Regional Director of Operations
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JobgetherAI Data Centre
Based in GermanyFull-TimeDirector
Salary€216,000–€257,000
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Job Details
- Required Skills
- Project ManagementComplianceRisk Management
Requirements
- Extensive professional experience in data centre facilities, IT infrastructure, or another highly critical operational environment.
- Demonstrated experience leading data centre operations, IT infrastructure, or operations engineering teams.
- Proven ability to establish, implement, and manage operational processes within live, business-critical environments.
- Extensive real-time incident and fault management experience, including business continuity, risk management, change control, and post-incident analysis.
- Strong experience managing third-party suppliers against demanding service-level agreements.
- Strong technical understanding of electrical systems, mechanical cooling, fire and life safety, IT/OT systems, or data centre compute, storage, and network infrastructure.
- Strong project management capabilities and the ability to coordinate multiple complex initiatives simultaneously.
- Electrical or mechanical qualification (degree level or equivalent), or an IT qualification (degree level or equivalent).
- Strong understanding of health and safety, ISO standards, regulatory requirements, and compliance within data centre environments.
- Strong leadership and people-management capabilities.
Responsibilities
- Provide strategic direction across EMEA site management, facility and IT infrastructure, logistics, asset and inventory, and service operations.
- Lead and develop the regional operations organization, including Data Centre, Logistics, and Asset & Inventory leadership.
- Build organizational capability and establish consistent operational standards, processes, and procedures across the portfolio.
- Maintain accountability for the four core operational priorities: safety, security, service availability, and efficiency.
- Review and approve high-risk activities, including power outages, major project works, capacity upgrades, customer fit-outs, deployments, and equipment refreshes.
- Ensure facilities remain compliant with applicable local and regional regulations, safety requirements, standards, and contractual obligations.
- Manage critical incidents, escalations, faults, change processes, and post-incident reviews across business-critical environments.
- Manage senior relationships with key third-party providers, including colocation providers, IT integrators, OEMs, and subcontractors.
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