Director, Data Center Facilities Operations

36 minutes ago
Full-time
Executive
DevOps and Infrastructure
x.ai

x.ai

x.ai is a technology company founded in 2014 that specializes in developing artificial intelligence personal assistants. Their flagship product is a personal assistant that efficiently schedules meetings for users. With a focus on sustainable business ...

Internet Software & Services
51-250
Founded 2023
$44M raised

Description

  • Lead and develop a multi-layered team of managers, supervisors, and technicians across multiple data centers.
  • Set site-wide strategy, multi-year roadmaps, budgets, and resource forecasts for data center facilities infrastructure.
  • Partner with engineering, IT, operations, and executive leadership to plan and execute large-scale site projects.
  • Establish and improve standardized work instructions, maintenance strategies, and operational processes across the data center portfolio.
  • Assess resource needs, life-cycle costs, and capacity planning for multiple facilities.
  • Oversee contractors and vendors supporting mechanical, structural, HVAC, electrical, cooling, fire/life safety, and water systems.
  • Own preventative and predictive maintenance programs and drive major repair, upgrade, and replacement planning.
  • Define, track, and communicate KPIs related to safety, uptime, quality, productivity, energy efficiency, and operating expenses.
  • Provide strategic oversight of emergency response and 24/7 on-call support models.
  • Lead talent development, succession planning, and organizational design for the facilities team.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering, facilities management, architecture, construction management, or a related technical field.
  • 10+ years of progressive experience in facilities operations, data center infrastructure, or critical facilities management.
  • At least 5 years of leadership experience managing multi-site or multi-facility operations.
  • Experience leading teams responsible for high-availability environments such as data centers, mission-critical, or industrial facilities.
  • Master’s degree in engineering, business, or a related field preferred.
  • Professional certifications such as CEM, PMP, CFM, or data center-specific credentials preferred.
  • Deep expertise in data center critical infrastructure, including electrical systems, UPS/generators, precision cooling/HVAC, fire suppression, BMS/DCIM, telecommunications, fuel systems, and redundancy/resiliency design.
  • Proven experience managing large budgets, multi-year capital programs, and complex vendor ecosystems.
  • Strong executive communication skills and the ability to explain technical and operational issues to senior leadership.
  • Willingness to travel as needed across the site and occasionally to other SpaceX locations.
  • Ability to work extended hours, weekends, and non-standard schedules as required.
  • Comfort operating in a high-stress, fast-paced environment with rapidly changing priorities.

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