Vice President, Data Center Operational Excellence

Ada Infrastructure is a global data center business committed to being a positive force for technology, people, and the planet. As part of the digital infrastructure platform of Ares Management Corporation (NYSE:ARES), a leading global alternative investment manager, Ada Infrastructure is positioned to be a leader in the industry in reliable, safe, secure, and sustainable digital infrastructure. With eight in-flight campuses across Japan, the UK, and Brazil, we have over 850 MW of power currently available and more than 1,500 MW in our global pipeline.

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Ada Infrastructure is part of the digital infrastructure platform Areas Management Corporation (NYSE: ARES), a leading global alternative investment manager offering clients complementary primary and secondary investment solutions across credit, real estate, private equity, and infrastructure asset classes.

We are a global data center business grounded in sustainability, safety, and security. With a world-class team of industry leaders and the resources of Ares Management, Ada Infrastructure is executing on our mission to lead the world in safe, sustainable digital infrastructure that drives customer success and social benefit.

The Director, Data Center Operational Excellence is responsible for defining, implementing, and continuously improving the global operating model that enables Ada’s data center portfolio tooperatesafely, reliably, efficiently, and at scale.

This role serves as the strategic owner of operations governance, standards, processes, systems, operational readiness, and continuous improvement across the global operations organization. They willpartnerclosely with regional operations leaders,security,engineering, delivery,product,finance, and executive leadership teams toestablishthe operational framework that supports long-term growth and operational excellence.

The successful candidate is a proven leader with deep experience in mission-critical operations, organizational scaling, process design, governance, operational excellence, and change management.

This individual will drive consistency across regions while enabling operational flexibility needed to support local market requirements.

• Own and continuously evolve the global operations governance framework.

• Develop the operating standards, management systems, policies, and processes that enable scalable global data center operations.

• Establish andmaintainglobal operational performance metrics, scorecards, reporting structures, and executive review processes.

• Partner with regional leaders to drive alignment, standardization, and adoption of operational best practices.

• Lead governance forums that support operational decision making, risk management, resource planning, and performance management.

• Serve as executive owner for operational processes including maintenance management, incident management, change management, asset management, operational readiness, and vendor governance.

• Establish global standards for SOPs, MOPs, EOPs, playbooks, escalation procedures, and operational controls.

• Ensure operational processes support business growth, customer commitments, regulatory requirements, and reliabilityobjectives.

• Drive process harmonization across regions while accounting for local requirements.

• Lead global operational excellence initiatives focused on safety, reliability, efficiency, scalability, quality, and cost optimization.

• Establish continuous improvement frameworks and maturity roadmaps.

• Use operational data and performance indicators toidentifytrends, risks, and opportunities for improvement.

• Sponsor major transformation efforts that improve operational effectiveness and organizational capability.

• Develop business cases and strategic recommendations for operational investments.

• SupportCMMS, DCIM, asset management, maintenance management, workflow, and reporting platforms.

• Establish…