Data Center Facility Operations Manager

Responsibilities

• Phase 1: Site Manager Responsibilities (Single Site Operations)
• During the initial phase of your tenure, you will focus on local site mastery and standard enforcement.
• Daily Shift Oversight: Administer staff scheduling to ensure continuous, seamless 24/7 operational coverage and rigidly uphold Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for continuous electronic monitoring ("Eyes on Glass") and physical inspections.
• Direct Liquid Cooling (DLC) Stewardship: Serve as the primary owner of the site's Leak Response Plan, running drills to ensure the team can isolate a failed hose or manifold in under 60 seconds.
• Preventative Maintenance & Inventory: Conduct daily "white glove" inspections of data halls to identify potential failure points and manage the site's spare parts inventory to ensure critical CDU components (filters, sensors, O-rings) are accounted for.
• Safety & Compliance: Enforce the mandatory "Two-Person Rule" for overnight shifts, authorize all "Hot Work" permits, and conduct monthly emergency drills (Fire, Leak, Power Loss) to ensure direct hires and contractors function as a cohesive unit.
• Phase 2: Regional Manager Responsibilities (Multi-Site Portfolio)
• As you scale into the regional role, your focus will shift toward overarching strategy, standardization, and matrix leadership.
• Regional Leadership: Manage, mentor, and evaluate the Site Data Center Facilities Operations Managers across your assigned region.
• Operational Standardization: Standardize SOPs across all regional sites to ensure continuous electronic monitoring and mandatory physical site inspections are uniformly upheld, bridging the gap between global engineering standards and local execution.
• Regional Vendor Governance: Manage overarching relationships with colocation partners and managed service providers, auditing site-level vendor performance against regional SLAs.
• Cross-Team Alignment: Oversee the strategic alignment between facility infrastructure operations ("Grey Space") and internal Data Center Operations teams ("White Space") to ensure seamless deployments.

Requirements

• Experience: 5+ years in data center or critical infrastructure operations (e.g., Navy Nuclear, Power Plant), with prior supervisory experience progressing into multi-site leadership.
• Technical Skills: Deep comfort with high-density power, liquid-cooled environments, and complex cooling topologies. Strong ability to troubleshoot mechanical/electrical systems and read Single Line Diagrams (SLDs).
• Leadership Style: Proven track record in a "matrix" environment, directing and unifying diverse teams of internal employees, contractors, and 3rd-party vendors across multiple locations.
• Language & Autonomy: Fluency in English and the p

Benefits

Additional Information

Lambda, The Superintelligence Cloud, is a leader in AI cloud infrastructure serving tens of thousands of customers. Our customers range from AI researchers to enterprises and hyperscalers. Lambda's mission is to make compute as ubiquitous as electricity and give everyone the power of superintelligence. One person, one GPU. If you'd like to build the world's best AI cloud, join us. *Note: This position requires presence in our Kansas City, MO office location 5 days per week. Travel Requirements: Initially low, scaling up to 50% travel across assigned regional sites as portfolio grows

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