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About the Role

The Senior Vice President, Facilities Operations will lead multiple facilities regions, providing strategic vision and tactical execution to support QTS's diverse platform-wide facilities needs. This role involves integrating corporate real estate management, financial analysis, master planning, new construction, and direct facilities management, including infrastructure maintenance, datacenter operations, and business continuity/disaster recovery for all owned and leased properties. The position also requires managing multi-million dollar annual capital and expense budgets.

Responsibilities

Maintain, establish, and implement facilities policies, procedures, and organizational structure within senior management guidelines, ensuring compliance with federal, state, and local regulations.
Develop, direct, and monitor short-term and long-range business plans aligned with company profit and growth objectives, establishing operations standards for cost control, waste reduction, quality, safety, and environmental responsibility.
Supervise the preparation and implementation of effective operating budgets for each Data Center in their assigned region.
Oversee the operations budget to ensure compliance with organizational expenditure requirements.
Ensure the proactive delivery of corporate services, including space planning, Power and Cooling services, headcount projections, planning, budgeting, capital projects, maintenance, janitorial services, landscaping, and business continuity/disaster recovery for facilities through a staff of Data Center Directors and other leaders.
Provide matrixed leadership in conjunction with Regional Leaders and other line of business owners to ensure operational standards are achieved.
Negotiate improvement project contracts for leased and owned real estate.
Confer with professional staff to resolve operational problems, authorize operational procedures, and approve all major estimates.
Maintain positive relationships and communication with staff and executive-level management.
Utilize comparative evaluations between facilities and key performance indicators (ITIL, IFMA) to monitor operational program effectiveness through benchmarking and best practices.
Ensure facilities' compliance with all governmental operating guidelines.
Obtain and maintain all necessary licenses, permits, and certifications.
Participate in community activities and organizations through professional association affiliations and program participation.
Drive innovation into facilities programs/systems with an environmentally conscious attitude.
Participate on acquisition teams to assess potential facilities as needed.

Requirements

Bachelor degree in Business, Engineering, Architecture, related area or equivalent professional experience.
Fifteen or more years’ experience in facilities management, Data Center management, corporate/military engineering, or other related field.
Five or more years’ people management experience, with experience in managing teams virtually preferred.
Strong knowledge of related regulations and laws.
General knowledge of electrical systems, mechanical systems, maintenance, environmental codes & safety codes (OSHA, EPA, DOT, ADA, and NFPA).
Working knowledge of construction practices, building codes, and project management.
Experience having P&L responsibility, budgeting, and financial model development.
US Citizenship required by law due to federal customer contracts.

Skills

Good judgment
Strategic agility
Good decision-making skills
Ability to build and lead teams
Ability to work well in a collaborative, team-oriented environment
Proven leadership skills
Proven management skills
Proven interpersonal skills
Proven negotiation skills
Proven organizational skills
Proven analytic skills
Proven communication skills
Keen planning skills
Ability to lead through influence
Proactive partner with strong customer service orientation
Ability to build relationships by building trust
Ability to solve problems at a strategic and functional level
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Solid work ethic
Unquestioned integrity

Location

Virginia

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Senior
15+ years in facilities management
5+ years people management

Education Level

Bachelor's degree
Master's Degree (MBA, MPA, or Masters in Engineering or Construction Management or related field) or 20+ years related work experience and/or training preferred

Salary/Compensations

$259,781.93 - $397,275.84 (if based in Virginia)

Benefits

Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Life insurance
Disability insurance
401(k) retirement plan
Flexible spending and HSA accounts
Paid holidays
Paid time off
Paid volunteer days
Employee assistance program
Tuition assistance
Parental leave
Military leave assistance
QTS scholarship for dependents
Wellness program
Bonus eligible
Equity eligible

About the Company

QTS is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities.

Equal Opportunity

We conform to all the laws, statutes, and regulations concerning equal employment opportunities and affirmative action.
We strongly encourage women, minorities, individuals with disabilities and veterans to apply to all of our job openings.
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin, age, disability status, Genetic Information & Testing, Family & Medical Leave, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
We prohibit retaliation against individuals who bring forth any complaint, orally or in writing, to the employer or the government, or against any individuals who assist or participate in the investigation of any complaint or discrimination claim.