# Head of Data Center Operations

**Company:** [Fal](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/fal)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Hardware Engineering
**Salary:** $250k – $350k/yr
**Experience:** 10+ years
**Skills:** data center operations, infrastructure operations, gpu infrastructure, Capacity Planning, Vendor Management, Incident Management, power and cooling optimization, liquid cooling, colocation operations
**Posted:** 2026-07-29

> 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.

## Job Description

## 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.

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