Manager, Site Deployment
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Manager, Operations Site Deployment leading day-to-day execution of deployments at Vantage Data Centers. Ensuring cross-functional collaboration for operational readiness at new and expanding sites.
Responsibilities:
- Own end-to-end site deployment execution for assigned campuses/expansions, coordinating cross-functional stakeholders to achieve Operational Readiness and steady-state handoff to Site Operations.
- Plan and run readiness cadences (checklists, startup gates, acceptance milestones), drive issue resolution, and escalate blockers to the Director as needed.
- Staffing and onboarding: partner with Talent Acquisition and Site Ops leadership to forecast needs, support hiring, and ensure onboarding/training plans enable 24/7 readiness at day one.
- Standards and documentation: compile/adapt MOP/SOP/EOP templates to the site context; ensure O&M manuals, as-builts, permits, warranties, and compliance documents are complete and filed prior to turnover.
- Systems readiness: drive deployment and verification of CMMS, Asset Management, Billing, and related data loads (equipment, maintenance plans, spares, warranties).
- Security & Safety: verify physical security systems and safety protocols meet corporate standards; ensure signage, PPE, procedures, and training are in place.
- Site mobilization: ensure critical spares, tools, consumables, and shop spaces are procured, staged, and inventoried ahead of turnover.
- Commissioning quality: partner with Commissioning and Construction to review test results and acceptance criteria; confirm operability thresholds before handoff.
- Team leadership: directly supervise Coordinators/Senior Coordinators (where applicable); mentor junior personnel and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
- Lessons learned: capture and socialize post-turnover learnings to improve speed-to-market, cost, and quality across future deployments.
- Maintain a deployment plan aligned to construction delivery dates; facilitate cross-team synchronization and readiness reviews.
- Track and drive completion of quality control checklists and Site Start-Up processes; publish status to stakeholders.
- Coordinate third-party maintenance agreements and verify permits, licenses, and agreements required for operations are executed before turnover.
- Verify operator training on critical systems; coordinate scenario drills and EOP walk-throughs.
- Manage a readiness risk register and drive mitigations across safety, security, operability, and documentation.
- Provide staffing recommendations based on site demand models; support interviewing and onboarding.
- Conduct site walks and formal inspections; document and close findings prior to Operational Turnover.
- Key Performance Indicators (KPIs): Schedule adherence to acceptance gates, percentage of turnover artifacts complete at D-0, punch-list closure time, commissioning defect rate, time-to-CMMS readiness.
- Competencies: Operational rigor, systems thinking, stakeholder influence, risk management, people development.
Requirements:
- 6–8 years’ experience across critical facilities operations, industrial construction/commissioning, or project management in mission-critical environments; at least 2 years in a team-lead or supervisory capacity.
- Demonstrated strength coordinating cross-functional projects and driving readiness to fixed milestones.
- Working knowledge of electrical, mechanical, and controls systems in data centers or similar critical infrastructure.
- Proficiency with CMMS/Asset Management workflows; familiar with commissioning documentation and turnover packages.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and people leadership skills; proven mentoring experience.
- Ability to travel up to 40% (including within North America) based on project and site needs.
Benefits:
- medical, dental, and vision coverage
- life and AD&D
- short and long-term disability coverage
- paid time off
- employee assistance
- participation in a 401k program that includes company match
















