Director, Data Center Facilities Operations
xAIGenerative AI company
Memphis, United StatesDirector
Valor Equity Partners
Andreessen Horowitz
Sequoia Capital
Vy Capital
Fidelity Management & Research Company
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal
Operations & Strategy
About the role
TL;DR
Lead data center facilities operations, ensuring reliability and operational excellence.
- •The Director of Data Center Facilities Operations is responsible for the strategic leadership, reliability, and operational excellence of all data center facilities infrastructure across an entire SpaceX site.
- •This role owns the full lifecycle of critical infrastructure supporting multiple data centers.
- •Key Responsibilities Lead and develop a multi-layered organization of managers, supervisors, and technicians across multiple data centers to deliver 24/7/365 reliability.
- •Set site-wide strategy, multi-year roadmaps, budgeting (CapEx/OpEx), and resource forecasting for all data center facilities infrastructure.
- •Partner with engineering, IT, operations, and executive leadership to plan, prioritize, resource, and execute large-scale projects.
- •Establish and continuously improve standardized work instructions, maintenance strategies, and operational processes for all data centers.
- •Oversee all contractors and vendors supporting mechanical, structural, HVAC, electrical, power, cooling, fire/life safety, and water systems.
- •Requirements Bachelor’s degree in engineering, facilities management, architecture, construction management, or related technical field. 10+ years of progressive experience in facilities operations, data center infrastructure, or critical facilities management, including at least 5 years in a leadership role.
- •Demonstrated experience leading teams responsible for high-availability environments.
Required skills
Strategic PlanningBudgetingProject ManagementVendor Management
Nice-to-have skills
Project Management
Domain expertise
aerospace
