Data Center Site Manager (Hamburg) - Hosting

Are you looking for an exciting new opportunity?

Join a fast-growing AI cloud provider developing innovative platforms powered by cutting-edge research to transform the future of digital commerce and automation. Trusted by organisations across international markets, the company combines advanced AI capabilities with a strong commitment to data protection, digital sovereignty, and scalable innovation.

The European AI cloud provider is looking for a Site Manager to take ownership of one of its flagship AI data centres in Hamburg. The successful candidate will be responsible for the day-to-day operation of the facility, leading local teams, managing vendors, and ensuring the reliability, availability, and security of the infrastructure supporting large-scale AI training, inference, and high-performance computing (HPC) workloads.

The role will lead operations within one of Europe's most advanced AI data centre environments, supporting infrastructure powered by thousands of NVIDIA GPUs. Working closely with leadership, engineering, and construction teams, the successful candidate will take ownership of a critical facility while helping to shape operational standards as the organisation continues its global expansion.

This is an opportunity to play a key leadership role within a business building the next generation of AI infrastructure.

Responsibilities:

• Own the day-to-day operation of the Hamburg data centre facility.
• Lead and develop on-site Data Centre Operations and IT teams.
• Manage vendor relationships, maintenance providers, and third-party contractors.
• Ensure the availability and reliability of critical infrastructure, including power, cooling, and IT systems.
• Drive operational excellence through SOPs, MOPs, EOPs, and best practice processes.
• Lead incident management, root cause analysis, and service restoration activities.
• Oversee capacity planning, infrastructure upgrades, and site expansion projects.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety, security, and operational standards.
• Track KPIs relating to uptime, service delivery, operational efficiency, and site performance.
• Act as the primary escalation point for site-related operational issues.

Skills / Must Have:

• Experience managing operations within a data centre, colocation, hyperscale, cloud, or critical infrastructure environment.
• Strong understanding of mission-critical facilities, including UPS, generators, cooling systems, and electrical infrastructure.
• Experience leading technical operations, facilities, or site teams.
• Knowledge of incident management, change management, and operational governance.
• Experience managing vendors, contractors, and service providers.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Understanding of data centre IT infrastructure, including servers, storage, and networking, would be advantageous.
• Experience within AI, HPC, cloud, or hyperscale environments would be highly beneficial.

Benefits:

• Cash and equity compensation.
• Healthcare, wellbeing, and lunch benefits.
• Profitable and rapidly growing organisation.
• Opportunity to lead one of Europe’s most advanced AI data centre facilities.
• Exposure to cutting-edge AI, GPU, and HPC infrastructure.
• Significant career progression as the company expands globally.

Salary:

• Up to €100,000 based on experience