[Hiring] Director - Network Delivery @IREN

Role Description

The Director, Network Delivery is the single point of accountability for the delivery of telecommunications, network infrastructure, fiber and supporting technology systems across every IREN data center campus – on campus, and the off-campus carrier and service-provider routes that serve each campus. The Director ensures that network infrastructure is designed correctly, constructed correctly, documented correctly and operationally ready when each building and campus is turned over, and that this happens the same way on every campus.

The Director builds and leads the Network Delivery team: Senior Project Managers – Network Delivery assigned to each campus, and the Project Managers supporting them. The Director sets the network delivery standards, templates and acceptance criteria that those teams deliver to; owns the portfolio-level schedule, budget and risk picture for network delivery; and manages the strategic relationships with carriers, service providers, telecommunications contractors and network equipment vendors so that each campus benefits from the leverage, pricing and lessons of the whole portfolio.

With 100% renewable energy, we build, own and operate our data centers and take pride in being at the forefront of sustainable solutions for the ever-evolving applications of high-performance compute. We believe that human progress is invaluable, but it should be done in the right way – responsibly, sustainably and having a positive impact on the communities we operate in.

Qualifications

• Minimum 12 years of telecommunications, network infrastructure or data center industry experience.
• 5+ years of proven project management and people leadership delivering telecommunications or network infrastructure on mid to large data center or mission-critical programs of similar complexity to IREN’s.
• Demonstrated experience building and leading a team of project managers and managing performance across multiple concurrent projects or sites.
• Qualifications in an engineering, telecommunications or related discipline, or demonstrable experience and technical knowledge in data center network and fiber infrastructure; master’s degree or MBA preferred.
• Deep technical expertise in outside-plant and inside-plant fiber, carrier and MMR delivery, campus backbone and data center structured cabling and network infrastructure.
• Proven track record establishing and managing carrier, service-provider and vendor relationships and agreements, including negotiation and dispute resolution.
• Executive presence and reporting: proven ability to document and communicate program risks, schedule and budget clearly and consistently to executive leadership, in writing and in person.
• Experience in a fast-paced growth environment and in solving complex problems with company-wide impact.
• OSHA 30.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Suite (Project, Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint).

Requirements

• Outside-plant fiber and carrier delivery: long-haul and metro routes, right-of-way and permitting dependencies, diverse entrances, splicing and OTDR acceptance, carrier POP and handoff coordination, service orders and turn-up.
• Inside-plant and campus backbone: MMR design and fit-out, MDF/IDF, pathways and cable tray, structured cabling (fiber and copper), cross-connects, patch panels and labeling standards.
• High-capacity network services: 100G/400G connectivity, DWDM/optical transport, and coordination with Network Engineering on logical design, VLANs and IP addressing.
• Operational technology networks: network dependencies for BMS, EPMS, fire and life-safety monitoring, security, CCTV, access control, Wi-Fi and environmental monitoring.
• Infrastructure records: NetBox or other DCIM platforms, asset and connectivity documentation, naming conventions and as-built validation.
• Standards and program governance: authoring and rolling out design and delivery standards, templates and acceptance criteria across multiple sites.

Benefits

• Experience on direct-to-subcontractor (multi-prime) delivery as well as GC-led delivery.
• PM certification (PMP or equivalent) highly regarded but not required; tertiary qualifications in project management desirable.
• Industry credentials such as BICSI RCDD or DCDC, Cisco or equivalent networking certifications, or fiber-optic technician certifications (e.g. FOA CFOT).
• Familiarity with SAP and with scheduling tools such as Primavera P6.
• Flexible approach to work hours across time zones; frequent travel to campuses.

Other important requirements

• A clear criminal record check is required.
• Must provide own steel-toed work boots; all other PPE is supplied.
• Must be based at or within reasonable reach of an IREN campus, or have plans to relocate before starting work; frequent travel across campuses is required.
• IREN operates across multiple countries and time zones; a flexible approach to work hours is required, with travel to other IREN sites as needed.