About Volta Volta is the category-defining, fully vertically integrated AI infrastructure platform - from capital to clusters to software, under a founder-led enterprise. Our mission is The Utility of Compute™: AI infrastructure as dependable and available as electricity, for every organization that needs it. Launched with a $10B strategic partnership with one of the leading frontier AI labs, a Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz, and a $5B AI Infrastructure Fund, Volta is building the infrastructure layer of the AI era from the ground up. Regional Data Centre Operations Director, EMEA
Department: Data Centre Site Operations, EMEA
Reports to: VP, Data Centre Operations
Data Centre Manager, Logistics Manager, Asset and Inventory Manager
Reporting to the VP, Data Centre Operations, the Regional Data Centre Operations Director is responsible for the technical oversight of day-to-day data centre operations and service delivery across Volta's EMEA portfolio. The scope covers data centre management, data centre services delivery, third party vendor and subcontractor management, and customer engagement.
Volta is the category-defining, fully vertically integrated AI infrastructure platform - from capital to clusters to software, under a founder-led enterprise. Our mission is The Utility of Compute™: AI infrastructure as dependable and available as electricity, for every organization that needs it. Launched with a $10B strategic partnership with one of the leading frontier AI labs, a Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz, and a $5B AI Infrastructure Fund, Volta is building the infrastructure layer of the AI era from the ground up. Regional Data Centre Operations Director, EMEA
Department: Data Centre Site Operations, EMEA
Reports to: VP, Data Centre Operations
Data Centre Manager, Logistics Manager, Asset and Inventory Manager
Reporting to the VP, Data Centre Operations, the Regional Data Centre Operations Director is responsible for the technical oversight of day-to-day data centre operations and service delivery across Volta's EMEA portfolio. The scope covers data centre management, data centre services delivery, third party vendor and subcontractor management, and customer engagement.
You will be accountable for every operational and service aspect of Volta's data centres across EMEA, leading the Data Centre Manager, Logistics Manager and Asset and Inventory Manager.




Provide strategic direction to site management, facility and IT infrastructure, logistics, asset and inventory, and services teams
Build the capability of each department (site operations, logistics, IT infrastructure, asset and inventory, services) and drive operational excellence across the portfolio
Review and sign off all high-risk activities across the portfolio, such as DNO outages, high-risk project works, capacity upgrades, and customer fit-outs, deployments and product refreshes
Ensure Volta's data centres are fully compliant with local and regional regulations at all times
Act as the senior escalation point across EMEA, providing guidance, support and coaching
Work with Volta's operational engineering team to improve data centre design and operations
Drive energy efficiency programmes and initiatives across EMEA
Represent Volta Operations in external forums where relevant, including environmental agencies and authorities having jurisdiction (AHJs)
Support site teams to deliver zero downtime on all site activities through proper risk analysis and mitigation
Ensure high-risk activities are well orchestrated and controlled in line with safety rules and Volta's operating principles
Manage critical vendors at senior level, including colocation providers, IT integrators and OEMs
Adapt quickly to changes in Volta directives and processes so every data centre meets existing and new standards
Sponsor projects and initiatives within EMEA
EMEA-adapted operational processes for high-risk project works
~ You will be reliable, honest, committed and competent, with strong leadership and management skills.
You will have experience in the data centre industry, from either an IT infrastructure or facility M&E; perspective. Experience with hyperscale customers is preferred, but we will also consider experience of other critical environments such as nuclear, aeronautics, petrochemical and pharmaceutical.
An electrical or mechanical qualification,



ideally to degree level, or equivalent experience; Relevant IT, data centre or AI infrastructure certifications, such as those from Microsoft, Cisco or NVIDIA
Extensive experience in data centre facilities, IT infrastructure or another critical environment
Leading data centre operations, IT infrastructure and operations engineering teams
Extensive real-time incident and fault management experience in a business-critical environment
Business continuity, risk management, incident management and change control
Electrical, mechanical cooling, fire and life safety, and IT/OT systems, or the compute, storage and network infrastructure layer of the data centre
Project management
Excellent understanding of health and safety, ISO standards, regulation and compliance in data centres
Comprehensive knowledge of customer installations in data centres and the contractual set-up behind them
Good working knowledge of Microsoft 365
As a general team, we do our best to provide great benefits wherever you're based. While some benefits vary by country due to local regulations, we believe looking after our people is simply the right thing to do.
Retirement/pension contributions
Comprehensive health, wellbeing and insurance benefits
All offers of employment at Volta are conditional on the satisfactory completion of pre-employment screening, which includes confirmation of your right to work, verification of your employment history and a criminal record check, where this is permitted by local law. Screening is carried out by Zinc, an accredited third-party provider, after an offer is made and all information is handled confidentially and in accordance with applicable data protection law.
We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team and make employment decisions based on skills, qualifications, experience and business needs. If you require accommodations or adjustments at any stage of the application or interview process, please contact us at applying, you consent to the processing of your personal data for recruitment purposes in accordance with applicable data protection laws, including the UK GDPR, EU GDPR and relevant US state privacy regulations. Your data will be shared only with those involved in the hiring process and will not be used for unrelated purposes.

📌 Regional Director of Operations - EMEA (España)
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