Vice President, Facilities Operations - Europe

QTS Data Centers; Greater London; On-site; GBP 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Volunteer days and floating holidays

Pension scheme (salary sacrifice)

Private medical and dental cover

Life assurance

Illness protection

Equity/bonus eligibility

Job summary

QTS Data Centers in London is seeking a Vice President, Facilities Operations to provide leadership, strategic vision, and execution across corporate real estate, financial analysis, planning, and datacenter management. The role includes infrastructure maintenance, disaster recovery, and business continuity for owned and leased properties.

The successful candidate will manage multi-million budgets, build high-performing teams, and drive cost control, safety, and environmental initiatives while

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in Business, Engineering, Architecture, or equivalent professional experience.
• Ten or more years’ experience in facilities management, Data Center management, or related field.
• Three or more years’ people management experience, with virtual leadership preferred.
• Strong knowledge of regulations and laws; general knowledge of electrical and mechanical systems, maintenance, and safety codes.
• Experience with P&L responsibility, budgeting and financial model development.

Responsibilities

• Maintain, establish and implement facilities policies, procedures and organizational structure in line with senior management and policy.
• Develop and monitor short-term and long-range business plans for profit and growth, including cost control, waste reduction and environmental initiatives.
• Supervise preparation and implementation of operating budgets for each Data Center.
• Oversee operations budget to ensure compliance with expenditure requirements.
• Lead Data Center Directors and leaders to deliver services including space planning, Power and Cooling, staffing projections, budgeting and capital projects.
• Provide matrixed leadership with regional leaders to meet operational standards.
• Negotiate improvement project contracts for leased or owned real estate.
• Resolve operational problems with professional staff and approve major estimates.
• Maintain positive relationships with staff and executive management.
• Use KPIs to monitor performance of facilities programs.
• Ensure facilities comply with governmental guidelines; obtain licenses and permits as required.
• Engage in community activities and professional associations; promote a green approach to facilities programs.
• Participate in acquisition teams to assess potential facilities.

Skills

People management

Budgeting

Communication skills

Project management

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor degree in Business, Engineering, Architecture, related area

Master's Degree (MBA/MPA or related field) preferred

Job description

It’s exhilarating to find yourself at a pivotal moment in history— and even more so to be leading the way. At QTS Data Centers, we are proud to stand at the forefront of today’s dynamic digital transformation. Our world-class data centers empower our customers’ most strategic growth initiatives, positioning us as a global leader in digital infrastructure.

As AI and cloud technologies fuel the demand for increased speed, capacity, and innovation, QTS has emerged as the global digital infrastructure leader. We are committed to connecting the globe for good. Driven by purpose and a spirit of innovation, we design, build, and operate some of the most advanced data centers worldwide. In addition to our cutting-edge technology, we are dedicated to sustainability, incorporating renewable energy solutions to minimize our environmental footprint and drive meaningful impact. As a proud portfolio company of Blackstone, QTS is uniquely positioned to achieve ambitious growth and innovation goals.

At QTS, we are Powered by People. Our team members are the cornerstone of our culture, innovation, and growth. They are mission-driven, resourceful, and committed to making a positive impact in the communities where we live and work. Together, we’re achieving remarkable things and shaping the future of digital infrastructure.

And we’d like to invite you to join us.

In addition to a variety of benefit packages, QTS goes above and beyond for our employees:

• Roth and Traditional 401(k) matching contributions with immediate vesting
• Every employee is bonus or commission eligible
• Generous PTO, Paid Volunteer Days Plus Floating Holidays
• Stock Purchase Plan (SPP)
• 11 paid Holidays Annually/Holiday compensation when worked
• Pet and Legal Insurance
• Q-Rest Sabbatical Program
• Q-Anniversary Service Award Program
• Parental Leave for primary and secondary caregivers
• Military Benefits Package
• QTS Charitable Matching Gift Program
• QTS Scholarship for Employee Dependents
• QTS Crisis Fund
• Wellness Program
• Tuition Reimbursement Program

The Vice President, Facilities Operations is charged with providing the leadership, strategic vision, tactical execution and business acumen to support the diverse facilities needs throughout QTS. This person is responsible to coordinate, synthesize, and integrate all aspects of corporate real estate management, financial analysis, master planning and new construction together with direct facilities management of existing facilities including infrastructure maintenance, datacenter operations, and business continuity/disaster recovery procedures for all assigned owned and leased properties.

