IREN develops and operates high-performance AI data centers and GPU cloud services across North America. Its infrastructure is built for demanding AI training and inference workloads, combining turnkey data centers, colocation for customer-owned hardware, and managed access to GPUs. The company’s vertically integrated model includes facility operations and 24/7 onsite support, with data centers powered by renewable energy and renewable energy certificates. IREN’s growing infrastructure portfolio spans locations in the United States and Canada, supporting large-scale AI capacity across operational, under-construction, and development-stage sites.
Director of Network Delivery
Lead telecommunications, fiber, and network infrastructure delivery across IREN’s renewable-powered AI data centers. Set portfolio standards and oversee teams, schedules, budgets, vendors, and campus handovers.
Description
- Set network delivery strategy across IREN’s data center portfolio, covering telecom contracts, carrier strategy, standard designs, and long-lead equipment.
- Create and maintain campus-wide delivery standards, templates, specifications, labeling rules, testing requirements, and acceptance criteria.
- Set DCIM and NetBox data standards and ensure infrastructure records are accurate at campus handover.
- Improve delivery by capturing lessons learned and updating standards.
- Build and lead the Network Delivery team, including hiring, staff development, and assignments across campuses.
- Set priorities and staffing across campuses, and manage team performance, training, and health, safety, and environmental culture.
- Manage the portfolio delivery schedule, coordinating carrier activation, MMR, backbone, and building network milestones with campus master schedules.
- Manage network delivery budgets, forecasts, contingency, cost plans, and variance reports.
- Lead campus and portfolio governance reviews and deliver regular executive updates.
- Maintain the portfolio risk register and lead assessments for new campuses.
- Approve network contract awards and change orders within delegated authority, and support major agreement negotiations.
- Manage strategic relationships with carriers, service providers, telecom contractors, and network equipment vendors.
- Establish master agreements, standard pricing, service levels, KPIs, and performance reviews.
- Resolve issues involving carriers, service providers, vendors, off-campus routes, and site entrances.
- Support carrier access and connectivity reviews for prospective campuses.
- Work with campus Project Directors to coordinate network scope with civil, electrical, mechanical, and building trades.
- Coordinate with Network Engineering on logical design, VLANs, IP addressing, equipment standards, and construction documents.
- Coordinate network dependencies for operational technology, including BMS, EPMS, life-safety, security, CCTV, access control, Wi-Fi, and environmental monitoring.
- Lead handover of network infrastructure to Operations, validating as-built documents, test results, labels, and DCIM or NetBox records.
- Report network delivery status, risks, schedule, and budget to executive leadership.
- Represent Network Delivery with executives, carriers, service providers, strategic partners, and customers.
- Work with leaders across Project Delivery, Network Engineering, Operations, Sourcing, and Development.
Requirements
- At least 12 years of experience in telecommunications, network infrastructure, or the data center industry.
- At least five years of project management and people leadership delivering telecom or network infrastructure for mid-to-large data center or similarly complex mission-critical programs, including a full campus or multi-building program.
- Experience building and leading a project management team and managing performance across concurrent projects or sites.
- A qualification in engineering, telecommunications, or a related discipline, or equivalent demonstrated technical knowledge and experience in data center network and fiber infrastructure.
- Deep technical expertise in outside-plant and inside-plant fiber, carrier and MMR delivery, campus backbone, structured cabling, and network infrastructure.
- A track record establishing and managing carrier, service-provider, and vendor relationships and agreements, including negotiations and dispute resolution.
- Ability to clearly and consistently communicate program risks, schedules, and budgets to executive leaders, in writing and in person.
- Experience solving complex problems with company-wide impact in a fast-growth environment.
- OSHA 30 certification.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Project, Excel, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
- Preferred: Master’s degree or MBA.
- Preferred: Experience with long-haul and metro fiber routes, rights-of-way and permitting, diverse entrances, splicing, OTDR acceptance, carrier POP and handoff coordination, service orders, and turn-up.
- Preferred: Experience with MMR design and fit-out, MDF/IDF, pathways and cable tray, structured cabling, cross-connects, patch panels, and labeling standards.
- Preferred: Experience with 100G/400G connectivity, DWDM or optical transport, VLANs, and IP addressing.
- Preferred: Experience with networks for BMS, EPMS, fire and life-safety monitoring, security, CCTV, access control, Wi-Fi, and environmental monitoring.
- Preferred: Experience with NetBox or another DCIM platform, asset and connectivity records, naming conventions, and as-built validation.
- Preferred: Experience creating and rolling out design and delivery standards, templates, and acceptance criteria across multiple sites.
- Direct-to-subcontractor and GC-led delivery experience is highly regarded.
- PMP or equivalent certification and tertiary project management qualifications are desirable but not required.
- Industry credentials such as BICSI RCDD/DCDC, Cisco or equivalent networking certifications, or FOA CFOT are highly regarded.
- Familiarity with SAP and Primavera P6 is highly regarded.
- Flexibility to work across time zones.
- Frequent travel to campuses and other IREN sites as needed.
- A clear criminal record check is required.
- Must provide personal steel-toed work boots; other PPE is supplied.
- Must be based at or within reasonable reach of an IREN campus, or plan to relocate before starting.
- Must be authorized to work in the United States; IREN participates in E-Verify.
Benefits
- Annual incentive bonus.
- Equity through a long-term incentive plan.
- Relocation assistance may be available, depending on the successful candidate’s circumstances.
- 100% of employee medical, dental, and vision insurance premiums paid by the company.
- 75% of dependent coverage paid by the company.
- Company-paid short-term and long-term disability insurance.
- Voluntary life, critical illness, and accident coverage.
- Health Savings Account when paired with the High Deductible Health Plan.
- Employee Assistance Program and wellness resources.
- 401(k) retirement plan with company match.
- Financial planning and legal services.
- Paid time off.
- Paid holidays.
- Internal skills training and advancement pathways.
- Professional development for certifications, continuing education, or role-related training.
- Company events and team-building activities.