Data Center Procurement and Operations Director

🔥 14 hours ago

🔔 Pennsylvania – Remote

🔔 Pennsylvania – Remote

💵 $140k - $200k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

⚙️ Operations

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Orion Placement

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

1 - 10 employees

Founded 2022

💼 Consulting

⚖️ Legal

🏥 Healthcare

Consulting • Legal • Healthcare

Orion Placement is a U. S. -based recruitment and staffing firm that connects professionals and support staff with employers across a wide range of industries. The company places executives, managers, administrative assistants, technical specialists, and other roles, offering tailored recruitment strategies, proactive talent sourcing, and end-to-end hiring support for clients nationwide.

📋 Description

• Lead data center site selection, sourcing, technical vetting, contracting, and readiness across active and prospective deployments • Identify and evaluate colocation facilities based on power capacity, cooling architecture, connectivity, geographic requirements, security, cost, and deployment timelines • Conduct site tours and technical due diligence for high-density compute requirements • Develop and manage competitive RFP processes for new data center and colocation requirements • Negotiate colocation and service agreements, including pricing, SLAs, uptime commitments, remedies, escalation provisions, and termination terms • Partner with Legal and executive leadership to finalize commercially and operationally sound agreements • Oversee power, cooling, rack, and facility fit-out activities required for deployment readiness • Coordinate with data center operators, construction teams, engineering teams, and internal stakeholders to keep deployments on schedule • Track fit-out milestones, scope changes, readiness requirements, and potential delays, escalating issues proactively • Align site selection and buildout priorities with capacity planning, sales demand, deployment schedules, and customer requirements • Maintain visibility into available and committed capacity across contracted facilities • Negotiate colocation, power, non-recurring, and other facility costs while managing vendor performance • Monitor spend against budget and identify opportunities to control costs and improve commercial outcomes • Maintain accurate reporting on site status, contract terms, capacity, fit-out progress, costs, and key risks for senior leadership

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years of directly relevant experience in data center site selection, colocation procurement, facilities/infrastructure operations, or a closely related environment • Real experience with colocation contract and SLA negotiation • Experience with technical data center site vetting, including power, cooling, connectivity, and physical infrastructure • Proven experience negotiating colocation contracts, pricing, SLAs, uptime commitments, and remedies • Strong technical understanding of data center power, cooling, connectivity, physical infrastructure, and facility readiness • Experience leading RFPs and competitive vendor selection processes • Experience evaluating and negotiating with data center or colocation operators • Ability to manage multiple sites, vendors, contracts, and deployment timelines simultaneously • Strong commercial judgment, negotiation skills, and vendor management capabilities • Excellent communication and executive reporting skills • Experience with hyperscale, neocloud, GPU, AI infrastructure, or high-density compute is highly desirable • Experience with 20+ MW data center environments is a strong plus • Data center fit-out, construction management, or deployment experience is preferred • International experience with colocation operators in North America, Europe, or Asia is a plus • Bachelor's degree preferred but not required; relevant experience and technical knowledge are valued most • Travel to data center partner sites is required • Candidates must have experience with colocation contract and SLA negotiation and technical data center site vetting

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive bonus and equity opportunity in addition to base compensation • Dental insurance • Life insurance • Paid time off • Retirement plan • Vision insurance • Remote flexibility • Meaningful travel and hands-on involvement in major deployments