Data Center Regional Operations Director

CyrusOne • Totowa, NJ

365d

About The Position

To oversee the daily facility operations of all data centers within the region, by managing both internal and external resources, to provide an exceptional customer experience each day for every customer. The Regional Operations Director oversees teams throughout the region to ensure proper practices and procedures. The Director will also provide Implementation Management support for certain key accounts to ensure successful service delivery.

Requirements

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work well with all levels of people within the organization
• Ability to direct and manage work groups
• Excellent organizational skills
• Ability to work well under pressure and manage multiple concurrent priorities
• Excellent time management skills
• Demonstrates strong customer service skills and takes ownership of the customer experience
• Ability to develop and document procedures and train personnel on the procedures
• Can proactively identify potential customer issues; communicate them to appropriate parties and resolve
• Takes ownership for business performance
• Provides constructive thought leadership on ways to improve service
• Pursues creative ways to reduce expenses when possible
• Operates with a strong work ethic and a desire to do things the right way
• Proactively offers constructive and creative ways to improve our business
• Leads by example in helping to build and sustain a healthy, supportive and results driven culture
• Exercises good judgment in communicating and resolving issues with fellow co-workers
• As a CyrusOne representative, treats all vendors, contractors, employees with respect and professionalism
• Encourages constructive feedback on performance so lessons can be learned as part of a continuous improvement culture
• Displays personal commitment to always learn and improve

Responsibilities

• Management of the Facilities
• Employee Management including recognition, reviews, career development, corrective actions and scheduling
• Interviewing and hiring new employees
• Employee training and training updates
• Maintain Operations Policies, Procedures and Guidelines
• Work with the Manager of Implementations to assure smooth implementations for the customer
• Review all terms and conditions of customer contracts and orders
• Serve as Implementation Manager for certain key accounts to ensure successful service delivery
• Create and deliver scopes of work for environmental consulting
• Work with Sales to deliver Environmental services proposals
• Work with the Operations to assure peer to peer connectivity and monitoring is in place for delivered services
• Work with the Vice President of Data Center Operations to assure that environmental issues are handled and communicated correctly to customers
• Set up and maintain environmental monitoring solutions for all managed facilities within the NOCC
• Manage day to day operations of Air (Production & Distribution), Power, Fire, and Access
• Proactively develop and implement maintenance activities
• Report on all SLA required activities
• Maintain status and future status reporting on all capacity thresholds within the facility
• Work with the Security Manager to assure all access points are monitored and controlled
• Manage all security issues to resolution and conduct post mortems for future assurance
• Create access levels for new clients, assign access levels to vendors, monitor equipment leaving facility and generally oversee all aspects of Security Facility Operations Assurance
• Manage all sub-contractor agreements for maintaining the building
• Management of our asset tracking processes, and systems
• Reporting on Assets for customers and internal
• Data Policing for all Reporting of Operational KPIs
• Administering Daily Shift Reporting
• Generate periodic reports
• Updates for our Business Continuity Planning
• Perform SAS 70 Re-occurring audits
• Updates and Training for our Facility Operations Handbook
• Perform SOX Audits
• Perform SOC 2 Audits
• Customer Issue Resolution Owner
• Verification and analysis of alerts
• Post mortems on all customer complaints
• Emergency Action Communication - Creation for Validation
• Signoff Point for Customer Transition from Engagements to Operations
• Customer Concerns discussions
• Responsible for generating and adhering to annual OpEx budget
• Responsible for generating and adhering to annual CapEx budget
• Create, submit, and present capital project budget requests to the Capital Committee
• Set forth the vision and roadmap for achievement
• Develop and organize the team to fulfill the roadmap
• Monitor and manage activities associated with fulfilling the vision
• Performs other duties as assigned

Benefits

• Equal opportunity employer
• Reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Real Estate
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees