Lead, Large Form Factor Modular Data Center

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Oversee the daily management of the Large Form Factor MDC product line, ensuring successful delivery.

• Implement the segment strategy developed in collaboration with the GM of Form Factors, ensuring it aligns with Armada's overall platform and growth goals.

• Create operational rhythms, key performance indicators (KPIs), and accountability frameworks to ensure reliable execution.

• Offer insights to the GM regarding pricing, prioritization of investments, capacity planning, and scaling strategies.

• Direct the comprehensive product development process, covering system architecture, mechanical and electrical design, thermal systems, integration, and certification.

• Guarantee that designs are manufacturable, scalable, cost-effective, and compliant with international standards (UL, IEC, NEC, ISO, etc.).

• Promote standardization and modularity while retaining the flexibility to accommodate customer-specific needs.

• Balance the pace of innovation with reliability, quality, and time-to-market considerations.

• Manage manufacturing operations for large-scale modular data center systems, including the execution of factory strategies (both internal and external), capacity scaling, and throughput optimization in partnership with stakeholders.

• Develop and enhance repeatable production processes, ensuring quality, adherence to schedules, and cost management.

• Collaborate with supply chain leadership on sourcing and execution for long-lead and critical components (power, cooling, steel, switchgear, IT infrastructure).

• Establish robust quality management systems, conduct root-cause analyses, and implement continuous improvement initiatives.

• Prepare the organization for rapid growth while upholding excellence in delivery.

• Convert customer demand and pipeline indicators into actionable production, staffing, and capital plans.

• Work closely with Sales, Finance, Legal, Supply Chain, and Program Management to facilitate complex customer deployments.

• Oversee the execution of contracts, delivery obligations, risk management, and change control processes.

• Enhance scalable business processes related to quoting, cost modeling, order management, and delivery.

• Collaborate with and mentor colleagues across engineering, manufacturing, and operations to foster high performance.

• Foster a culture of ownership, urgency, accountability, and operational excellence.

• Assist in recruitment efforts to attract top technical and operational talent for a premier modular infrastructure product line.

⛳️ Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in operations, engineering, or product execution roles, ideally within infrastructure and/or data centers.

• Practical experience supporting a hardware or systems product as it transitions from early growth to higher-volume production.

• Strong familiarity with manufacturing operations, supply chain management, and cost control strategies.

• Experience collaborating across cross-functional teams encompassing engineering, operations, and commercial sectors.

• Excellent communication abilities with the capacity to influence stakeholders throughout the organization.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive base salary and equity options.

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage (with subsidized costs).

• Health savings accounts (HSA), flexible spending accounts (FSA), and dependent care FSAs (DCFSA).

• Retirement plan options, including 401(k) and Roth 401(k) plans.

• Unlimited paid time off (PTO).

• 14 paid company holidays annually.