Data Center, Development and Delivery

Valor Front; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity participation

Relocation assistance

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Professional development support

Job summary

Valor Front Executive Search seeks a Vice President, Data Center Development & Delivery to lead the client's development organization and own site development, design management, procurement, construction, commissioning, and capacity delivery.

Reporting to the CEO, you will convert customer demand into revenue-producing capacity across an active portfolio including Houston and Dallas expansions, with equity participation and board-level visibility in a high-growth setting.

Qualifications

• Leadership of complex facilities projects usually over $50M.
• Experience with liquid cooling solutions and data center infrastructure.
• Vendor/contractor relationships in Texas markets preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end project lifecycle from site development through commissioning and handover.
• Oversee design conformance to reference designs across data halls.
• Manage procurement and supply chain for long-lead equipment.
• Partner with commercial team on cost and schedule during sales cycles.
• Build scalable processes and mentor a development team.

Skills

Data center development

Executive leadership

EPC/EPCM/CMAR

Supply chain / procurement

MEP systems knowledge

Cooling systems expertise

Private equity environment

Education

Engineering degree (EE/ME/Civil)

Job description

Vice President, Data Center Development & Delivery

Our client is a leading colocation and build-to-suit data center developer and operator delivering enterprise-class facilities for AI, Fortune 500, and other production workloads. Backed by an institutional private equity partner with over $1.3 billion in total fund commitments and a proven track record of scaling infrastructure businesses, our client is executing an aggressive funded growth strategy and expanding from a dominant regional position into a national platform. This is a rare opportunity to join at an inflection point and shape the future of a high-growth digital infrastructure company.

About the Role

Valor Front Executive Search has been retained to identify a Vice President, Data Center Development & Delivery to lead our client's development organization and serve as the executive owner of all aspects of site development, design management, procurement, construction, commissioning, and capacity delivery.

Reporting directly to the CEO, you will be responsible for converting customer demand into revenue-producing capacity across an active portfolio that includes ongoing campus expansion in Houston, a brownfield development in Dallas, and future growth into new Tier 1 and Tier 2 markets. This is a highly strategic, hands-on leadership role with direct board-level visibility and equity participation.

What You Will Do

• Lead end-to-end project lifecycle from site development and permitting through commissioning and customer handover
• Build and maintain client-facing delivery models encompassing cost, schedule, risk, and capacity
• Manage procurement and supply chain capture for long-lead critical equipment including gensets, switchgear, transformers, chillers, CDUs, and liquid cooling infrastructure
• Oversee design adherence and enforce conformance to approved reference designs across air-cooled and liquid-cooled data halls
• Direct architects, engineers, general contractors, and third-party commissioning agencies
• Partner with the commercial team to provide credible cost and schedule commitments during the sales cycle
• Establish scalable processes, reporting frameworks, and organizational capabilities to support multi-market expansion
• Build and mentor a world-class development team over time

What You Bring

• 10 or more years of hands-on leadership delivering complex critical facility projects in excess of $50 million, including data centers, mission-critical facilities, or comparable large-scale infrastructure
• Deep expertise in EPC, EPCM, CMAR/GMP, and design-build contracting strategies
• Proven ability to capture supply chains in volatile markets, including framework agreements, price and lead-time locks, and logistics coordination
• Strong understanding of MEP systems and critical infrastructure, including power, cooling, and redundancy architectures
• Experience with liquid cooling solutions including single-phase immersion, two-phase, and direct-to-chip preferred
• Established vendor and contractor relationships in Texas markets preferred
• Engineering degree (EE, ME, or Civil preferred) or equivalent experience
• Comfort operating in a private equity-backed, high-growth environment with board-level reporting

Why This Opportunity

The CEO is a third-generation data center operator, accredited Tier Designer from the Uptime Institute, and servant-leader with deep technical and operational roots. The platform is backed by institutional capital that provides the runway to execute an ambitious multi-market expansion strategy while preserving the agility and customer focus that define the brand.

This role offers industry-leading base compensation, an extremely competitive bonus structure, long-term equity participation, and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401(k) with company match, professional development support, and relocation assistance. The position is based in Houston or Dallas.