Director of Digital Infrastructure

About the Opportunity

A rapidly growing, globally active data center developer and operator is seeking a Director of Digital Infrastructure (Telecommunications) to lead the design, coordination, and execution of telecom infrastructure across its hyperscale portfolio. With established sites across North America, Europe, and Latin America-and significant expansion planned-this is a high-impact leadership role overseeing regional teams, global standards, and large-scale project delivery across mission critical environments.

Responsibilities

This is a senior leadership position responsible for driving telecom engineering strategy, managing distributed teams, and ensuring consistent, high-quality execution across multiple regions. The role spans both technical oversight and operational leadership, with a focus on hyperscale data center development.

• Leadership & Team Management: Lead, mentor, and scale regional telecom engineering teams across multiple geographies
• Allocate resources, manage workloads, and drive high-performance delivery
• Serve as the technical authority and escalation point for internal teams, design partners, and Tier 1 carriers
• Own departmental CapEx/OpEx budgets, vendor selection, and contract negotiations
• Enforce structured project governance, sequencing, and internal standards

Technical Design & Architecture

• Oversee and approve telecom design packages across global data center projects
• Define and govern OSP, ISP, ICN, and interconnection strategies at campus and metro scale
• Lead carrier-neutral design, fiber routing strategies, and MMR standards
• Direct structured cabling design and long-term scalability planning
• Ensure alignment with redundancy models (N, N+1, 2N, 2N+1) and fault-tolerant design principles
• Maintain compliance with TIA-942, BICSI, IEEE, and regional standards

Project Delivery & Execution

• Oversee multiple hyperscale deployments simultaneously across AMER and LATAM, with global input
• Identify risks, gaps, and design conflicts-driving proactive solutions
• Establish and maintain telecom design standards and best practices across the portfolio
• Review and approve design documentation, drawings, and markups (Bluebeam, Visio, CAD)
• Collaborate cross-functionally with construction, network engineering, IT, and executive teams
• Lead telecom audits and long-term capacity planning initiatives

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Telecommunications, Electrical Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
• 10+ years of telecom or network infrastructure experience
• 5+ years within mission critical or hyperscale data center environments
• Proven experience managing global or multi-region teams and deployments
• Strong leadership presence with the ability to drive technical decisions and enforce standards
• Experience managing budgets, vendors, and complex project delivery
• Proficiency with Bluebeam, Visio, CAD, and related tools
• Highly organized, with strong project management and documentation skills

Preferred Experience

• Background working across U.S., LATAM, EMEA, and APAC markets
• Deep expertise in fiber infrastructure, structured cabling, and carrier interconnection
• Strong understanding of industry standards and compliance frameworks
• Certifications such as BICSI RCDD, PMP, CCNP

Benefits

• Competitive base salary + performance incentives
• Comprehensive benefits (medical, dental, vision, life, disability)
• 401(k) with company match
• Generous PTO and paid holidays
• Opportunity to play a key leadership role in scaling a global data center platform
• Direct impact on the delivery of hyperscale infrastructure projects worldwide