Nscale

Technology

Director,Innovation&CommissioningNorthAmerica,DataCenters

$180–225k United States; Canada Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Director, Innovation & Commissioning – North America, Data Centers at Nscale. Skills: Innovation, Commissioning, Data centre infrastructure. Identify innovative infrastructure solutions. Evaluate infrastructure solutions”

What You'll Achieve.

Improve facility flexibility; Raise energy efficiency; Drive capital cost reduction; Ensure predictable performance; Ensure operational readiness; Ensure technical traceability

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

Root cause analysis

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

5+ years data centre design, 5+ years construction, 5+ years commissioning, Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Experience leading technical workstreams

Nice to Have

Deep experience data centre commissioning programmes, Experience with customer technical due diligence, Familiarity with high-density GPU environments, Experience shaping standards

What You'll Do.

Identify innovative infrastructure solutions

Evaluate infrastructure solutions

Implement infrastructure solutions

Establish pilot approaches

Translate deployment learnings

Build commissioning expectations

Define commissioning quality standards

Select third-party partners

Onboard third-party partners

Manage third-party partners

Oversee commissioning execution

Track issues to closure

Serve as technical partner

Clarify customer requirements

Lead cross-functional decisions

Align commissioning plans

Influence vendor strategy

Influence vendor technical requirements

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Internal teams; Contractors; Third-party partners; Design teams; Construction teams; Operations teams; Procurement teams; Product stakeholders; Platform stakeholders; Cross-functional decisions

Communication Scope

Communicate clearly

Process & Methodology

Deployment plans, Risk reviews

Full Job Description

About Nscale Nscale is the GPU cloud engineered for AI. We provide cost-effective, high-performance infrastructure for AI start-ups and large enterprise customers. Nscale enables AI-focused companies to achieve superior results by reducing the complexity of AI development. Our GPU cloud bolsters technical capabilities and directly supports strategic business outcomes, including cost management, rapid innovation, and environmental responsibility. We thrive on a culture of relentless innovation, ownership, and accountability, where every team member takes pride in their work and drives it with excellence and urgency. As an Nscaler, you’ll build trust through openness and transparency, where everyone is inspired to do their best work. If you join our team, you’ll be contributing to building the technology that powers the future. About the Role We’re hiring a Director, Innovation & Commissioning to lead innovation outcomes and commissioning governance across Nscale’s North America data centre portfolio. This is a senior, hands-on leadership role at the intersection of design, construction, commissioning, and operations, with a clear mandate to improve facility flexibility for future GPU hardware, raise energy efficiency, and drive repeatable reductions in capital cost. You’ll shape how commissioning is embedded from the design phase through Integrated Systems Testing, while partnering closely with Design, Construction, Operations, Procurement, and internal product and platform stakeholders. You’ll also work across customer and internal requirements, helping ensure our facilities are delivered with predictable performance, operational readiness, and clear technical traceability. What You’ll be Doing - Identify, evaluate, and implement innovative infrastructure solutions that improve data centre flexibility for future GPU hardware, energy efficiency, and capital efficiency. - Establish practical pilot approaches for new ideas, including success metrics, risk reviews, depl

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