Senior Regional Data Center Operations Lead

CBRE, Inc.; Texas; On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

CBRE, Inc. is seeking a Senior Manager of Operations Management to oversee regional business operations, governance, and financial performance for a large data center portfolio.

You will lead regional teams and ensure high-availability infrastructure aligns with business goals. The role requires coordinating cross-functional operations, managing forecasting and budgets, ensuring compliance with industry and real estate regulations, and driving continuous improvement through best practices across

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree preferred with 5-8 years of relevant operations management experience, ideally within data centers, critical infrastructure portfolios, telecom, or large industrial real estate.
• Portfolio Operations Mastery: Staffing, technical selection, regional training, performance auditing, and operational budget management.
• Critical Communication: Ability to lead the exchange of sensitive, highly complicated information, convey performance expectations to multi-site teams, and manage high-stakes business problems.

Responsibilities

• Regional & Technical Team Leadership: Supervise regional operations professionals, oversee staffing and cross-training schedules.
• Financial & Portfolio Metrics: Prepare reports on data center revenue, OpEx/CapEx, and business metrics; lead monthly forecasting.
• Compliance & Critical Governance: Ensure adherence to company policy, licensing, data center regulations, real estate law, and environmental guidelines.
• Data Integrity & Systems Management: Address data clean-up and governance when tracking issues arise.
• Operational Best Practices: Partner with national service teams to implement best practices across the data center portfolio.
• Process Development: Create and implement operational training programs and standard operating procedures.
• Cross-Discipline Integration: Integrate data center operations with facility engineering, IT deployment, and client stakeholders.

Skills

Leadership

Budget management

Operational excellence

Data analysis

Communication

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

DCIM

CMMS

Excel

ERP systems

Job description

CBRE, Inc. is seeking a Senior Manager of Operations Management to oversee regional business operations, governance, and financial performance for a large data center portfolio.

You will lead regional teams and ensure high-availability infrastructure aligns with business goals. The role requires coordinating cross-functional operations, managing forecasting and budgets, ensuring compliance with industry and real estate regulations, and driving continuous improvement through best practices across