Vice President Operations

Mackenzie Stuart; United States; On-site; USD 220,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Mackenzie Stuart is partnering with a leading AI and data center developer in the United States to appoint a Vice President of Operations to lead a growing US portfolio. This senior executive role oversees multi-site operations, critical facilities, maintenance, reliability, safety, workforce planning, vendor performance, incident management, and the readiness of new facilities.

The ideal candidate has significant leadership experience in data center ops and can build scalable processes in a

Qualifications

• Significant senior leadership experience in data center operations.

Responsibilities

• Lead multi-site data center operations and manage critical facilities.
• Oversee maintenance, reliability, safety, and workforce planning.
• Drive vendor performance, incident management, and readiness of new facilities.

Skills

Leadership

Multi-site management

Data center operations

Safe and reliable operations

Vendor management

Job description

New Opportunity | Vice President, Data Center Operations | United States

I’m currently partnered with a leading AI and data center developer that is looking to appoint a Vice President of Operations to lead a growing US portfolio.

This is a senior leadership opportunity for an experienced data center operations professional with a strong background in hyperscale, colocation, cloud, HPC, or other mission-critical environments.

The role will involve leading multi-site operations, critical facilities, maintenance, reliability, safety, workforce planning, vendor performance, incident management, and the operational readiness of new facilities.

The successful candidate will have:

• Significant senior leadership experience within data center operations.
• Experience managing multiple data center sites or a large-scale campus
• A strong understanding of electrical, mechanical, cooling, controls, maintenance, and safety systems
• Experience transitioning new facilities from construction and commissioning into live operations
• Exposure to high-density, AI, GPU, HPC, or liquid-cooled environments
• Strong team, stakeholder, customer, and vendor management skills
• Proven ability to build scalable processes and operating standards in a high-growth environment
• Flexibility to travel regularly across US locations

If you have the relevant experience, or know someone who may be a good fit, it would be great to hear from you.