This person will also be responsible for managing multi-million annual capital and expense budgets. The successful candidate will have good judgment, strategic agility, and good decision-making skills. They should also possess the ability to build and lead teams and to work well in a collaborative, team oriented environment. They should have proven leadership, management, interpersonal, negotiation, organizational, analytic, and communication skills. Keen planning skills along with the ability to lead through influence and be a proactive partner with strong customer service orientation who builds relationships by building trust. This person should also be able to solve problems at a strategic and functional level, have excellent oral and written communication skills and a solid work ethic and unquestioned integrity.

Responsibilities

includes the following - other duties may be assigned:

• Maintain, establish and implement facilities policies, procedures and organizational structure within the boundaries established by senior management team and corporate policy while ensuring no contradiction in federal, state and local operating regulations or laws
• Develop, direct and monitor short-term and long-range business plans consistent with overall profit and growth objectives of the company that establishes operations standards for cost control, waste reduction, quality, safety, and an environmentally friendly community partner
• Supervise the preparation of and implementation of effective operating budgets for each Data Center in their assigned region
• Oversee operations budget to ensure compliance with organizational expenditure requirements
• Through a staff of Data Center Directors and other leaders, ensure the pro-active delivery of corporate services support space planning, Power and Cooling services, headcount projections, planning, budgeting, capital projects, maintenance, janitorial services, landscaping, business continuity/disaster recovery for facilities
• Provide Matrixed leadership in conjunction with Regional Leaders and other line of business owners to ensure operational standards are achieved
• Help negotiate improvement project contracts as needed on leased and owned real estate
• Confer with professional staff to find resolution to operational problems, authorize operational procedures and approve all major estimates
• Maintain positive relationships and communication with staff and executive level management
• Utilize comparative evaluations between facilities and key performance indicators to monitor the effectiveness of operational programs at each Data Center
• Ensure facilities’ compliance with all governmental operating guidelines.
• Obtain and keep current all necessary licenses, permits and certifications as required
• Participate in community activities and organizations as appropriate through the maintenance of professional association affiliations and participation within association programs
• Drive innovation into facilities programs/systems with an environmentally conscious attitude of "go green"
• Participate on acquisition teams to assess potential facility as needed

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in Business, Engineering, Architecture, related area or equivalent professional experience
• Ten or more years’ experience in facilities management, Data Center management, corporate/military engineering, or other related field
• Three or more years’ people management experience, with experience in managing team "virtually" preferred
• Strong knowledge of related regulations and laws and general knowledge of electrical systems, mechanical systems, maintenance, environmental codes & safety codes
• Working knowledge of construction practices, building codes, and project management
• Experience having P&L responsibility, budgeting and financial model development

Preferred Qualifications

• Masters Degree (MBA, MPA, or Masters in Engineering or Construction Management or related field) or 15+ years related work experience and/or training

Total Rewards

• 25 days annual leave and public holidays
• 32 paid volunteering hours per year
• Salary sacrifice pension scheme
• Employer paid private medical and dental cover for employees and dependants
• Life assurance
• Illness financial protection including critical illness cover and income protection
• This role is bonus and equity eligible

The duties and responsibilities described here are not exhaustive and additional assignments, duties, or responsibilities may be required of this position. Assignments, duties, and responsibilities may be changed at any time, with or without notice, by QTS in its sole discretion. We provide individuals with disabilities reasonable accommodations to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment in accordance with applicable law. Please contact us to request an accommodation on [e-mail]

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