Lead, Turn-up Delivery – EMEA

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

📋 Description

• Oversee the execution and technical deployment of Volta's EMEA infrastructure from completion of delivery to operational capacity.

• Manage the turn-up process across all EMEA locations, ensuring readiness of facilities and connectivity, leading through to activation and service launch.

• Direct turn-up activities simultaneously across various EMEA sites.

• Take ownership of the complete turn-up workflow, including prerequisites, accountability, documentation, approval checkpoints, and transitions.

• Manage the EMEA turn-up schedule and synchronize activation periods among delivery, engineering, and operations teams.

• Address obstacles to resolution and escalate risks related to connectivity and delivery to leadership.

• Ensure that technical authorities make acceptance decisions, and document any approvals or exceptions.

• Provide reports on turn-up performance, aging blockers, and confidence in releases to leadership.

• Work with Platform and Strategic Operations teams to automate the workflow, aiming to decrease turn-up lead times.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 8 years of experience in leading network activation, infrastructure turn-up, or service transition in data centers or telecommunications.

• Demonstrated ability to execute high-volume deployments while consistently achieving performance targets.

• Proven hands-on experience in managing turn-up execution across multiple EMEA sites.

• Knowledge of dependencies related to facility, connectivity, and compute readiness.

• A history of enhancing activation lead times across a portfolio.

• Strong skills in facilitation and escalation when dealing with senior technical and operational leaders.

• Eligibility to work in the country where the position is located, or the capability to secure necessary sponsorship.

• Preferred: experience with hyperscale, GPU, or AI infrastructure turn-up.

• Preferred: familiarity with workflow automation, service management, or deployment orchestration tools.

• Preferred: prior experience as a People Manager.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equity in Volta, allowing you to participate in the company’s long-term success.

• Contributions to retirement/pension plans.

• Extensive health, wellness, and insurance benefits.

• A generous vacation allowance each year.

• Discretionary bonuses.

• Global benefits may differ by country due to local regulations.