Strategic Regional Director - Data Center Operations

CBRE; Louisville (KY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Direct Line seeks an accomplished Regional Director to lead its Meta operations in the SouthEast region. You will guide delivery across network infrastructure and cabling projects, manage an autonomous regional team, and partner with design, construction, and facilities to ensure on-time, on-budget performance with top-tier safety standards.

The role emphasizes outside-in thinking, talent development, and driving continuous improvement across regions, with opportunities for growth within Direct

Qualifications

• 10 + years of direct work experience in any of these areas: construction management, data centers, or structured cabling environment.
• Track record of delivering mission critical programs on time, within budget, and to applicable build, quality and safety standards.
• Contract negotiation and administration experience
• Experience building, developing and leading teams.
• Experience in assessing, coaching and mentoring direct reports and vendor teams.
• Organizational, time management and coordination skills across multiple disciplines preferred.
• PMP certification, with experience managing Project Managers preferred.

Responsibilities

• Build a world-class Region, delivering exceptional operational metrics, including roadmaps to innovate and scale; contribute as an integral part of a management team to develop strategic objectives, goals and long-range plans for the organization.
• Proactively communicate Region status and risks to DL Leadership, client, and across cross-functional teams.
• Coordinate and partner effectively with internal and external design, construction, network, and facility partners.
• Support the team to remove risks and blockers to assure the delivery of structured cabling and network connectivity projects in region, on time, within budget, and to the customers standards of quality, safety, and performance.
• Manage an autonomous Region operations team that responds to operational requests and break-fixes to assure data center reliability and uptime through the lifecycle of the network installation and server fleet.
• Ensure a proper safety plan is in place serving as the blueprint for the way the overall team conducts high-risk activities at region.
• Accountable for effective project management and delivery of network infrastructure and ISP/OSP cabling projects.
• Proactively identify and develop improvement projects for the business unit and region.
• Employ Key Performance Indicators and dashboards to monitor the quality and timeliness of delivery and drive measurable improvements.
• Champion, implement, and automate global best practices, SOPs/SIPs, and efficient processes.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Team leadership

Mentoring

Time management

Coordination

PMP certification

Contract negotiation

Job description

Direct Line seeks an accomplished Regional Director to lead its Meta operations in the SouthEast region. You will guide delivery across network infrastructure and cabling projects, manage an autonomous regional team, and partner with design, construction, and facilities to ensure on-time, on-budget performance with top-tier safety standards.

The role emphasizes outside-in thinking, talent development, and driving continuous improvement across regions, with opportunities for growth within Direct