General Manager, Data Center (New Build)

Role description

Role Overview

The General Manager, Data Center will lead the organizational build-out, hardware deployment, operational readiness, and ongoing performance of our gigawatt-scale data center campus in Independence, Missouri. This is an on-site leadership role with responsibility for the Independence campus.

What You Will Do

Responsibilities will include designing and building the campus organization, hiring and leading directors, data center managers, and operations teams, owning the integrated operational readiness plan, and ensuring trained teams, tested procedures, and critical spares are in place before production operations begin.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The role offers the opportunity to shape the operating practices that support Nebius as its AI infrastructure business grows, and to work on site in Independence, Missouri and provide visible leadership through deployment, launch, and ongoing operations.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in data center, cloud infrastructure, or comparable mission-critical operations, including senior leadership responsibility
• A track record of building and scaling organizations and leading managers across multiple technical and operational functions
• Experience leading hardware deployment, infrastructure integration, operational acceptance, or major compute capacity expansion into production service
• Strong understanding of critical facilities, including power and cooling, and how those systems affect IT availability and high-density compute operations
• Leadership experience across compute, networking, storage, and infrastructure lifecycle management, with the technical judgment to coordinate specialist teams
• Demonstrated ownership of operating budgets, workforce planning, vendor performance, and executive reporting
• Experience leading incident response, change management, risk reduction, and service improvement in high-availability environments
• Ability to exercise sound judgment, make decisions with incomplete information, address underperformance directly, and align stakeholders around clear outcomes

Benefits

• Health insurance: 100% company-paid medical, dental and vision coverage for employees and families
• 401(k) plan: Up to 4% company match with immediate vesting
• Parental leave: 20 weeks paid for primary caregivers, 12 weeks for secondary caregivers
• Remote work reimbursement: Up to $85/month for mobile and internet
• Disability and life insurance: Company-paid short-term, long-term and life insurance coverage