Director, Data Centre Strategy – Market Development

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About the role

  • Director leading IPEX’s North American data center strategy and market development. Positioning advanced plastic piping solutions with hyperscalers, engineers, and infrastructure partners.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and own IPEX's North American data center strategy, defining priority applications, customers, geographies, technologies and routes to market
  • Translate strategy into a multi-year growth roadmap
  • Build an end-to-end view of opportunities across site infrastructure, building systems, cooling systems, water treatment and other applications
  • Develop relationships with hyperscalers, colocation providers, engineers, developers, contractors and technology partners
  • Position IPEX upstream in the specification and design process
  • Influence specifications, standards and acceptance of IPEX solutions
  • Assess portfolio gaps and recommend product development, partnerships or other solutions
  • Develop value propositions and solution positioning for priority applications
  • Monitor emerging data center technologies and design trends
  • Lead the cross-functional data center team across Sales, Product Management, Innovation, Technical, Codes & Standards, Marketing and Operations
  • Build market intelligence on project pipelines, competitors, technologies and customer requirements
  • Establish KPIs and communicate progress, pipeline, strategic opportunities, risks and investment requirements to senior leadership

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Marketing or a related discipline
  • 10+ years of progressive experience in data centers, mission-critical infrastructure, building systems, cooling/HVAC, industrial systems, market development, product management or related fields
  • Prior experience within the data center ecosystem strongly preferred
  • Demonstrated understanding of how hyperscalers, colocation providers, engineers and other stakeholders influence design, specification and purchasing decisions
  • Existing relationships within the data center owner/operator, engineering, design or technology ecosystem would be a significant asset
  • Ability to travel regularly throughout Canada and the United States

Benefits

  • Accommodation support for people with disabilities throughout the recruitment process
  • Suitable accommodation upon request for qualified job applicants
  • Opportunity to join a diverse group of people-centric professionals, thought leaders, and rapid thinkers

Job title

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Lead

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

RemoteUnited States

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