VP, Data Center Solutions
for headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
We need to parse the posting.
First paragraph: "Join the world's largest HVAC company, named by Forbes as one of America's Best-In-State Employers 2025! The VP, Data Center Solutions develops and deploys the vertical market strategy and priorities to capitalize on the company’s strengths, build the business unit and successfully expand DAA’s data center solutions business in North America. The Data Center GM will act as a thought leader for the Data Center business globally, working with Daikin affiliates around the world. Will own and direct the Data Center strategy in support of DAA’s overall Fusion 30 strategy. This position can be based anywhere in the US. Travel will be 50% if based in Plymouth, MN; 75% if based any where else."
That's about the role. Could be "About the role". We'll put that as About the role
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with that content. Next: "What You Will Do" then bullet list of duties. That's responsibilities. So
Responsibilities
then- each bullet. We need to capture all bullet points under "What You Will Do". Let's extract. After "What You Will Do" we have: "This leader must understand the data center market, customer drivers, operating businesses, and keys to positioning Daikin Applied as a market leader. The individual in this role must have deep business and financial acumen, as well as exceedingly strong people leadership skills." Then subheadings: Portfolio Management, General Management, Business Development. Under Portfolio Management bullet list: - Know and anticipate the Customer, driven by a rich understanding of customer insights, market trends and the competitive environment - Create and drive the Global Data Center Solutions strategy and value proposition - Identify growth opportunities for the Data Center business through market assessment, trend analysis and competitive insights - Define and oversee industry leading data center product and solutions portfolio, including strategic roadmap and priorities for NPI and business model innovation - Lead commercialization strategies and key programs for Data Center products and solutions - Own and drive organic and inorganic innovation and growth opportunities, including potential acquisitions, partnerships, etc. - Proactively identifies potential risks and challenges impacting the Data Center Solutions strategy and develops contingency plans to mitigate these risks Under General Management bullet list: - Lead the Data Center solution strategy from organization assessment through creation, alignment and execution of the data center vision, mission and strategies focused on customer, workforce and business needs, in support of DAA’s 5-year Fusion plan - Deliver annual operating plans – revenues and OI - Be the Business leader for the ongoing integration efforts at recent data center relative acquisitions - Lead the Data Center team, with direct reports within the company, as well as in the recent acquisitions - Build out the Data Center Solutions team to include designing the organization and acquiring, developing, engaging and retaining best in class talent - Build capability within teams by coaching leaders, strengthening accountability, and driving a performance culture - Create internal business/product/process alignment, by providing vision and leadership to ensure the company executes on its data center strategy - Define and measure key financial indicators (KPIs) to measure the success of the Data Center Solutions operations, making data-driven adjustments as needed - Analyze financial and operational data to inform decisions, identify opportunities, and mitigate risks - Partner with finance to develop business cases, assess return on investment, and support budgeting or forecasting efforts - Maintains effective communication and collaboration across the business, acquisitions, the Global Data Center Committee, partnerships, and professional associations like ASHRAE to support the data center strategy - Serve as a role model for leadership excellence—demonstrating resilience, calm under pressure, and sound judgment - Create strong partnerships across the organization, influencing without formal authority Under Business Development bullet list: - Collaborate internally with key and national accounts to help develop selling opportunities - Build out rep network for Data Center offerings - Provide the Executive Team with North America Data Center market data, competitive landscape, and keys to customer and market share expansion We need to include all these as
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Next: "Qualifications Success in this role will primarily be measured by data center product sales revenue, operating income, market share growth, and customer satisfaction. Inherent in this global enterprise is periodic interface with corporate leaders in Japan to collaborate and communicate regarding key initiatives and to gain support for strategies and priorities. Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent Experience10+ years experience managing vertical markets; including 5+ years people leadership experienceMinimum of 3 years of Data Center market experienceDemonstrated success leading cross functional strategies resulting in sales growth and positive customer satisfaction scoresCommercial building industry experience preferred"
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Qualifications
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. The instruction says use list for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. If it's not a list, we can use prose. So we will put qualifications in a
