Director, Data Hall Design

About the Role

This role focuses on NPI (New Product Introduction) strategy and execution for passive materials, ensuring seamless integration from intake to rollout adoption. The position involves cross-functional leadership, governance, and driving improvements in build acceleration, supplier readiness, and software/data systems enablement.

Responsibilities

• Stand up and operate the passive materials NPI pipeline: intake → prioritize → spec → qualify → supplier readiness → standards → catalog/BOM integration → forecasting enablement → release gates → rollout adoption.
• Drive “first-time-right” readiness for new builds and transitions, reducing reactive shortages and supplemental BOMs.
• Implement and operationalize a passive kit completeness gate, ensuring rack SKU “kit-of-parts” definitions include ride-along kit contents and are integrated into BOM tooling and build readiness checklists.
• Establish clear RACI and operating cadence across Design, Networking, Automation, HOM/SCO, Demand Planning, Delivery, and external partners/LVVs.
• Create governance for standards and templates: versioning, sign-off, audits, and change control.
• Identify and land OCI-driven improvements not tied to fabric changes, with measurable outcomes (time-to-deploy, defect reduction).
• Own the Top Constrained Passive Parts program: alternate qualification strategy, supplier capacity/ramp plans, risk mitigation, and conversion into orderable/catalog-ready parts.
• Partner with Automation/Tooling teams to translate standards/kit logic into scalable software capabilities (validation APIs, checksum/reconciliation, dashboards, exception workflows).
• Drive visibility with exec-ready metrics and dashboards (supplemental BOM rate, kit completeness pass rate, forecast late adds, build stop incidents).

Qualifications

• 10+ years leading cross-functional programs and a team of HW/SW/NW engineers in NPI, supply chain readiness, infra hardware, data center deployment, or network/optical systems.
• Demonstrated leadership of programs spanning software systems + physical infrastructure.
• Strong working knowledge of fiber/optical structured cabling concepts (MPO/LC ecosystems, polarity/keying, fanout/termination architectures, intra‑rack vs inter‑rack practices).
• Proven ability to drive alignment across engineering, operations, sourcing, and suppliers; ability to set process guardrails and enforce release readiness.
• Experience with data center network deployments (leaf/spine, fabric transitions, high-density rack builds) and understanding of rack-level constructability.
• Familiarity with BOM/cut sheet/patch matrix workflows and failure modes that cause build stops.
• Experience implementing release gates, catalog readiness controls, or “orderable + buildable” readiness checks for new parts.
• Background in supplier qualification, alternates strategy, and forecasting enablement for long-lead materials.
• Experience driving “build acceleration” improvements (prefab/kitting, labeling standards, error-proofing practices).

Pay

Hiring Range in USD: $146,300 - $306,400 per year. May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Life insurance and AD&D
• Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
• Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
• 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
• Paid time off: Flexible Vacation (13 days annually for first three years, 18 days thereafter)
• 11 paid holidays
• 72 hours of paid sick leave upon hire, refreshing annually up to a maximum cap of 112 hours
• Paid parental leave
• Adoption assistance
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Financial planning and group legal
• Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner, and pet insurance