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FalFalSan Francisco, CA

Head of Data Center Operations

Lead end-to-end data center operations for fal's GPU fleet powering AI inference. Own strategy, capacity planning, build-out, steady-state ops, team leadership, and cross-functional partnerships with engineering and finance to scale high-density infrastructure.

250k – 350k/yr
On-site10+ YOEHardware Engineering

About the role

What You'll Own

  • Own the full DC operations lifecycle — planning, design, build-out, deployment, and steady-state operations across our sites.
  • Set infrastructure operations strategy — capacity, cost, reliability, and scale, with clear OKRs/KPIs, in lockstep with engineering, finance, and leadership.
  • Run operations through the on-site team — direct our site lead and technicians, own incident and escalation management, and drive uptime and MTTR across sites.
  • Partner with Engineering, Network, and Capacity Planning to execute infrastructure expansion while optimizing power, cooling, rack density, and deployment schedules.
  • Develop operational processes, documentation, and vendor governance as fal continues to scale its global infrastructure footprint.

What You Bring

  • 10+ years in data center / infrastructure operations including senior leadership (Director level) owning multi-site or global operations.
  • 10MW+ facility experience — you've owned operations for a large-scale, mission-critical data center.
  • Full-lifecycle experience — planning and build-out through steady-state — ideally for high-density GPU / accelerator (AI inference) environments.
  • Strategic and cross-functional range — you partner naturally with engineering, finance, and business leadership on capacity, cost, and scale.
  • Command of commercial / vendor relationships and colocation / leased-space operations.

Bonus Points

  • You've stood up new data-center capacity from the ground up.
  • Experience operating high-density LPU/GPU or liquid-cooled environments.
  • You've built and scaled DC operations teams and the pipeline that feeds them.

Skills

data center operationsinfrastructure operationsgpu infrastructureCapacity PlanningVendor ManagementIncident Managementpower and cooling optimizationliquid coolingcolocation operations

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