SVP, Operations

Serverfarm is a leading developer and operator of data centers with over 750+ locations and key customer relationships in 45 countries. We’re revolutionizing how data centers operate across North America, Western Europe, and Israel, serving the world’s leading technology and hyperscale companies. With Manulife Investment Management’s acquisition in 2023 and our award-winning InCommand platform we’re positioned for explosive growth as AI adoption and cloud migration drive unprecedented demand for data center capacity.

A career at Serverfarm means being at the forefront of digital infrastructure innovation, where your work directly impacts how the world’s data is managed and secured. As we target 4x growth over the next four years, you’ll have unprecedented opportunities to take on new challenges, develop cutting-edge skills, and grow your career across our expanding global operations.

Join our team of innovators and help shape the future of sustainable data centers while building a career without boundaries.

Serverfarm is a leading developer and operator of data centers in North America, and EMEA, and has key customer relationships with rapidly growing hyperscale, technology and enterprise customers. In September 2023, Manulife Investment Management acquired a controlling interest in Serverfarm, which allows the company greater access to capital to accelerate the expansion of its data center portfolio on a worldwide basis.

The company is positioned to capture the growing demand for data center capacity that continues to grow globally, fueled by the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence and companies’ continued transition of data workloads and storage to the cloud.

• Deputize for the COO, providing leadership across global operations, strategic priorities, and major business initiatives; serve as second-in-command ensuring continuity of decision-making and execution.
• Represent Operations with Executive Leadership, the Board, investors, and key customers; translate corporate strategy into operational plans and long-term growth roadmaps, partnering with Product, Development, Construction, Finance, Legal, Security, and Commercial teams.

• Establish and govern global operational standards, SOPs, maintenance frameworks, and KPI framework (uptime, SLA, MTTR, energy, safety, staffing, customer experience).
• Ensure robust compliance frameworks are maintained across all operating regions, including regulatory obligations, customer commitments, certifications, and internal controls.
• Oversee business continuity, disaster recovery, and crisis management processes are maintained, tested, and continuously improved, lead RCA and executive response for major incidents.
• Drive continuous improvement, standardization, and efficiency across regions, embedding best practice and operational discipline.
• Provide executive oversight of the Global Network Operations Centre (GNOC), ensuring 24x7 monitoring, incident response, escalation management and service continuity across the portfolio.

• Lead the global safety program, ensuring strong safety culture, regulatory compliance, risk management, and consistent standards across all regions.
• Provide executive oversight of critical environment management (electrical, mechanical, cooling, controls) and lifecycle management of in-life critical assets.
• Partner with Development, Construction, and Engineering to embed operational requirements in new designs and retrofits; standardize commissioning, integrated systems testing, and operational handover.

• Establish executive relationships with key hyperscale, enterprise, and strategic customers; own…