. Next: "Benefits Daikin Applied offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: Non-decaled company vehicle with most expenses paidMultiple medical insurance plan options + dental and vision insurance 401K retirement plan with employer match Paid time off and company paid holidays Paid sick time in accordance with the federal, state and local law Tuition Reimbursement after 6 months of continuous service , #Remote, #Data Center" We need to format benefits as list. The text has some weird formatting: "Non-decaled company vehicle with most expenses paidMultiple medical insurance plan options + dental and vision insurance 401K retirement plan with employer match Paid time off and company paid holidays Paid sick time in accordance with the federal, state and local law Tuition Reimbursement after 6 months of continuous service , #Remote, #Data Center" We need to split into items. Likely each benefit separated by spaces? Let's parse: - Non-decaled company vehicle with most expenses paid - Multiple medical insurance plan options + dental and vision insurance - 401K retirement plan with employer match - Paid time off and company paid holidays - Paid sick time in accordance with the federal, state and local law - Tuition Reimbursement after 6 months of continuous service - #Remote - #Data Center But "#Remote, #Data Center" maybe tags not benefits. Probably they are hashtags indicating remote and data center. Could treat as separate items? Might be not needed. However they are part of benefits line. We'll include them as separate list items: Remote work option, Data Center focus? But better to keep as they appear: "#Remote" and "#Data Center". However they are not benefits per se. Might be considered tags. The instruction: preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we should keep them as they appear. We'll make list items exactly as separated by spaces? The original: "Tuition Reimbursement after 6 months of continuous service , #Remote, #Data Center". There's a comma after service then space then #Remote, then comma then #Data Center. So we can split: "Tuition Reimbursement after 6 months of continuous service", "#Remote", "#Data Center". We'll include those. Thus benefits list items: - Non-decaled company vehicle with most expenses paid - Multiple medical insurance plan options + dental and vision insurance - 401K retirement plan with employer match - Paid time off and company paid holidays - Paid sick time in accordance with the federal, state and local law - Tuition Reimbursement after 6 months of continuous service - #Remote - #Data Center Now Pay and Schedule sections: The posting mentions travel percentages based on location, but not explicit pay or schedule. No salary mentioned. So we should NOT create Pay or Schedule sections because they are not stated. The instruction: never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. Benefits we have, so include Benefits. Pay and Schedule not present, omit. Also we need to include "About the role" maybe also include "Skills"? Not present. Could we extract skills from qualifications? Not explicit. We'll not create Skills section unless there is explicit skills list. Not present. Thus final HTML:
About the role
Join the world's largest HVAC company, named by Forbes as one of America's Best-In-State Employers 2025! The VP, Data Center Solutions develops and deploys the vertical market strategy and priorities to capitalize on the company’s strengths, build the business unit and successfully expand DAA’s data center solutions business in North America. The Data Center GM will act as a thought leader for the Data Center business globally, working with Daikin affiliates around the world. Will own and direct the Data Center strategy in support of DAA’s overall Fusion 30 strategy. This position can be based anywhere in the US. Travel will be 50% if based in Plymouth, MN; 75% if based any where else.
Responsibilities
- This leader must understand the data center market, customer drivers, operating businesses, and keys to positioning Daikin Applied as a market leader. The individual in this role must have deep business and financial acumen, as well as exceedingly strong people leadership skills.
- Know and anticipate the Customer, driven by a rich understanding of customer insights, market trends and the competitive environment
- Create and drive the Global Data Center Solutions strategy and value proposition
- Identify growth opportunities for the Data Center business through market assessment, trend analysis and competitive insights
- Define and oversee industry leading data center product and solutions portfolio, including strategic roadmap and priorities for NPI and business model innovation
- Lead commercialization strategies and key programs for Data Center products and solutions
- Own and drive organic and inorganic innovation and growth opportunities, including potential acquisitions, partnerships, etc.
- Proactively identifies potential risks and challenges impacting the Data Center Solutions strategy and develops contingency plans to mitigate these risks
- Lead the Data Center solution strategy from organization assessment through creation, alignment and execution of the data center vision, mission and strategies focused on customer, workforce and business needs, in support of DAA’s 5-year Fusion plan
- Deliver annual operating plans – revenues and OI
- Be the Business leader for the ongoing integration efforts at recent data center relative acquisitions
- Lead the Data Center team, with direct reports within the company, as well as in the recent acquisitions
- Build out the Data Center Solutions team to include designing the organization and acquiring, developing, engaging and retaining best in class talent
- Build capability within teams by coaching leaders, strengthening accountability, and driving a performance culture
- Create internal business/product/process alignment, by providing vision and leadership to ensure the company executes on its data center strategy
- Define and measure key financial indicators (KPIs) to measure the success of the Data Center Solutions operations, making data-driven adjustments as needed
- Analyze financial and operational data to inform decisions, identify opportunities, and mitigate risks
- Partner with finance to develop business cases, assess return on investment, and support budgeting or forecasting efforts
- Maintains effective communication and collaboration across the business, acquisitions, the Global Data Center Committee, partnerships, and professional associations like ASHRAE to support the data center strategy
- Serve as a role model for leadership excellence—demonstrating resilience, calm under pressure, and sound judgment
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and