Vantage Data Centers
TPM Director, EMEA
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About Vantage
Vantage powers, cools, protects, and connects the technology of the world’s well-known hyperscalers, cloud providers and large enterprises. Developing and operating across 19 markets in North America, EMEA and APAC, Vantage has evolved data centre design in innovative ways to deliver dramatic gains in reliability, efficiency and sustainability in flexible environments that can scale as quickly as the market demands. Vantage’s business is growing exponentially, through a combination of greenfield market expansion and acquisitions.
Position Overview
The Technical Program Director leads enterprise-level, multi-domain programs across EMEA Operations, supporting Site Operations, Reliability Engineering, Project Execution, and Customer Experience.
This role operates at a systems and portfolio level, aligning sequencing across concurrent initiatives and shaping execution strategy for complex, critical, infrastructure and cross-functional efforts. The Lead TPM is accountable for defining program architecture, anticipating systemic integration and reliability risks, and advising operational leaders on tradeoffs that impact scalability and delivery predictability.
Operating with minimal oversight, the Lead TPM sets direction within the program management domain and contributes directly to short- and mid-term operational strategy execution.
Essential Job Functions
Enterprise Program Architecture & Execution Strategy
- Lead enterprise-level, multi-workstream programs that span multiple operational functions and intersecting systems
- Define execution architecture including sequencing strategy, cross-program dependency alignment, and integration gating models
- Align prioritization and sequencing across concurrent initiatives to reduce systemic risk and execution conflicts
- Establish structured program governance frameworks for high-impact initiatives
- Drive alignment across functional leaders on scope boundaries, sequencing tradeoffs, and resource implications
Cross-Program Systems Integration & Risk Leadership
- Evaluate and prioritize complex interdependencies across concurrent programs to optimize integration timing and reduce systemic risk
- Anticipate scaling constraints, reliability exposure, and operational friction points that extend beyond a single initiative
- Proactively surface cross-functional tradeoffs affecting sequencing, capacity, or operational readiness
- Facilitate resolution of high-impact conflicts that require alignment among senior operational and technical leaders
- Ensure enterprise-level readiness, validation, and mitigation strategies are defined for programs with broad operational impact
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Executive Advisory & Influence
- Serve as accountable program lead for initiatives with significant operational and executive visibility
- Advise senior operational and technical leaders on sequencing strategy, feasibility constraints, and integration tradeoffs
- Present executive-ready updates that quantify systemic risk, operational impact, and decision implications
- Shape fact-based recommendations to influence prioritization and execution strategy
TPM Standards & Delivery Maturity
- Define and continuously improve TPM standards, frameworks, and execution best practices
- Mentor and guide Technical Program Managers on program structure, sequencing discipline, and risk mitigation rigor
- Elevate delivery maturity across EMEA Operations through consistent program architecture and governance improvements
Program Direction & Domain Leadership
- Operate effectively in ambiguous and evolving environments, defining structure where none exists
- Make significant domain-level decisions affecting program sequencing, risk posture, and delivery outcomes
- Exercise independent judgment in resolving complex cross-functional challenges
Additional Duties
- Handle additional duties as assigned by management
Job Requirements
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Operations, Engineering, Business, Information Systems, or related technical discipline and/or equivalent experience required
- Advanced degree (MBA, MS in Engineering, or similar) or equivalent experience preferred
Experience
- 15+ years of experience leading large-scale, cross-functional technical programs
- Demonstrated experience managing enterprise-level initiatives with multiple intersecting workstreams
- Experience influencing senior operational and technical stakeholders
- Experience resolving systemic integration challenges and cross-program dependencies
- Working knowledge of data centre infrastructure models and operational reliability frameworks preferred
- Experience supporting automation-enabled or AI-driven operational environments preferred
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Skills
- Advanced systems thinking with ability to evaluate interdependencies across concurrent programs
- Strong sequencing and execution architecture capability
- Ability to identify and mitigate systemic risk across multi-domain initiatives
- Executive-level communication and influence without direct authority
- Ability to resolve cross-functional conflicts affecting sequencing and delivery
- Operates effectively in ambiguous environments and defines structure for complex initiatives
Travel
- Travel required is expected to be up to 20%, but may increase over time as business evolves
Company Culture
We operate with No Ego and No Arrogance. We work to build each other up and support one another, appreciating each other’s strengths and respecting each other’s weaknesses. We find joy in our work and each other, actively seeking opportunities to inject fun into what we do. Our hard and efficient work is rewarded with an above market total compensation package. We offer a comprehensive suite of health and welfare, retirement, and paid leave benefits exceeding local expectations.
Throughout the year, the advantage of being part of the Vantage team is evident with an array of benefits, recognition, training and development, and the knowledge that your contribution adds value to the company and our community.
Don't meet all the requirements? Please still apply if you think you are the right person for the position. We are always keen to speak to people who connect with our mission and values.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Vantage is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Recruitment Notice
Vantage does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firm agencies. Fees will not be paid in the event a candidate submitted by a recruiter without an agreement in place is hired; such resumes will be deemed the sole property of Vantage.
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