Sr. Director, Cooling & Chiller Systems

The Senior Director of Cooling & Chiller Systems leads the strategy, design, and development of advanced cooling solutions for data center and energy management applications across North America. This role is accountable for the engineering development of Centrifugal Chillers, Modular Chiller Plants (MCP), and Coolant Distribution Units (CDU), ensuring performance, scalability, reliability, and compliance with North American standards and certifications. The role also leads key initiatives including product localization and certification, integrated MCP solution development, and advancement of liquid cooling technologies.

This leader establishes engineering capabilities, system architectures, and product platforms aligned with global engineering standards while addressing regional market requirements. Reporting to the General Manager, this position works closely with global engineering teams, regional partners, suppliers, and cross functional stakeholders in engineering, program management, supply chain, manufacturing, and service to deliver high performance, market ready cooling solutions that support the organization's strategic business growth in North America.

This position collaborates with global stakeholders across Asia and the U.S. to align priorities, enable effective execution, and support the company's long term business objectives.

• Define and execute the cooling systems product strategy, including Centrifugal Chillers, MCP, and CDU solutions.
• Lead development of scalable, high efficiency cooling architectures for data center applications, including both air and liquid cooling domains.
• Drive technical roadmap for next generation cooling systems aligned with market trends and customer requirements.

• Oversee system level design, integration, and optimization of Centrifugal Chiller Systems, MCP platforms, and CDU units.
• Ensure robust engineering processes across concept design, detailed design, validation, and product release.
• Establish design standards, engineering methodologies, and best practices aligned with global engineering frameworks.
• Lead multidisciplinary engineering teams across mechanical, thermal, electrical, and controls domains.

• Lead efforts to ensure compliance of Centrifugal Chillers and cooling systems with North American regulatory and certification requirements, including UL and other applicable regulations.
• Drive localization of products to meet regional codes, standards, and customer specifications.
• Manage technical engagement with certification agencies and regulatory bodies.
• Lead development of Modular Chiller Plant (MCP) systems integrating Centrifugal Chillers, controls, piping, and auxiliary systems into modular solutions.
• Drive system integration including electrical, mechanical, and control interfaces for modular deployment.
• Collaborate with partners and suppliers to develop manufacturable, scalable MCP solutions.
• Lead development and commercialization of CDU systems for liquid cooled data center environments.
• Oversee integration of CDU with IT and facility systems, ensuring performance and reliability.
• Drive innovation in liquid cooling technologies, including system optimization and control strategies.

• Oversee execution of development programs from requirements definition through design, prototyping, testing, certification, and commercialization.
• Ensure projects are delivered on schedule, within scope, and aligned with business objectives.
• Integrate engineering deliverables with program management and commercial milestones.
• Establish and scale the cooling systems engineering organization in North America.
• Define roles, responsibilities, reporting structures, and talent development strategies.
• Build technical capabilities and ensure effective knowledge transfer between global engineering teams and North America.
• Collaborate with program management, supply chain, manufacturing, quality, and service teams to ensure end to end solution delivery.
• Provide executive level…