Director, Data Center Design - Electrical Engineering Design

This is a senior leadership role that requires strong technical depth, sound engineering judgment, and the ability to lead teams through growth, complexity, and fast-paced execution. The successful candidate will build and lead a high-performing electrical engineering team, partner closely with cross-functional stakeholders, and drive consistent, high-quality design outcomes that support OCI’s business objectives for capacity growth, reliability, speed to market, and operational excellence.

As a Director in this organization, you will be expected to operate both strategically and tactically—setting vision for the function while also engaging on critical technical decisions, complex design challenges, and organizational priorities.

• Lead and develop a team of electrical engineers supporting OCI’s data center design initiatives.
• Provide technical and organizational leadership for the design, review, and continuous improvement of mission-critical electrical systems supporting OCI data centers.
• Establish and drive engineering standards, design guidelines, and best practices that improve consistency, quality, scalability, and execution across a growing portfolio.
• Establish team norms and leadership expectations that reinforce individual and collective ownership, disciplined execution, and a bias for resolving issues rather than escalating them without recommendations.
• Partner closely with Design Management, Mechanical Engineering, Controls Engineering, Construction, Commissioning, Operations, Supply Chain, and other partner teams to ensure alignment across the full project lifecycle.
• Act as a senior escalation point for complex electrical engineering issues, design tradeoffs, risk evaluations, and technical decision-making.
• Drive lessons learned and continuous improvement efforts by incorporating operational feedback, project outcomes, and field experience into future standards and designs.
• Represent the electrical engineering function in leadership reviews, cross-organizational discussions, and strategic planning efforts.
Build organizational capability through hiring, team development, talent planning, and creation of scalable engineering processes and workflows.

Travel 25% and at times more, is required.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related technical field.
• 6+ years of experience leading engineering teams, or technical lead experience with experience managing other managers or leads.
• Deep knowledge of electrical systems used in mission-critical facilities, including medium- and low-voltage distribution, standby generation, UPS systems, switchgear, PDUs, grounding, and associated infrastructure.
• Experience in a hyperscale cloud, colocation, or large-scale mission-critical infrastructure environment.
• Familiarity with power requirements for high-density compute environments and the interaction between electrical and cooling infrastructure.
• Demonstrated experience leading technical reviews, driving engineering quality, and making sound decisions on complex electrical design issues.
• Strong understanding of the data center project lifecycle, including planning, design, construction, commissioning, and operational considerations.
• Proven ability to lead through ambiguity, manage competing priorities, and deliver results in a fast-paced, rapidly scaling environment.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across technical, operational, and executive stakeholders.
Experience building cross-functional partnerships and influencing decisions across multiple organizations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience developing and implementing engineering standards, design guidelines, and scalable processes across a global portfolio.
• Experience managing external design consultants and engineering service providers.
• Experience supporting organizational growth through hiring, team development, and talent planning.
• Strong understanding of reliability, maintainability, power quality, and operational risk considerations for critical infrastructure systems.
• Experience presenting technical strategies, risks, and recommendations to senior leadership.