Chief of Hyperscale Data Center Operations

FPC National; Memphis, Phoenix, Columbus, Philadelphia (TN, AZ, OH, Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 260,000 - 380,000; Full time

Job summary

FPC National seeks a senior operations leader to own the performance, reliability, scalability, and operational readiness of its US hyperscale and AI data center portfolio.

This role oversees site operations, critical facilities, maintenance, and incident management across all US sites while partnering with Construction, Engineering, Quality, and Cloud Operations to move new facilities from build to production.

Qualifications

• 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
• Experience opening new data centers and transitioning them from construction 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)

Responsibilities

• Provide executive leadership for multi-site data center operations across the US.
• Establish a consistent operating model across sites and oversee critical facilities teams.
• Ensure 24×7 coverage, escalation capability, and intervene when risks emerge.
• Lead operational readiness for new data centers and major capacity expansions.
• Establish formal turnover and acceptance criteria before facilities enter production.
• Maintain incident management, escalation, and root-cause analysis across sites.
• Drive safety culture and enforce electrical/mechanical safety standards.

Skills

Executive leadership

Operations management

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic planning

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Facilities Management, Operations, or a related field

Job description

FPC National seeks a senior operations leader to own the performance, reliability, scalability, and operational readiness of its US hyperscale and AI data center portfolio.

This role oversees site operations, critical facilities, maintenance, and incident management across all US sites while partnering with Construction, Engineering, Quality, and Cloud Operations to move new facilities from build to production.