
Operations Director, Operational Excellence
Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, Inc.
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Illinois • North Carolina • United States
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Salary
💰 $139,400 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Support comprehensive data center operations across regional facilities, providing strategic leadership for mission-critical infrastructure operations while driving operational excellence, reliability, and efficiency to meet stringent service level agreements and business objectives.
- Develop and execute operational support strategies for data center portfolio including capacity planning, performance optimization, and service delivery enhancement.
- Establish operational standards, policies, and procedures while ensuring alignment with corporate objectives, client requirements, and industry best practices for mission-critical infrastructure management.
- Support operations across multiple data center facilities and clients.
- Provide support to facility managers, engineering teams, and technical staff.
- Provide technical expertise and program implementation support on deliverables (client service, operational, field execution) of operations and critical environments.
- Provide or coordinate SME resources to support the needs of the account or site.
- Establish enterprise-level risk management frameworks for operational activities including business continuity planning, disaster recovery, and security protocols.
- Ensure compliance with industry regulations, safety standards, and corporate policies while implementing audit processes and quality assurance programs.
- Drive adoption of emerging technologies including automation systems, predictive analytics, and IoT platforms to enhance operational efficiency and reduce manual intervention.
- Champion digital transformation initiatives and evaluate new technologies for competitive advantage and operational improvement.
- Provide leadership and coaching to operations teams to build capabilities in operational excellence methodologies, problem-solving techniques, and performance improvement practices.
- Foster collaboration between facilities, engineering, and support teams.
Requirements
- 5+ years operational experience with responsibility for leading teams in a data center environment
- Demonstrated leadership skills in managing people and customers.
- Strong oral and written communication, negotiation and analytical skills.
- Strong strategic thinker and planner.
- Ability to develop and create alternative ways to proceed way forward.
- Strong analytical ability to think about all the factors that might affect a situation, recommend and execute solutions.
- Strong organizational skills, complements abilities, i.e. how resources can be arranged for maximum productivity.
- Strong judgment, problem-solving and crisis management skills.
- Excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills.
- Fundamental skills in critical systems such as emergency/stand-by generators, automatic transfer switches, un-interruptible power supply (UPS) systems, power distribution systems, UPS batteries, etc.
- Technically proficient in operations of Building Management Systems, Life Safety Systems, CMMS, Microsoft Office, Power Point, Visio and Microsoft Outlook software.
- Extensive electrical, mechanical & plumbing knowledge of commercial facilities with a very strong background in critical data center operations.
- Proven record of providing excellent internal and external customer service.
Benefits
- 401(k) plan with matching company contributions
- Comprehensive Medical, Dental & Vision Care
- Paid parental leave at 100% of salary
- Paid Time Off and Company Holidays
- Early access to earned wages through Daily Pay
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
data center operationscapacity planningperformance optimizationservice delivery enhancementrisk managementbusiness continuity planningdisaster recoveryemergency generatorsBuilding Management Systemscritical systems
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationnegotiationanalytical skillsstrategic thinkingorganizational skillsproblem-solvingcrisis managementinterpersonal skillsrelationship building