Director, Data Centres

Summary

Join Datacom as their dynamic Director of Data Centres, leading the management, growth, and sales strategy of their data centre business. You will oversee daily operations, ensure top-tier performance and security, and drive revenue growth. This role involves collaborating with the sales team, attracting new clients, negotiating contracts, and optimizing service offerings. The position has an international sales focus and responsibility for Trans-Tasman Data Centre Operations. Success requires balancing technical expertise with sales and business development skills within the data centre sector.

Requirements

• Experience developing and implementing strategic plans and objectives
• Experience in driving International Sales strategy
• Demonstrated executive leadership experience, managing and mentoring people and teams
• Financial management experience, including cost estimation and budget tracking and reporting
• Proven track record of achieving or exceeding budgeted sales and profit objectives
• Establishes and assures adherence to budgets, schedules, work plans, and performance requirements
• Deep General Management /Operational Management/Sales Management experience

Responsibilities

• Ensure business activities meet and integrate with organisation requirements for quality management, health and safety, legal stipulations, environmental policies and general duty of care
• Create an “automation first” culture, ensuring the ongoing automation of technologies and the development of future thinking strategies. Develop roadmaps that align with Datacom Group strategy while meeting current and future customer requirements
• Ensure business activities meet and integrate with organisation requirements for quality management, health and safety, legal stipulations, environmental policies and general duty of care
• Build long lasting, robust customer relationships and ensure that customer relationships are carefully managed throughout all aspects of service delivery across the organisation
• Develop long term strategic relationships with customer, partners, industry leaders and governments
• Provide relevant and up to date leadership and guidance on their industry and the implications to their area of work and the wider business
• Manage overall operations and customer engagement strategies, ensuring that planning, end-user impact, change management, training, quality management are properly addressed and monitored to ensure that availability, deadlines, budgets and service levels are met and results delivered
• Manage the relationships with (and between) external agencies and suppliers, ensuring contracts and service levels are negotiated in line with strategic aims and financial constraints and ongoing service is in-line with agreed contracts

Benefits

• Social events
• Chill-out spaces
• Remote working
• Flexi-hours
• Professional development courses