Head of Data Center Commissioning

Responsibilities

• Build and own Giga's commissioning program — standards, procedures, templates, and quality bar — applied consistently across all active projects
• Lead and develop a team of Cx Leads and Managers, assigning coverage across the portfolio and stepping in directly on the highest-risk or highest-complexity projects
• Own the commissioning schedule and resourcing strategy across multiple simultaneous data center builds, coordinating with construction and project leadership to protect turnover milestones
• Serve as the primary point of accountability to ownership and executive stakeholders for commissioning status, risk, and readiness across the portfolio
• Set and enforce standards for commissioning plans, FPTs, and IST procedures in alignment with OPR and BOD across all projects, ensuring consistency regardless of which team executes them
• Own vendor and Cx subcontractor strategy — selection, contracting, and performance management — across the portfolio rather than project by project
• Establish and maintain the deficiency tracking and Cx record-keeping standard used across all sites, ensuring a clean, auditable handoff package on every project
• Report on commissioning progress, risk, and budget to executive leadership, translating field-level issues into program-level decisions
• Own the commissioning budget across active projects and make trade-off calls on resourcing, tooling, and staffing

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in commissioning, with 5+ years managing or leading a team of Cx professionals across multiple concurrent projects
• Demonstrated experience commissioning mission-critical, data center, or large-scale industrial facilities at a program or portfolio level, not just single-project execution
• Track record building or significantly scaling a commissioning function, standard, or team from the ground up
• Deep working knowledge of MEP and electrical systems — generators, UPS, switchgear, cooling infrastructure, BMS/controls — sufficient to set standards and adjudicate technical disputes
• Experience managing commissioning budgets and vendor/subcontractor relationships across multiple simultaneous projects
• Strong track record presenting to and advising executive or ownership-level stakeholders on program risk and status
• Ability to read and interpret single-line electrical diagrams, P&IDs, mechanical drawings, and controls sequences of operation.

Bonus points

How We Work

Benefits

• Subsidized health, dental, and vision insurance
• Equity (options) in a rapidly growing startup
• 401(k) with 4% employer match
• Unlimited PTO
• Parental leave
• Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) or Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Commuter benefits, where applicable
• Opportunities to collaborate in person at periodic team and company on-sites

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement