Remote Head of Multi-Site Data Center Ops

Montauk Capital; New York (NY); Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Montauk Capital, in partnership with Perimeter Compute, seeks a Head of Data Center Operations to build and lead a growing network of AI infrastructure sites. You will own deployment, safety, and reliability across many sites, collaborating with real estate to deploy qualified locations into production.

This senior role starts hands-on and evolves into multi-site leadership across North America and beyond, with significant travel and vendor management responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Experience managing operations across at least three data centers simultaneously.
• Strong background in data centers, colocation, neo-cloud infra, or hyperscale facilities.
• Proven ability to bring new data center capacity online, from readiness to steady-state support.
• Knowledge of electrical distribution, backup power, cooling, networks, fire/life safety, and security.
• Experience managing third-party operators and vendors with clear service expectations.
• Ability to create procedures, runbooks, metrics, and escalation processes from scratch.
• History of incident management and improving reliability across facilities.
• Able to lead distributed teams via influence as the company scales.
• Willing to travel frequently for deployments and critical incidents.

Responsibilities

• Translate site requirements into launch plans for power, cooling, connectivity, security, and handoff
• Lead site activation from construction to production launch and steady-state operation
• Define workforce model per market, staffing, contracts, training, escalation, and performance
• Onboard and manage outsourced operators, field-service providers, and vendors
• Create and maintain operating procedures, runbooks, and maintenance programs
• Establish KPIs and reporting for availability, safety, maintenance, capacity, incidents, and vendor performance
• Coordinate with engineering, networking, real estate, construction, and commercial teams
• Lead incident response and root-cause analysis to improve reliability
• Build and lead a distributed organization across North America and international expansion
• Build and lead a distributed customer support organization for a fleet

Skills

Multi-site data centers

Data center operations

Capacity onboarding

DC systems knowledge

Vendor management

Process development

Incident management

Leadership by influence

Travel readiness

Job description

Montauk Capital, in partnership with Perimeter Compute, seeks a Head of Data Center Operations to build and lead a growing network of AI infrastructure sites. You will own deployment, safety, and reliability across many sites, collaborating with real estate to deploy qualified locations into production.

This senior role starts hands-on and evolves into multi-site leadership across North America and beyond, with significant travel and vendor management responsibilities.