Global Data Center Manager

Key Responsibilities

Global Data Center Operations (Fintech-Focused)

• Manage and support 20 global data centers in partnership with third-party colocation providers critical to financial workloads.

• Maintain near-zero downtime through rigorous change control redundancy management and capacity planning aligned with financial transaction volumes and regulatory SLAs.

• Lead incident response activities with a focus on rapid recovery root-cause analysis and audit-ready documentation.

Facilities & Infrastructure Expertise

• Deep understanding of high-density financial-grade infrastructure including HVAC systems redundant utility feeds switchgear UPS/N12 power distribution PDUs busways and advanced monitoring systems.

• Evaluate energy efficiency performance and reliability with a focus on supporting high-density compute networking and trading systems

• Familiarity with emerging liquid cooling technologies (direct-to-chip and Rear door Heat Exchangers) used in HPC AI/ML workloads.

Connectivity Cabling & Low-Latency Environments

• Strong expertise in structured cabling including cross-connects intra and inter-cabinet fiber copper coax for GPS fiber trunks meet-me rooms and provider Points of Entry (POE).

• Deep understanding of equidistant cabling principles critical for trading environments.

Telecom Carrier & Market Connectivity

• Experience with telecommunications carriers dark fiber providers and microwave or millimeter-wave technology for ultra-low-latency routes to financial exchanges.

• Understanding of diverse and resilient connectivity to clients and liquidity providers market data feeds and global cloud environments.

Cloud & Hybrid Fintech Ecosystem

• Familiarity with Cloud onramps options including but not limited to AWS and Azure

• Knowledge of hybrid models where compute spans colocation edge and public / private cloud in a compliant and secure manner.

Vendor Regulatory & Contract Management

• Strong understanding of data center contracts with an emphasis on:

• Financial based market rates and negotiation

• Contract terms such as Exit clauses and risk mitigation

• SLA uptime guarantees

• Regulated data handling requirements

• Partner with Legal Compliance and Risk to ensure data center providers meet compliance regulations including but not limited to SOC 2 ISO 27001 DORA and regional financial regulations.

Strategic Planning

• Collaborate with Product Compliance Security and Engineering teams to forecast capacity needs.

• Develop and present a global data center strategy in a committee setting

Financial Stewardship & Budgeting

• Manage a $40M annual global budget including data centers networking services power and staffing.

• Drive cost optimization while ensuring compliance with business continuity requirements.

Tools Monitoring & Infrastructure Management

• Experience with DCIM tools structured cabling certification tools environmental monitoring and inventory systems.

• Knowledge of Building Management Systems (BMS) and financial-sector KPIs including power utilization SLA adherence latency metrics and capacity forecasting.

Team Leadership

• Lead and mentor a distributed team of data center technicians and engineers across the US and Europe ensuring 24x7 support for global fintech operations.

• Foster a culture of precision compliance continuous improvement and operational discipline.

Qualifications

• 812 years managing global or multi-site data centers ideally supporting fintech trading or financial services platforms.

• Deep knowledge of mechanical electrical and connectivity infrastructures and low-latency environments.

• Experience with regulated environments (e.g. ISO SOC) and audit-ready documentation.

• Proven success managing large budgets and complex vendor ecosystems.

• Strong communication and cross-functional leadership abilities.

• Ability to travel internationally as .