Data Center Campus Director

Job description

Champion a strong culture of safety, security, compliance and environmental responsibility across data center operations.Lead, coach and develop multidisciplinary teams across Mechanical, Electrical, Controls and IT operations, ensuring reliable and efficient day-to-day operations.Drive Critical Environment availability, operational performance and service delivery, reducing incidents and ensuring customer capacity is delivered on time and to required standards.Lead major incident response and service recovery, including root-cause reviews, improvement actions and sharing operational best practices.Oversee capacity planning, infrastructure delivery and complex data center programmes, partnering with engineering, regional and global teams to support growth across the UAE.Own financial, energy and partner performance, including budgets, operational and capital expenditure, efficiency initiatives, vendor relationships and key external stakeholders.

Bachelor Degree or equivalent and 10+ years of experience in mission-critical service management, such as IT services, manufacturing, warehousing, retail, military operations, or physical operations within an IT and/or critical environment infrastructure. 5+ years of experience leading, directly managing and influencing a diverse organisation of full-time employees across multiple disciplines and platforms. Demonstrated experience leading operational delivery in a complex, high-availability or mission-critical environment.

Demonstrated ability to lead incident response, communicate with senior stakeholders and drive corrective and preventive actions. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Bachelor's degree in Science, Mathematics, Telecommunications, Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, or a related field; or a relevant technical college certification in mechanical or electrical engineering/services. 7+ years of enterprise-level experience managing large-scale and complex projects or programmes.7+ years of experience with

Critical Environment infrastructure, such as UPS systems, generators and air-handling units. 7+ years of experience with physical IT infrastructure, such as servers, storage, networking, capacity, racks/enclosures and structured cabling.Experience managing budgets of USD 5 million or more, including forecasting and operational and capital expenditure controls. 7+ years of experience leading a diverse technical workforce, or 10+ years of experience managing global and virtual teams.

Experience working on large-scale Critical Environment projects and operating IT infrastructure.