Data Center Field Engineering Director: Scale & Leadership

Computacenter; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Computacenter seeks an experienced Director of Data Center Field Engineering to lead a North America organization across enterprise and hyperscale environments. The role reports to executive leadership and builds the organization, talent, and partner ecosystem to deliver complex data center field execution at scale.

You will oversee three Practice Leads, align workforce capacity with demand, and drive quality, accountability, and financial discipline across delivery programs.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in Field Engineering, Data Center infrastructure delivery, or related roles
• 5+ years leading managers or large distributed teams
• Experience scaling organizations across geographies or programs
• Experience with large scale or hyperscale Data Center programs preferred
• Strong workforce planning and leadership experience
• Ability to connect workforce and partner decisions to cost and delivery outcomes
• Proven ability to lead through other leaders, not micromanaging

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop three Data Center Field Engineering Practice Leads
• Set expectations for leadership, workforce readiness, utilization, and delivery health
• Forecast demand, capacity, skills, geography, and future hiring/partner needs
• Build workforce strategies using employees, contractors, and delivery partners
• Maintain partner ecosystem with required capability, coverage, and support
• Monitor delivery health, risks, and escalations across engagements
• Drive adoption of Field Engineering delivery methods and processes
• Collaborate with Finance, Resource Management, PMO, Sales, and partners
• Ensure executable delivery dates, workforce models, and costs for opportunities
• Develop leadership depth and succession planning for scalability
• Identify and address recurring delivery or operating issues

Skills

Leadership

Workforce planning

Capacity management

Delivery governance

Partner management

Cross-functional leadership

Strategic thinking

Executive communication

Job description

Computacenter seeks an experienced Director of Data Center Field Engineering to lead a North America organization across enterprise and hyperscale environments. The role reports to executive leadership and builds the organization, talent, and partner ecosystem to deliver complex data center field execution at scale.

You will oversee three Practice Leads, align workforce capacity with demand, and drive quality, accountability, and financial discipline across delivery programs.