Vice President, Data Center Operations
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Job Location:
Duluth, MN - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
AFL provides industry-leading fiber optic products and services across the globe. Our company was founded in 1984 with a single fiber optic cable and now we manufacture over two thousand products employ over 5000 associates and consistently generate annual sales in excess of 2 billion-dollars in revenue. With our commitment to professional growth and employee development let AFL Connect you to your next career opportunity!
Job Summary
The Vice President of Data Center Operations & Hyperscale Services will lead endâtoâend operations across highâdensity data centers and the companys hyperscale/commercial delivery businesses. This executive oversees global data hall operations lifecycle services structured cabling splicing/testing service SLAs and regional delivery teams.
They will define the operating model set strategic direction lead infrastructure expansions build organizational capacity and drive operational excellence quality and safety at scale. The VP will ensure consistent service delivery optimized cost structures customer satisfaction and P&L performance in a rapidly growing environment.
Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership & Scale
- Lead global data center operations across multiple highâdensity facilities and lifecycle service lines.
- Define and execute a 3âyear scale plan including regionalization national capacity modeling hybrid workforce strategy and centers of excellence.
- Set strategic direction for operational excellence cost efficiency safety and customer experience.
- Develop standardized operating models and playbooks to enable repeatable scalable national and global delivery.
Governance PMO & Operating Model
- Stand up and/or optimize a PMO focused on schedule fidelity risk burndown milestone control and actionable dashboards.
- Establish enterprise SOPs/MOPs readiness gates (design completion materials crews permits safety) and operational consistency across all facilities.
- Align closely with design and construction teams to support seamless data center expansions migrations and facility upgrades.
Operations Delivery & Service Leadership
- Oversee data hall operations incident response change management and critical maintenance across all sites.
- Ensure on-time on-budget project delivery and 24x7 service SLAs across hyperscale customers and commercial accounts.
- Track and manage KPIs SLAs operational metrics and performance dashboards.
- Drive continuous improvement minimize downtime strengthen incident management and ensure business continuity planning.
- Maintain global operational consistency customer satisfaction and technical excellence.
Commercial Financial & Supply Chain
- Lead P&L management with targets of 20% year-over-year growth.
- Build and optimize supply chain strategy to drive cost savings margin improvement and scalable delivery.
- Improve working capital performance through DSO management milestone billing discipline and material readiness to reduce WIP drag.
- Partner with customer executives (including Hyperscalers) to enhance relationships and expand business opportunities.
People Leadership & Culture
- Build and mentor a highâperforming global leadership team across operations PMO quality safety and service delivery.
- Aggressively scale a hybrid workforce through training certification programs and technical skill development.
- Create a performance-driven culture with transparent KPIs tiered reviews and a disciplined problemâsolving cadence.
- Champion safety as a core value through proactive reporting audits training and recognition programs.
Required Qualifications
- 1015 years leading large-scale data center build operations & maintenance or missionâcritical infrastructure environments.
- Proven track record scaling organizations from $100M to $300M with full P&L accountability.
- Deep expertise in structured cabling fiber splicing/testing (OTDR/OLTS; Tier 1/Tier 2) patching/MACs labeling documentation and data center O&M standards.
- Demonstrated experience building PMOs operational governance and enterprise process frameworks.
- Executive presence with Hyperscalers and strong cross-functional leadership skills.
- Strong capability in risk schedule cost control and complex operational environments.
Required Experience:
Exec
Key Skills
- Economics
- Internal Audit
- SQL
- Risk Management
- Compliance
- Leadership skills
- Oversight
- Business partner
- AVP
- Requlatory agencies
- Finance
- Accounting
- Potifolio
- Project Management
- Operational Risk
About Company
AFL is a leading provider of fiber optic solutions for broadband networks, data centers, energy infrastructure, and other applications. We offer a wide range of products and services, including fiber optic cable, connectivity, fusion splicers, test and inspection equipment, and more. ... View more
