Director, Solutions Data Centers

Cushman & Wakefield

. Lead solution architecture for data center IFM pursuits, including new business, expansions, renewals, and rebids across single-site, regional, and global portfolios.

Posted 9/24/2026full-timeRemote • Illinois • United StatesLead💰 $144,500 - $170,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in leading solution architecture for data center facilities management, including staffing models, pricing mechanics, and critical-facilities engineering. Proficient in translating client requirements into operational models while collaborating across multiple functions to deliver integrated solutions.

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Data Center Infrastructure ExpertiseFM Solutions DevelopmentCritical-Facilities Engineering Staffing ModelsAdvanced Excel ModelingCertifications: PE, CEM, CFM

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Hard Skills

Facilities ManagementCritical Facilities OperationsEngineering ServicesStaffing ModelsCost Build-UpsElectrical DistributionMechanical CoolingBMS/EPMSSLA/KPI RegimesPricing Mechanics

Soft Skills

Excellent Written CommunicationVerbal CommunicationPresentation Skills

Tools & Technologies

CMMSIWMSAsset Data Standardization

Certifications & Qualifications

PECEMCFMATD/ATSCDCPCDCSPMPLEED APNFPA 70E

Industry Keywords

Hyperscale ClientsColocationAI/HPC ClientsUnion EnvironmentsPrevailing WageGlobal Portfolio Solutioning

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

PMP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead solution architecture for data center IFM pursuits, including new business, expansions, renewals, and rebids across single-site, regional, and global portfolios.
Translate client requirements, RFIs/RFPs/RFQs, SLAs, KPIs, MOPs/SOPs, uptime standards, and criticality classifications into operating models.
Build labor models, organizational charts, span-of-control models, and scope matrices underpinning pricing.
Partner with Sales, Operations, HR, Talent Acquisition, Procurement, Finance, EHS, Sustainability, Legal, and Technology to assemble integrated solutions.
Author and orchestrate technical responses, staffing plans, mobilization and transition plans, technology stacks, governance models, risk registers, and assumptions and exclusions schedules.
Lead solution workshops, site walks, due-diligence visits, and client orals; present and defend engineering and FM approaches.
Conduct win/loss reviews and improve solution assets, benchmark libraries, and pricing templates.
Maintain reusable data center solution components, including role profiles, coverage models, PM libraries, scope matrices, and benchmark staffing ratios.
Design critical-facilities engineering operating models with on-site teams, 24x7x365 coverage, on-call and escalation structures, remote operations center integration, and vendor-augmented models.
Develop maintenance programs for critical electrical, mechanical, cooling, controls, fire-life-safety, and building-envelope systems.
Set engineering technology approaches covering CMMS/EAM, asset hierarchy, BMS/EPMS integration, remote monitoring, analytics, digital twins, and reliability reporting.
Quantify engineering solutions, including headcount, overtime, shift differentials, tools, test equipment, PPE, training, spares, and subcontracted specialist services.
Build site and portfolio staffing models covering role mix, FTE counts, shift rotations, relief factors, absence coverage, and overtime assumptions.
Define qualification and licensure matrices by jurisdiction.
Partner with Talent Acquisition on recruiting ramp plans, sourcing, pipeline development, hiring sequencing, contingencies, and contractor bridge strategies.
Benchmark engineering ratios against internal and industry data and explain deviations.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, Facilities/Construction Management, or a related technical discipline; equivalent military or trade-progression experience will be considered.
10+ years in facilities management, critical facilities operations, or engineering services, including 5+ years with direct data center or mission-critical environment accountability.
5+ years in FM solutions development, bid management, or a senior operations role with direct ownership of staffing models and cost build-ups.
Demonstrated experience building critical-facilities engineering staffing models and defending them to sophisticated technical clients.
Working command of data center infrastructure: electrical distribution and redundancy topologies (N+1, 2N, 2N+1), UPS and generator systems, mechanical cooling including liquid cooling, BMS/EPMS, and fire life safety.
Fluency in FM commercial models, SLA/KPI regimes, and pricing mechanics; advanced Excel modeling capability.
Excellent written and verbal communication; able to author a technical solution narrative and present it to C-suite and engineering audiences alike.
Willingness to travel domestically (typically 25-30%).
Experience supporting hyperscale, colocation, or AI/HPC clients and their standardized operating requirements.
Certifications such as PE, CEM, CFM, ATD/ATS (Uptime Institute), CDCP/CDCS, PMP, LEED AP, or NFPA 70E.
Experience with union environments and prevailing wage.
Global or multi-region portfolio solutioning experience.
Prior experience with major CMMS/IWMS platforms and asset data standardization.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
Vision insurance
Dental insurance
Flexible spending accounts
Health savings accounts
Retirement savings plans
Life insurance
Disability insurance
Paid time away from work
Unpaid time away from work
Competitive pay