[Hiring] Vice President, Data Center Operations @5C Data Centers USA, Inc.

Role Description

We are seeking a senior operations leader to own the performance, reliability, scalability, and operational readiness of our US hyperscale and AI data center portfolio. This role leads site operations, critical facilities, operational readiness, workforce planning, health and safety, maintenance, incident management, vendor performance, and continuous improvement across all US sites. The role partners closely with Construction, Commissioning, Engineering, Quality, and Cloud Operations to move new facilities from construction into stable production operations.

This leader must be equally effective in a live mission-critical environment and in a high-growth organization where facilities, teams, processes, and operating infrastructure are being built at the same time. This role reports to our Senior Vice President, Operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Facilities Management, Operations, or a related field, or equivalent experience
• 12+ years of progressively responsible experience in data center operations or critical facilities, including 7+ years of senior leadership
• Experience operating hyperscale, colocation, cloud, HPC, or AI/GPU data center environments
• Proven experience leading operations across multiple data centers or a large-scale data center campus
• Experience opening new data centers and transitioning them from construction and commissioning into production operations
• Experience supporting customer-facing data center environments with demanding uptime, capacity, and service requirements
• Hands-on experience operating liquid-cooled, high-density environments (direct-to-chip or similar cooling technologies)
• Ability to travel 20-40% and provide executive escalation support outside normal hours

Requirements

• Provide executive leadership for operations across all US data center sites (e.g., MEM, PHX, CMH, AUS)
• Establish a consistent operating model across sites while accounting for site-specific infrastructure and customer requirements
• Hold site leadership accountable, including Site Operations Directors, Chief Engineers, critical facilities teams, and data center technicians
• Ensure 24x7 coverage and escalation capability, and intervene when operational, staffing, reliability, or safety risks emerge
• Drive operational excellence across electrical distribution, switchgear, UPS, and generators
• Establish preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance programs
• Enforce controls for maintenance, switching, change management, and work on or near critical infrastructure
• Own operational requirements for AI, GPU, and HPC environments, including direct-to-chip liquid cooling, coolant quality, and leak detection and response
• Lead operational readiness for new data centers and major capacity expansions
• Build scalable staffing models based on site capacity, infrastructure, and growth plans
• Develop and manage operating budgets, and partner with Finance on plans, forecasts, headcount, and capital
• Establish operational KPIs and executive reporting

Benefits

• Build a rewarding career in one of the world's fastest-growing industries.
• Help power the infrastructure behind AI and high-performance computing.
• Your ideas matter - we empower employees to help shape our future.
• Competitive pay plus meaningful, lasting impact on the work you do.

Company Description

5C Data Centers is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive. 5C evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability status, or any other legally protected characteristic.