Director – Network Delivery

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🤠 Texas – Remote

🤠 Texas – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

👔 Director

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IREN

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201 - 500 employees

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

🤝 B2B

⚡ Energy

Artificial Intelligence • B2B • Energy

IREN is a provider of purpose-built, high-performance AI data centers and GPU cloud services across North America. IREN develops, owns and operates large, power-dense facilities designed for demanding AI training and inference workloads, offering turnkey data centers, colocations for customer hardware, and managed GPU cloud access. The company emphasizes vertical integration, 24/7 onsite support, and powering its facilities with 100% renewable energy (including RECs). IREN currently lists six North American locations (including Sweetwater, Childress, Oklahoma, Prince George, Mackenzie, and Canal Flats), with secured power capacity of about 5 GW, several hundred to thousands of MW per site in operational, under-construction, and in-development stages, and roughly 4,900 acres of secured land for AI infrastructure.

📋 Description

• Set the network delivery strategy for IREN’s data center portfolio, including telecommunications contracting, carrier/service-provider strategy, standard designs, and long-lead equipment • Define, publish, and maintain network delivery standards, templates, specifications, labeling conventions, testing requirements, and acceptance criteria across campuses • Own the DCIM/NetBox data standard and ensure accurate infrastructure records at campus handover • Drive continuous improvement by capturing lessons learned and updating standards • Build, lead, develop, hire, and assign the Network Delivery team across campuses • Set delivery priorities and resourcing across campuses and manage performance, training, and HSE culture • Own the portfolio network delivery schedule, integrating carrier turn-up, MMR, backbone, and building network milestones into campus master schedules • Own network delivery budgets, forecasts, contingency, cost plans, and variance reporting • Run campus-level and portfolio-level governance reviews and provide consistent executive reporting • Maintain the portfolio risk register and lead risk assessments for new campuses • Approve network-scope contract awards and change orders within delegated authority and support major agreement negotiations • Own strategic relationships with carriers, service providers, telecommunications contractors, and network equipment vendors • Establish master agreements, standard pricing, service levels, KPIs, and performance reviews • Resolve carrier, service-provider, vendor, off-campus route, and entrance issues • Support carrier access and connectivity due diligence for prospective campuses • Partner with campus Project Directors to integrate network scope with civil, electrical, mechanical, and building trades • Partner with Network Engineering on logical design, VLANs, IP addressing, equipment standards, and construction documents • Coordinate network dependencies for operational technology systems, including BMS, EPMS, life-safety, security, CCTV, access control, Wi-Fi, and environmental monitoring • Lead network infrastructure handover to Operations, ensuring as-builts, test results, labeling, and DCIM/NetBox records are complete and validated • Provide executive leadership with reporting on network delivery status, risks, schedule, and budget • Represent Network Delivery with executives, carriers, service providers, strategic partners, and customers • Collaborate with Project Delivery, Network Engineering, Operations, Sourcing, and Development leadership

🎯 Requirements

• Minimum 12 years of telecommunications, network infrastructure, or data center industry experience • 5+ years of proven project management and people leadership delivering telecommunications or network infrastructure on mid-to-large data center or mission-critical programs of similar complexity, including leading network delivery for a full campus or multi-building program • Experience building and leading a team of project managers and managing performance across multiple concurrent projects or sites • Qualifications in an engineering, telecommunications, or related discipline, or demonstrable experience and technical knowledge in data center network and fiber infrastructure • Deep technical expertise in outside-plant and inside-plant fiber, carrier and MMR delivery, campus backbone, data center structured cabling, and network infrastructure • Proven experience establishing and managing carrier, service-provider, and vendor relationships and agreements, including negotiation and dispute resolution • Ability to document and communicate program risks, schedule, and budget clearly and consistently to executive leadership, in writing and in person • Experience in a fast-paced growth environment and solving complex problems with company-wide impact • OSHA 30 • Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Suite, including Project, Excel, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint • Preferred: master’s degree or MBA • Preferred experience with long-haul and metro fiber routes, right-of-way and permitting, diverse entrances, splicing, OTDR acceptance, carrier POP and handoff coordination, service orders, and turn-up • Preferred experience with MMR design and fit-out, MDF/IDF, pathways and cable tray, structured cabling, cross-connects, patch panels, and labeling standards • Preferred experience with 100G/400G connectivity, DWDM/optical transport, VLANs, and IP addressing • Preferred experience with BMS, EPMS, fire and life-safety monitoring, security, CCTV, access control, Wi-Fi, and environmental monitoring networks • Preferred experience with NetBox or other DCIM platforms, asset and connectivity documentation, naming conventions, and as-built validation • Preferred experience authoring and rolling out design and delivery standards, templates, and acceptance criteria across multiple sites • Experience with direct-to-subcontractor and GC-led delivery is highly regarded • PMP or equivalent and tertiary project management qualifications are desirable but not required • Industry credentials such as BICSI RCDD/DCDC, Cisco or equivalent networking certifications, or FOA CFOT are highly regarded • Familiarity with SAP and Primavera P6 is highly regarded • Flexible approach to work hours across time zones • Frequent travel to campuses and other IREN sites as needed • Clear criminal record check required • Must provide own steel-toed work boots; all other PPE is supplied • Must be based at or within reasonable reach of an IREN campus, or plan to relocate before starting work • Must be authorized to work in the United States, as IREN participates in E-Verify

🏖️ Benefits

• Annual incentive bonus • Equity (long-term incentive) • Relocation assistance, as applicable and based on successful candidate circumstances • 100% company-paid employee medical, dental, and vision insurance premiums • 75% company-paid dependent coverage • Company-paid short-term and long-term disability insurance • Voluntary life, critical illness, and accident coverage • Health Savings Account (HSA) when combined with the High Deductible Health Plan • Employee Assistance Program and wellness resources • 401(k) retirement plan with company match • Financial planning and legal services • Paid Time Off (PTO) • Paid holidays • Internal skills training and advancement pathways • Professional development supporting certifications, continuing education, or role-related training • Company events and team-building activities