meet federal government security requirements.