Director, Data Center Solutions & Engineering

Cushman & Wakefield

Austin (TX)

On-site

USD 145,000 - 170,000

Full time

9 days ago

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Job summary

Cushman & Wakefield is seeking a Director, Solutions Data Centers to lead integrated facilities management solutions for hyperscale, colocation, enterprise, and AI/HPC data center portfolios. You will design operating models, staffing plans, and commercial constructs, coordinating across Sales, HR, Finance, and Legal to present a unified engineering approach.

The role emphasizes engineering staffing, wage/total-rewards strategy, and labor-market feasibility, requiring deep expertise in data

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, Facilities/Construction Management, or related discipline; equivalent military or trade progression experience.
10+ years in facilities management or engineering services including data center accountability.
5+ years in FM solutions development, bid management, or senior operations.
Experience building critical-facilities staffing models and defending them to clients.
Fluency in FM commercial models, SLA/KPI regimes, and pricing; advanced Excel modeling.

Responsibilities

Lead solution architecture for data center IFM pursuits across portfolios.
Translate client requirements into a defensible operating model.
Build labor model, org chart, span of control and scope matrix.
Collaborate with Sales, Operations, HR, Talent Acquisition, Procurement, Finance, EHS, Sustainability, Legal, Technology to form integrated solutions.
Author and orchestrate technical responses: staffing plan, mobilization, governance, risk register.