Staffing and Operations Manager - Datacenters

Job description

**This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, which manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Staffing and Operations Manager – Datacenters based in the United States.** The Staffing and Operations Manager – Datacenters will lead workforce planning and operational readiness for complex, large-scale datacenter infrastructure projects valued at over $1 billion. This strategic role ensures that project teams are recruited, mobilized, and equipped with the right skills to meet demanding construction and commissioning schedules. You will coordinate recruitment efforts, oversee international workforce mobility, and ensure compliance with immigration, labor, prevailing wage, and apprenticeship requirements. Working closely with Talent Acquisition, HR, project leadership, external legal advisors, and site teams, you will anticipate staffing challenges and mitigate risks before they affect delivery. Your ability to align workforce strategy with project milestones will be essential to maintaining operational efficiency, regulatory compliance, and cost control. This remote opportunity offers the chance to influence high-impact infrastructure initiatives within a dynamic, multidisciplinary, and globally connected environment. ### 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.