Controls Manager, Operations

Data Center Controls Manager, Operations | Founder-Led Hyperscale Developer-Operator | Remote, US

A multi-gigawatt developer-operator wants one controls standard across every site. It needs the operations leader who will set that standard and own it.

The platform is majority founder-owned, with institutional capital behind it. It builds powered shells, build-to-suit facilities and gigascale campuses for hyperscale, AI/HPC and enterprise customers across seven U.S. metro markets. Growth is concentrated in a handful of very large domestic campuses, including a five-building hyperscale build above 200 MW. That concentration makes a single controls standard both achievable and necessary.

You would own the performance, reliability and development of BMS, EPMS and DCIM across multiple facilities, plus the integrations that tie them together. That means leading troubleshooting, root-cause analysis and corrective action, and being the hands-on technical voice when equipment fails. You would also own controls governance: standards, change management, MOPs and test procedures.

The seat is weighted equally toward projects. You would review controls designs, sequences of operation, network architecture, points lists and submittals from an operator’s view. You would then validate performance through startup and turnover, so the operations voice is in the room before handover, not after.

You would report into operations controls leadership and partner most closely with Design Controls Engineering. In year one, success means a stable, accurately reporting estate and a standard that new sites inherit rather than reinvent.

What tends to fit:

• Deep BMS, EPMS and DCIM experience in live critical environments across more than one facility
• A track record leading controls engineering, with the credibility to set standards others build to
• The ability to read a sequence of operation or points list and see what will cause trouble in operation
• A background with an owner-operator, a hyperscaler or a controls specialist
• A habit of using trend, alarm and power utilization data to find automation and energy gains

This role offers the chance to shape the controls roadmap for a multi-gigawatt platform while it is still being standardized. It also comes with visibility across engineering, construction and operations.

The role is remote, ideally based in Arizona, California, Texas or Illinois.

Expect 30-50% travel, less if you are well located. Base pay is $150,000-$175,000 plus a 30% target bonus, a fully vested 4% 401(k) match and 100% of insurance premiums paid, with flexibility for the right candidate.