Data Center HVAC Area Manager

Carrier; West Palm Beach (FL); On-site; USD 118,000 - 235,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Care Benefits

Retirement Benefits

Time off and Leave

Disability coverage

Life Insurance

Tax-Advantaged Accounts

Tuition Assistance

Job summary

Carrier is seeking an experienced Commercial HVAC Area Manager to support its national Data Center team across the United States and Canada. The role leads service operations, drives profitable growth, and coordinates cross-functional teams to deliver maintenance, repair, modernization projects and lifecycle services for mission-critical facilities.

The ideal candidate has strong business acumen, deep knowledge of data centers, and a track record in sales, operations, and customer experience

Qualifications

• 8+ years HVAC operations leadership experience
• 5+ years in service operations, sales, project execution, or business leadership
• Ability to travel based on customer, team, and business needs
• Experience leading multi-market data center operations

Responsibilities

• Lead service operations for national data center customers
• Ensure safety, quality, and timely delivery of maintenance and repair projects
• Partner with data center account leaders to execute growth plans
• Forecast and monitor revenue, margin, backlog, and KPIs

Skills

HVAC leadership

Operations leadership

Customer relations

Travel readiness

Education

High School Diploma/GED

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Salesforce

SAP

Service-management tools

Job description

About Carrier

Carrier Global Corporation, global leader in intelligent climate and energy solutions, is committed to creating innovations that bring comfort, safety and sustainability to life. Through cutting-edge advancements in climate solutions such as temperature control, air quality and transportation, we improve lives, empower critical industries and ensure safe transport of food, lifesaving medicines and more. Since inventing modern air conditioning in 1902, we lead with purpose: enhancing the lives we live and the world we share. We continue to lead because of our world-class, inclusive workforce that puts the customer at the center of everything we do. For more information, visit corporate.carrier.com (opens in new window) or follow on Carrier social media at @Carrier.

About Carrier

Carrier Global Corporation, global leader in intelligent climate and energy solutions, is committed to creating innovations that bring comfort, safety and sustainability to life. Through cutting-edge advancements in climate solutions such as temperature control, air quality and transportation, we improve lives, empower critical industries and ensure safe transport of food, lifesaving medicines and more. Since inventing modern air conditioning in 1902, we lead with purpose: enhancing the lives we live and the world we share. We continue to lead because of our world-class, inclusive workforce that puts the customer at the center of everything we do. For more information, visit corporate.carrier.com (opens in new window) or follow on Carrier social media at @Carrier.

About The Role

Carrier has an opening for an experienced Commercial HVAC Area Manager to support our national Data Center team. This role is responsible for leading service operations and enabling profitable growth across a portfolio of mission-critical data center customers throughout the United States and Canada. Working closely with the National Data Center organization, the Area Manager will help expand market share through new business development, consistent operational execution, and exceptional customer experience. Products and services include repair service, maintenance agreements, modernization projects, and lifecycle solutions. The ideal candidate brings strong business acumen, a detailed understanding of data centers, technical sales and service operations, and experience coordinating complex work across multiple markets.

Key Responsibilities

• Champion a culture of safety, quality, accountability, and continuous improvement across all supported markets
• Lead and coordinate service operations for national data center customers, ensuring consistent execution of sales commitments, maintenance agreements, repair work, and modernization projects
• Partner with the data center strategic account leaders, to execute growth plans aligned with revenue and EBIT objectives
• Serve as the operational point of coordination for national data center accounts, establishing clear ownership, escalation paths, and service standards
• Ensure reliable delivery in mission-critical environments by maintaining strong planning, scheduling, technical readiness, and risk-management practices
• Drive technician productivity, work-order completion, digital asset connectivity, contract performance, and customer retention
• Build and maintain site-level customer relationships through professional credibility, responsiveness, and strong knowledge of HVAC systems and data center operating requirements
• Standardize operating practices, performance expectations, and customer communication across the national Data Center team while accounting for local market requirements
• Collaborate with engineering, controls, project management, supply chain, sales, and field teams to align solutions with customer needs and commitments
• Forecast, monitor, and communicate financial and operational performance against plan, including revenue, margin, backlog, productivity, and execution risks
• Ensure customer satisfaction through on-time performance, service continuity, effective issue resolution, and delivery against contractual commitments
• Support pipeline conversion by validating delivery capacity, scope, cost, and execution plans
• Ensure Daily Management Board meetings are conducted and participate as a required leader
• Monitor core Daily Management Board KPIs, assign corrective actions when performance is below target, and drive timely closure of action items
• Partner with the team to review KPI performance, address underperforming items, and communicate recovery plans through the action-card process
• Ensure scheduling and optimization guidelines, technical standards, safety requirements, and best practices are consistently
• Identify and participate in relevant data center industry organizations, customer forums, trade shows, and events to strengthen market presence and promote company capabilities
• Support workforce and capacity planning, including technician onboarding, readiness, specialized training, succession needs, and deployment for critical customer requirements
  

Required Qualifications

• High School Diploma/GED
• 8 years of HVAC operations leadership experience in lieu of the education requirement
• 5+ years of experience in service operations, sales, project execution, or business leadership
• Ability to travel based on customer, team, and business needs

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• Experience leading teams, programs, or customer operations across multiple geographic markets
• 8+ years of HVAC service operations leadership experience
• Experience supporting data centers, critical facilities, or other mission-critical environments
• Experience managing national or multi-site customers and coordinating execution across regional teams
• Working knowledge of chilled-water systems, air-side systems, controls, redundancy strategies, preventive maintenance, and critical‑environment change controls
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, Salesforce, SAP, and service-management or performance-reporting tools
• Customer-centric mindset with the ability to build trusted relationships at executive, operational, and site levels
• Proactive, organized, and able to balance multiple priorities, customer escalations, and geographically dispersed work
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to translate technical and operational issues into clear business actions
• Understanding of financial and accounting principles, including revenue, margin, forecasting, backlog, and cost control
• Strong service operations background with demonstrated success improving safety, productivity, quality, and customer retention
• Deep knowledge of the HVAC, building controls, and/or building technologies industry
• Ability to influence and deliver results within a large, matrixed organization without relying solely on direct authority
• Demonstrated ability to establish standard operating practices and scalable processes across multiple markets

Pay Range

The annual salary for this position is between $117,500.00 - $234,500.00 annually. Factors which may affect pay within this range include, but are not limited to, skills, education, experience, and other unique qualifications of the successful candidate. The pay range will not be below the minimum wage applicable to the jurisdiction in which the applicant is to be employed.

Other Compensation

This position is entitled to short-term cash incentives, subject to plan requirements.

Benefits

• Health Care Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision; Wellness incentives
• Retirement Benefits
• Time off and Leave: Paid vacation days, up to 15 days; paid sick days, up to 5 days; paid personal leave, up to 5 days; paid holidays, up to 13 days; birth and adoption leave; parental leave; family and medical leave; bereavement leave; jury duty leave; military leave; purchased vacation
• Disability: Short-term and long-term disability
• Life Insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment
• Tax-Advantaged Accounts: Health Savings Account; Health Care Spending Account; Dependent Care Spending Account
• Tuition Assistance

Carrier EEO Statement and Accommodations Process

Carrier is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status or any other applicable state or federal protected class. Carrier provides affirmative action in employment for qualified individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with section 503 of Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act.

If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, participate in an interview, or otherwise engage in the hiring process, please contact us at [e-mail] (opens in new window). We will make every effort to meet your needs in accordance with applicable laws.

Application Deadline

Applications will be accepted for at least 3 days fromJobPosting Date: 9 October 2026

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