Senior Vice President, Global Joint Venture Operations & Delivery

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Role Summary

This role is a senior operational and delivery leader for xScale, the joint venture for our hyperscale clients, reporting directly to the EVP, Global Operations.

The S/VP serves as the central interface between the xScale organization and Global Operations, and will collaborate across extended xScale leadership, enhancing the engagement with xScale JV partners, driving focus to meet xScale/JV commitments, and provide thought partnership to improve Design and Construction, Procurement and (Field) Operations team delivery.

In close partnership with the SVP of Global Design and Construction (GDC), the Global Head of Procurement, and the SVP Global Energy (Power), this leader ensures seamless alignment across planning, execution, delivery, and xScale operations. The S/VP is instrumental in building trust with key stakeholders-including customers, joint venture partners, and investors-while driving speed, scale, and quality in a dynamic and fast-evolving business environment.

Responsibilities

Understand and Distill JV Interests

Track JV commitments and asks:

• Maintain a thorough understanding of Global Design & Construction (GDC)'s, Procurement's and Power's (P/Ps) contractual obligations to the JV

• Identify any non-contractual asks expressed by JV partners

• Engage GDC-P/P and Operations leadership to determine how best to address these, driving strong partnership

Distill and share requirements to GDC-P/P and Operations:

• Drive alignment to JV needs by distilling key requirements and communicating them to the relevant GDC-P/P and Operations teams

• Provide context, clarify potential consequences of unmet obligations, and support progress tracking

Ensure two-way alignment on new commitments: Collaborate with the central xScale team to ensure GDC-P/P and Operations leaders are formally consulted before defining and adding new commitments before adding to plan of record.

Orchestration of Global Design, Construction, Procurement, Power (GDC-P/P) & Operations role in JV Engagement

• JV Reporting: Leads team to develop standard reports (both regular and ad hoc) summarizing GDC-P/P's progress and contributions to xScale outcomes

• Storytelling: Craft the broader narrative, aligned with GDC-P/P and Operations leadership, to JV and partners highlighting successes and opportunities, prioritizing ones which may require intervention or should be amplified to drive a proactive and balanced approach to communications

• Manage information flow across key audiences: Collaborate with leaders to strategically determine what internal thinking and decision-making should be shared with JV partners and internal audiences, ensuring needed context is paired with information and insights

• Lead JV interactions: The team will represent GDC-P/P and Operations in JV engagements and ensure appropriate GDC-P/P and Operations subject matter experts and leaders are involved when needed

• Foster high quality strategic and working relationships with JV partners and GDC-P/P and Ops

Program Management and Execution Oversight

• Drive central xScale team to maintain the plan of record. Partner with central xScale team, who maintains the plan of record, to ensure it is current and enables the GDC-P/P and Operations teams to drive the right outcomes, including accurate volume and timing decisions, adjust to changes, and inform stakeholders on implications to already-executed activities

• Establish a clear demand/supply planning process (to include scenario planning) at the portfolio and project levels with clear cadences and responsibilities across relevant stakeholders and partners

• Monitor project-level MQRs. Review reports to ensure key project-level MQRs are being met, surfacing or escalating where projects are at risk

• Enhance existing project reviews with focus on JV commitments. Reduce duplication by augmenting the existing project review cycle and focusing on control points critical to JV commitments. Independently assess whether we are on track, flag early risks to cost, schedule, and other obligations, and initiate discussions with stakeholders as needed. Providing this visibility will enable GDC-P leaders to direct project teams and handle execution

• Escalations: Serve as Tier 1 incident response: Lead GDC-P/P's and Ops response to incidents affecting JVs. Coordinate fact-finding, ensure the execution of response plans, and manage communications in line with the broader communications plan. When appropriate, they may also represent GDC-P/P and Ops in communications with JV partners

• Institute and manage the xScale stage-gate process alongside cross-functional constituents

• Provide execution oversight into day-to-day xScale Operations

Center of Excellence for xScale Delivery

• Analyze and interpret GDC-P/P and Ops performance metrics for xScale

• Promote global best-practice adoption: by developing xScale-specific playbooks, sharing best practices developed in individual projects and benchmarking external/market practices (e.g., AI applications) for internal adoption

• Drive Continuous Improvement:

Identifying recurring issues across projects and updating standard proc esses to prevent them

-Conducting root cause analyses and codifying lessons learned

-Leading innovation sprints to enhance speed, quality, and execution coordination

Essential skills, knowledge and experience

• Deep understanding of hyperscale customer requirements, SLAs, and delivery models, demonstrated by leading endtoend, multisite data center programs from concept through commissioning

• Understanding of data center site selection, design integration, construction methodologies, commissioning, and operational handover-proven by successful global rollouts of hyperscale facilities

• Demonstrated success in developing and leading the implementation of complex strategies across diverse internal and external stakeholder groups and geographies, ensuring alignment with organizational enterprise goals

• Skilled in navigating joiunt venure or similar structures, reporting, and shared riskreward models, with handson experience maintaining transparency, building trust, and governing partner relationships

• Proven ability leading through change and scaling operations in fast-paced, evolving environments, to maintain a competitive edge and adapt to evolving markets

Skills and Attributes

• Strategic thinker with a customer-centric mindset and a passion for operational excellence and continuous improvement

• Demonstrated ability to collaborate and partner effectively with executive stakeholders, especially in complex, matrixed organizations

• Excellent problem-solving ability to understand stakeholder needs, drive prioritization, and deliver value

• Adept at inspiring behavior change through motivating teams, planning initiatives, designating priorities, and being decisive when faced with ambiguity

• Ability to provide thought leadership, think strategically and effectively communicate vision and influence across the organization

• Ability to be data driven, decisive, execution-focused and results-oriented to ensure strategy translates to outcomes Ability to think strategically, solve complex communication challenges, and adapt to shifting priorities while engaging stakeholders and aligning efforts with the organization's long-term vision, strategy, and goals.

• Strong leadership capabilities with the proven ability to inspire and manage high-performing teams, fostering a culture of accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement

• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, coupled with high emotional intelligence to navigate interpersonal dynamics, influence stakeholders, and foster collaboration across all levels of the organization

• Proven ability to build and lead through influence, work across matrixed teams, drive alignment and collaboration with key stakeholders to enable performance and execution on strategic goals

• Proficiency in leveraging data and analytics to inform decisions, measure the effectiveness of communications strategies, track performance, and identify opportunities for improvement

• Strong commercial acumen and understanding of large-scale contracting

Leadership characteristics

• Is a transformational leader who excels at driving bold and meaningful change at scale and across multiple dimensions

• Leads with a global mindset, across cultures, in a highly matrixed, relationship and consensus-driven environment

• Cultivates Innovation - Creates new and better ways for the organization to be successful. Fosters a climate where innovation can thrive. Encourages innovative risk taking and embraces failure as a part of innovation

The United States targeted pay range for this position in the following location is / locations are:

* San Francisco, CA / Bay Area: $342,000 to $514,000 per year
* California (Non-SF/Bay Area), Connecticut, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Washington state: $342,000 to $514,000 per year
* Colorado, Nevada, Rhode Island: $332,000 to $498,000 per year

Our pay ranges reflect the minimum and maximum target for new hire pay for the full-time position determined by role, level, and location. Individual pay is based on additional factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education and/or training.

This position may be offered in other locations. Your recruiter can share more about the specific pay range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

The targeted pay range listed reflects the base pay only and does not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Employees are eligible for bonus, and equity may be offered depending on the position.

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