Data Center Project Manager - Facility Operations

Job description

Facility & Lease Provider Management Act as a primary operational interface with Lease Providers across assigned datacenters. Coordinate Lease Provider activities, operational reviews, open actions, risks, escalations, and service performance. Coordinate Monthly Business Reviews with Lease Providers to support operational assurance, contractual compliance, and adherence to agreed SLAs.Drive long-term facility improvement initiatives and ensure identified actions are tracked through completion.

Prepare, manage, and forecast the operational facility budget for assigned datacenters.Identify upcoming financial requirements related to maintenance, facility improvements, projects, and operational activities. Coordinate PO and funding requirements and track expenditure against planned budgets. Develop and manage a portfolio of long-term facility operational projects, remediation activities, infrastructure changes, and improvement programs.

Partner with Site Operations, Critical Environment, IT Management, Logistics, Security, and other teams operating within the assigned datacenters. Coordinate resources, dependencies, and priorities with the respective People Managers without assuming line-management responsibility. Provide a consolidated facility-level view of planned activities, operational dependencies, priorities, and risks. Ensure facility projects and activities are coordinated with ongoing datacenter operations to minimize operational risk.

Support incident follow-up, RCA actions, safety findings, and corrective and preventive initiatives. Ensure facility projects and operational activities are coordinated in accordance with applicable safety, security, compliance, and change-management requirements. Manage facility operations programs across multiple assigned datacenters and maintain regular on-site presence based on operational priorities. Ability to travel independently between datacenter locations is required; access to a vehicle is preferred due to the nature and location of the sites.

Previous professional experience in datacenter operations or datacenter infrastructure is required, with a good understanding of facility operations, maintenance, operational risk, and service continuity. Experience in project coordination and stakeholder management, with the ability to work across technical teams, managers, Lease Providers, vendors, and other partners without direct people-management authority. Experience with operational planning and financial processes, including budget planning, forecasting, purchase orders, cost tracking, and driving actions or improvement initiatives to completion.

Valid driving licence recognized for driving within Europe are required; regular travel between assigned datacenters is expected, and access to a vehicle is preferred. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Proven experience in Critical Environment infrastructures (e.g., UPS, Generator, AHU) or working in physical IT infrastructures (e.g., Servers, SANs, Networking, Capacity, DC Rack/Enclosures, structured cabling).

Technical College degree in Computer Science, Math, Telecommunications, Electrical/Mechanical Engineering, or related field.