Hyperscaler DC Technician Manager

Ericsson; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Ericsson in New Albany, Ohio is seeking a data center operations leader to build and sustain a high-performing team of technicians. You will lead onboarding, coaching, and workforce planning, while ensuring safety and quality across all activities.

Strong collaboration with Talent Acquisition and cross-functional partners is essential to attract and retain top talent. The role emphasizes operational rigor, agile ramp management, and a data-driven approach to performance, with opportunities to

Qualifications

• 7+ years in data center operations or similar technical environment.
• 4+ years of direct people-management experience.
• Proven ability to hire, coach, develop, motivate, and retain talent.

Responsibilities

• Build and inspire a high-performing technical team through trust, inclusion, accountability, safety, and continuous learning.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition to attract, assess, and hire data center technicians.
• Lead onboarding experience through practical training, mentoring, and early-career support.
• Develop talent and future leaders through coaching, career planning, recognition, and growth opportunities.
• Own workforce planning aligning staffing, skills, shifts, and coverage with customer needs.
• Manage ramp-up/ramp-down for large projects adapting to changing requirements.
• Drive operational excellence across installation, maintenance, troubleshooting, hardware lifecycle, inventory, and documentation.
• Champion safety, quality, compliance, and continuous improvement across all activities.
• Lead incident response and escalations with root-cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Build strong customer and cross-functional partnerships for reliable data center operations.

Skills

Data center ops

People management

Talent coaching

Workforce planning

Infra knowledge

Incident response

Safety compliance

Data-driven mgmt

Communication

Ownership resilience

Job description

• Ericsson Inc. does not sponsor U.S work authorizations for this job position including U.S. immigration filings for initial and/or change of employer paperwork for H-1's, H-1B1's, E-3's, O-1's, and TN's. Ericsson also does not hire F-1's working on CPT or EAD for this position.

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About this opportunity:

• Job Location: New, Albany, Ohio
• Ericsson Inc. does not sponsor U.S work authorizations for this job position including U.S. immigration filings for initial and/or change of employer paperwork for H-1's, H-1B1's, E-3's, O-1's, and TN's. Ericsson also does not hire F-1's working on CPT or EAD for this position.

Ericsson is the tech company that helped create the mobile world, with more than 54,000 patents to our name. When you join Ericsson, you are empowered to learn, lead, and perform at your best — shaping the future of technology in a place where you are welcomed as your authentic self.

Based in New Albany, Ohio, we are looking for a people-centered, results-driven manager to build, lead, and sustain a high-performing team of Data Center Technicians. This role is essential to attracting top technical talent, enabling their success through strong onboarding and engagement, and retaining them through effective leadership, development, and workforce planning. The ideal candidate balances operational rigor — including agile management of project ramp-up and ramp-down — with strong coaching skills and a passion for creating an environment where technicians can thrive.

What You Will Do

• Build and inspire a high-performing technical team through trust, inclusion, accountability, safety, and continuous learning.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition to attract, assess, and hire exceptional data center technicians in a competitive talent market.
• Lead an effective technician onboarding experience through practical training, mentoring, and early-career support.
• Develop technical talent and future leaders through coaching, feedback, career planning, recognition, and growth opportunities.
• Own workforce planning by aligning staffing, skills, shifts, and coverage with customer and business needs.
• Manage technician ramp-up and ramp-down for large projects while adapting quickly to changing workforce and delivery requirements.
• Drive operational excellence across installation, maintenance, troubleshooting, hardware lifecycle management, inventory, and documentation.
• Champion safety, quality, compliance, and continuous improvement across all team activities and data center operations.
• Lead incident response and critical escalations through clear communication, root-cause analysis, and effective corrective actions.
• Build strong customer and cross-functional partnerships to deliver reliable and resilient data center operations.

The Skills You Bring

• 7+ years of experience in data center operations, IT infrastructure, or a similar technical environment.
• 4+ years of direct people-management experience leading technical or operations teams.
• Proven ability to hire, coach, develop, motivate, and retain technical talent.
• Strong workforce planning, demand forecasting, resource allocation, and shift-management skills.
• Working knowledge of data center infrastructure, hardware lifecycle management, and technician operations.
• Experience leading incident response, escalations, root-cause analysis, and corrective actions.
• Strong commitment to safety, quality, compliance, and operational discipline.
• Data-driven approach to performance management, staffing decisions, and continuous improvement.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with customers, vendors, and cross-functional teams.
• High ownership, resilience, adaptability, attention to detail, and commitment to an inclusive team culture.

Physical Requirements

• Willingness and ability to travel up to 25% of the time

Why join Ericsson?

At Ericsson, you´ll have an outstanding opportunity. The chance to use your skills and imagination to push the boundaries of what´s possible. To build solutions never seen before to some of the world’s toughest problems. You´ll be challenged, but you won’t be alone. You´ll be joining a team of diverse innovators, all driven to go beyond the status quo to craft what comes next.

Ericsson uses a merit-based hiring approach that values people with different experiences, perspectives and skillsets. We truly believe this approach drives innovation, which is essential for our future growth. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply and realize their full potential as part of our Ericsson team. Ericsson is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer, learn more.

If you need assistance or to request an accommodation due to a disability, please contact Ericsson at [e-mail].

DISCLAIMER:

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees in this position. They are not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required for this position, and you may be required to perform additional job tasks as assigned.

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United States (US) || Ohio Remote Onsite: New Albany, Ohio

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MS Delivery Manager

Compensation And Benefits At Ericsson

At Ericsson, we know that our people are the key to our success. We offer a competitive package to help with your individual needs and goals.

Your Pay

The salary range for this position is dependent on various factors including, but not limited to, location, and the candidate’s combination of job-related knowledge, qualifications, skills, education, training, and experience.

Short-Term Variable Compensation Plan:

Your pay also includes the opportunity for an annual bonus. Actual bonus payouts are based on performance of the business against the unit’s objectives, individual performance, and the individual bonus target. Certain eligibility and pro-ration rules apply.

Your Health

Ericsson offers excellent health benefits including the choice of three medical plan options and a dental plan option that allow an employee to select the level of coverage that suits their needs. Employees will receive company credits in an amount equal to the cost that Ericsson pays toward the cost of their medical and dental premiums for themselves and eligible covered dependents.

Your Financial Security

We invest in both your short and long-term financial wellbeing. The Ericsson US 401(k) Plan offers an automatic 3% company contribution and Ericsson match $1 for every $1 you put into the 401(k) Plan on the first 3% of your eligible pay, plus 50 cents on every $1 on the next 2% of eligible pay. When you contribute at least 5% of eligible pay, you are receiving Ericsson’s full matching contributions of 4%. Matching and company automatic contributions stop when your total eligible pay for the year reaches the IRS limits. Employees will also receive company credits in an amount equal to the cost of basic life insurance and basic accidental death and dismemberment coverage, as well as short-term and long-term disability coverage. Employees also have the option to participate in Ericsson’s Stock Purchase Plan.

Your Time

Your work-life balance is important to us. New employees are provided a minimum of 15 days of accrued vacation, up to 3 personal days per year, 11 annual holidays, 8 hours of volunteer time, and 80 hours of sick time annually. Please note paid time off is pro-rated based on the employee’s start date. Furthermore, Ericsson provides up to 16 weeks of paid maternity leave and 6 weeks of parental or adoption leave at 100% of pay.

Additional Benefits

Ericsson offers many other company-paid benefits such as financial wellness programs, educational assistance, matching gifts, and recognition programs.