About the role
Create and champion a culture of safety, security, availability, quality, and compliance across data center operations. Attract, develop, and retain diverse talent, creating an environment that supports individual growth, collaboration, and career development. Build an inclusive environment where differing perspectives are valued and team members are empowered to contribute. Establish clear priorities and accountability while enabling teams to successfully deliver against business and operational objectives. Extensive leadership and management experience within production, mission-critical, data center, infrastructure, technology, or comparable operational environments. Significant experience managing complex vendor relationships, commercial agreements, contracts, or operating partnerships. Demonstrated experience leading, directly managing, and influencing diverse and multidisciplinary teams across complex organizations. Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional initiatives, build alignment across stakeholders, and deliver meaningful business and operational outcomes. Proven ability to build, develop, and lead high-performing teams. Strong knowledge of physical IT infrastructure, which may include servers, storage, networking, capacity, data center racks/enclosures, or structured cabling. Knowledge of Critical Environment infrastructure and concepts, which may include electrical distribution, power systems, cooling systems, mechanical infrastructure, or comparable mission-critical technologies. Demonstrated ability to communicate and influence effectively across technical teams, business stakeholders, and senior leadership. Strong understanding of financial management, budgeting, cost management, and forecasting. Experience applying project or program management principles within complex technical or operational environments. Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Telecommunications, a related field, or equivalent practical experience. Knowledge of IT Service Management and service operations principles, such as ITIL, OLA/SLA management, or continuous service improvement. Experience leading large-scale data center, cloud infrastructure, network, critical environment, or technology deployment programs. Experience supporting the transition of infrastructure from design, construction, or commissioning into operational environments. Experience delivering AI, high-performance computing, advanced network, or other large-scale technology infrastructure. Relevant project, program, operational excellence, or continuous improvement certifications, such as PMI/PMP, Six Sigma, Kaizen, ITIL, or comparable certifications. Experience working effectively across regional or global organizations with multiple technical and business stakeholders. These
requirements include, but are not limited to, the following specialized security screening: Data Center Operations Management M6 - The typical base pay range for this role across Ireland is € 106,300.00 - € 188,800.00 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for
benefits and other
compensation. Contribute to regional and global improvement programs and apply lessons learned and best practices to strengthen operational performance. Ensure newly launched facilities transition effectively into the field operations portfolio. Support the delivery and readiness of core network infrastructure for new and existing data center locations. Provide leadership across network infrastructure installation, device deployment readiness, hardware troubleshooting, and improvements to associated processes and tools. Support Edge Data Center Operations to maintain strong standards of safety, security, governance, reliability, and infrastructure services across the region. Establish effective governance across deployment programs, including risk and issue management, program communications, stakeholder alignment, and executive reporting.
About Swiftkey
SwiftKey is a technology company that aims to enhance interaction between keyboards and people. It upgrades smartphone keyboards to make typing faster, by utilizing artificial intelligence to learn from each user in order to autocorrect and predict their next word. The SwiftKey Keyboard for Android supports more than 80 languages. SwiftKey was founded by Ben Medlock and Jon Reynolds in 2008 and is based in London, United Kingdom.
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Location
Dublin, Ireland
What happens next.
No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.
Confirm the fit
A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.
I pitch you to the company
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A meeting lands on your calendar
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