VP Data Center Platforms, Solutions, Strategies

Submer

. Define and scale Submer’s portfolio of modular and traditional data-center solutions for AI factories .

Posted 9/25/2026full-timeRemote • Texas • United StatesLeadWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cloud

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Define and scale Submer’s portfolio of modular and traditional data-center solutions for AI factories
Translate market demand, AI workload requirements, customer needs, and technology trends into differentiated, commercially viable, deployable data-center platforms
Define global product and platform strategy for modular, prefabricated, hybrid, and traditional site-built solutions
Establish portfolio architecture balancing standardized building blocks with customer-specific configurability
Develop solution roadmaps covering AI-ready white space, power systems, cooling plants, liquid cooling, controls, network/IT integration, deployment services, and lifecycle offerings
Identify priority market segments and convert customer, market, regulatory, technology, and competitive inputs into product requirements and investment priorities
Define platform differentiation around deployment speed, capacity density, energy efficiency, water use, resilience, scalability, operability, and lifecycle economics
Lead repeatable reference architectures for AI factories from campus and facility design through modular deployment units and integrated infrastructure systems
Partner with engineering on product requirements, technical specifications, performance thresholds, validation plans, and acceptance criteria
Guide tradeoffs between standardized platforms and bespoke customer designs while protecting manufacturability, margin, delivery certainty, and scalability
Create modularity strategies, solution documentation, design rules, configuration tools, and reference designs
Own pricing architecture, configuration logic, target margins, cost-to-serve assumptions, and value-based positioning
Develop business cases for platform investments, product variants, strategic partnerships, manufacturing capacity, and geographic expansion
Partner with Sales, Finance, and Operations on pricing tools, quote governance, deal reviews, and profitability guardrails
Define lifecycle revenue opportunities including commissioning, operations support, maintenance, retrofit, capacity expansion, spares, warranty, and service agreements
Analyze competitive offerings, customer buying criteria, market pricing, and total-cost-of-ownership models
Support strategic pursuits and executive customer engagements
Partner with Global Delivery, Construction, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Quality leaders to scale safe, predictable, profitable delivery
Translate product roadmaps into industrialization plans covering make-versus-buy decisions, suppliers, factory capacity, quality controls, and lead-time reduction
Establish delivery-ready standards for design release, procurement, factory acceptance testing, shipping, site integration, commissioning, and handover
Lead post-project reviews and incorporate lessons into future platform releases
Drive product simplification and design-to-cost initiatives
Support regional adaptation for grid conditions, codes, permitting, climate, seismic requirements, water availability, and local-content requirements
Build and lead a global team spanning product management, strategy, solutions architecture, commercial analysis, and platform operations
Establish portfolio governance, stage-gate processes, roadmap reviews, design authority, investment prioritization, and product lifecycle management
Align stakeholders across Sales, Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Construction, Finance, Legal, Service, and regional business teams
Present platform strategy, investment recommendations, performance metrics, and business risks to senior leadership and executive customers
Deliver a differentiated and financially attractive AI-factory platform roadmap; increase standardization; improve quote, design, deployment, manufacturing, commissioning, margin, lifecycle revenue, pricing discipline, and AI/liquid-cooling readiness

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, architecture, construction management, business, or a related technical discipline
Advanced degree or MBA preferred
12+ years of progressive leadership experience in data centers, critical infrastructure, power and cooling systems, modular construction, industrialized products, cloud infrastructure, AI platforms, mission-critical facilities, or adjacent sectors
Demonstrated experience bringing complex infrastructure products or solutions from market definition through engineering, commercialization, and global deployment
Strong knowledge of data-center infrastructure, including electrical distribution, backup power, cooling systems, liquid cooling, controls, commissioning, resiliency, and capacity planning
Experience with high-density computing, AI infrastructure, HPC, GPU deployments, or liquid-cooled data-center environments strongly preferred
Proven commercial acumen, including product pricing, cost modeling, margin management, business cases, and portfolio prioritization
Experience leading cross-functional organizations across product, engineering, operations, manufacturing, commercialization, solutions architecture, supply chain, and delivery
Ability to work effectively with executive customers, strategic partners, OEMs, contractors, consultants, and internal senior leaders
Demonstrated success scaling global product portfolios exceeding $100M+ in annual revenue
Willingness to travel internationally as required
Preferred experience with data-center OEMs, colocation providers, hyperscalers, cloud companies, modular infrastructure providers, EPCs, mission-critical engineering firms, or power/cooling equipment manufacturers
Experience with utility power strategy, generation technologies, and energy-storage solutions preferred
Development of prefab or modular systems preferred
Knowledge of EPC, mission-critical construction, and industrialized manufacturing models preferred
Global deployment experience across North America, EMEA, and APAC preferred
Experience with large-scale campus development, utility interconnection, power procurement, on-site generation, energy storage, and sustainability strategy preferred
Familiarity with commercial models such as sale of equipment, turnkey delivery, capacity-as-a-service, build-to-suit, leasing, and lifecycle services preferred

Benefits

Comp & perks

Attractive compensation package reflecting your expertise and experience
A great work environment characterized by friendliness, international diversity, flexibility, and a hybrid-friendly approach
Exciting career evolution in a fast-growing scale-up with a mission to make a positive impact