Director, Data Hall Design

Leading a team that develops strategies for the operational planning, design, and optimization of data center white space, including rack layout, hot/cold aisle containment, power distribution, cable pathways, and build phases, ensuring alignment with broader organizational goals globally. Provides strategic direction for engagements with colocation providers, developers, and internal teams (e.g., facilities, construction, operations) ensuring that novel requirements are translated into advanced white space designs that align with organizational objectives globally.

Key Responsibilities
White Space and Infrastructure Design:
-Develops strategies for the operational planning, design, and optimization of data center white space, including rack layout, hot/cold aisle containment, power distribution, cable pathways, and build phases, ensuring alignment with broader small group goals globally.
-Oversees the creation and maintenance of comprehensive white space documentation, such as room layouts, rack elevations, bill of materials, and structured cabling designs, ensuring accuracy and alignment with small group goals.
-Develops design standards and Basis of Design (BoD) documents applicable globally, guiding internal and partner teams in delivering consistent white space fit-outs that align with strategic performance objectives.
-Directs the development of low voltage structured cabling system designs, supporting scalable, high-performance compute, storage, and network systems, and fosters new approaches that enhance small group capabilities.
-Manages the review process for new site layouts and proposed fit-out designs, including failover configurations, ensuring compliance with standards, and promoting improvement initiatives.
Cross-Functional Collaboration and Stakeholder Engagement:
-Provides strategic direction for engagements with colocation providers, developers, and internal teams (e.g., facilities, construction, operations), ensuring that novel requirements are translated into advanced white space designs that align with small group objectives globally.
-Directs and influences multidisciplinary engineering functions (e.g., Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, Fire, Controls), ensuring robust integration and reliable system performance.
-Oversees project coordination meetings, ensuring alignment on scope, timelines, and critical design updates, driving team improvements and small group success.
-Shapes small group collaboration strategy with technology partners (e.g., network, compute, carrier) around locating information and resources.
Project and Program Leadership:
-Provides oversight for white space design initiatives and related engineering projects from conception through execution, defining elements of strategic plans that ensure achievement of strategic objectives and industry standards globally.
-Guides and influences internal and external project team members, including contractors and vendors, during design, fit-out, and commissioning phases, ensuring cohesive team operations and alignment with small group goals.
-Ensures project deliverables exceed company expectations, standards, and schedules, adapting methods to unique situations and contributing to operational objectives.
-Provides expertise in contract administration, including reviewing change orders, cost forecasts, and engineering documentation, ensuring strategic alignment with small group objectives.
-Mentors and develops junior engineers and team members, building small group capability by fostering a culture of development aligned with small group objectives.
Operations Support and Site Validation:
-Provides oversight for on-site design validation, commissioning, and engineering analysis across new and existing data centers, leveraging in-depth operational insights to enhance design and outcomes globally.
-Serves as a strategic subject matter expert for mission-critical systems, ensuring seamless integration with ongoing operations and spearheading initiatives to drive long-term operational improvements.
-Directs and ensures coordination of engineering support during live events and incident investigations, ensuring rapid resolution and operational continuity, leading efforts to mitigate risks and improve processes.
-Ensures comprehensive documentation is captured, stored, and shared with operations and field engineering teams, championing small group knowledge sharing and alignment with strategic goals.
Standards Development and Governance:
-Oversees the creation and evolution of global data center infrastructure standards, policies, and procedures, ensuring alignment with small group goals and drive long-term innovation and efficiency.
-Guides the review and develo