Staffing and Operations Manager - Datacenters

Accountabilities: Strategic Workforce Planning: Develop and execute comprehensive staffing strategies to support project ramp-up, ensuring critical positions are filled in line with construction and commissioning milestones. Recruitment Coordination: Partner with Talent Acquisition teams to define role requirements, align candidate profiles with technical needs, and prioritize recruitment based on project schedules and resource demands. Staffing Pipeline Management: Coordinate recruitment activities to maintain a consistent pipeline of qualified talent, avoiding hiring bottlenecks, resource shortages, and unnecessary labor costs. Recruitment Performance Monitoring: Track key recruitment indicators, including time-to-fill metrics, identify potential delays, and escalate staffing risks that could jeopardize project milestones. Technical Resource Alignment: Collaborate with HR Business Partners and project stakeholders to ensure workforce capabilities and technical skills match evolving project requirements. International Mobility and Immigration: Oversee global workforce mobility requirements for personnel assigned to datacenter projects, ensuring appropriate coordination of visas, work permits, and related compliance obligations. Regulatory Coordination: Serve as a liaison between external immigration counsel, project management, and site leadership to address cross-border employment, immigration, and tax compliance requirements. Mobilization Risk Management: Proactively identify and resolve regulatory, logistical, or administrative barriers that could delay the deployment of essential personnel. Prevailing Wage Compliance: Monitor project-wide compliance with applicable prevailing wage requirements and ensure payroll records and labor reporting meet relevant local, state, and federal standards. Apprenticeship Program Oversight: Track apprenticeship utilization and required participation ratios, coordinating with unions, trade schools, and internal apprenticeship programs to meet applicable obligations. Labor Documentation and Audits: Maintain accurate, audit-ready records of labor classifications, hours worked, wage rates, and related documentation to reduce project risk and potential legal exposure. Cross-Functional Leadership: Work across a complex organizational structure to align workforce planning, operational execution, and compliance priorities with overall project objectives. Requirements Education: Bachelor's degree in business administration, human resources, commerce, or a related field. Professional Experience: At least 7 years of experience in resource management, project operations, or global mobility, preferably within large-scale industrial, energy, or datacenter infrastructure environments. Large-Scale Project Expertise: Experience supporting major infrastructure or industrial projects valued at $500 million or more, involving multiple disciplines, complex staffing requirements, and global logistics. Immigration and Workforce Compliance: Basic understanding of international immigration regulations, cross-border workforce management, and labor compliance requirements. Recruitment and Resource Planning: Ability to coordinate workforce ramp-up activities, manage recruitment priorities, monitor staffing performance, and align resource availability with demanding project schedules. Labor Standards Knowledge: Familiarity with prevailing wage requirements, apprenticeship utilization, labor classifications, payroll reporting, and workforce documentation is beneficial to the role. Stakeholder Management: Demonstrated ability to influence executive-level stakeholders, collaborate across multidisciplinary teams, and navigate complex, matrixed organizational structures. Communication and Coordination: Strong communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to coordinate internal teams and external advisors while managing competing priorities. Risk Management: Ability to anticipate staffing, regulatory, and mobilization challenges and develop practical solutions that protect project timelines and operational performance. Preferred Certification: Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or equivalent project management experience. Travel Requirements: Willingness and ability to travel up to 10% based on business needs. Work Authorization: Must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Employment is conditional on successfully completing a drug screening where applicable. Benefits Competitive Base Salary: Annual pay range of $114,100–$190,200 for U.S.-based candidates. Compensation may vary based on experience, education, skills, and geographic location. Certain locations may qualify for geographic salary differentials of 110%, 120%, or 130%. Annual Bonus: Eligibility for a discretionary annual bonus. Healthcare Coverage: Medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage. Health and Wellness Resources: Access to a 24/7 nurse-based health resource and confidential Employee Assistance Program services, including assessment, counseling, and referrals. Retirement Savings: Access to a tax-advantaged 401(k) retirement savings plan with company matching and additional company retirement contributions. Financial Planning: Access to financial education resources and financial planning consultants. Paid Time Off and Holidays: Permissive time off and 12 paid holidays. Family Support: Paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Additional Protection: Disability benefits and life insurance. Education Support: Tuition assistance to support ongoing learning and professional development. Remote Work: Remote work arrangement, with travel of up to 10% as business needs require. Professional Development: Opportunities to develop expertise through challenging, large-scale infrastructure projects and continued career growth. Relocation: Relocation assistance is not provided.