Manager Data Center (m/f/d)

Are you ready to take full ownership of a mission-critical data centre environment? Do you have what it takes to lead a high-performing team and ensure world-class operational excellence? If you're a people-first leader with deep technical knowledge and a passion for quality, we want to hear from you.

About the Role:
As the Manager Data Centre (MDC), you will lead the day-to-day operations of one or more data centre sites, ensuring they perform at peak efficiency, reliability, and safety. You’ll be the single point of contact for all site-related activities and accountable for aligning site operations with our four strategic pillars:

• Service Excellence
• Infrastructure Excellence
• Sustainability
• Governance, Risk & Compliance

Reporting to the Group Data Centre Manager, you will lead a team of Site Engineers and Technicians and collaborate closely with internal stakeholders and external partners to uphold the highest standards across site operations, asset management, capacity planning, and customer service.

Key Responsibilities:

• Full accountability for site safety, governance, and compliance, including supplier permits, health & safety standards, and power guidelines.
• Oversee the condition and performance of all site assets, including BMS, DCMS, and alarm monitoring systems.
• Lead the execution of maintenance (preventive and corrective), upgrades, cross-connects, and customer requests with a focus on quality and efficiency.
• Manage capacity and asset planning (Power / Cooling / Space) and contribute to long-term site development plans.
• Drive customer satisfaction by monitoring SLAs, participating in customer audits, and supporting site tours.
• Own the site risk register, incident response process, and problem resolution efforts.
• Maintain up-to-date documentation including SOPs, EOPs, MOPs, BCPs, and SLDs.
• Lead and develop your team through effective people management, coaching, resource planning, and performance development.

Your Profile:

• Extensive experience in mission-critical environments (Data Centres, Telecoms, etc.)

• Experience leading technical teams, with strong people management skills

• Solid background in facilities, asset, and vendor management

• Proficient with maintenance systems (Excel to enterprise-level)

• Technically qualified (HNC or equivalent); BIFM and ITIL are a plus

• Strong communicator with a proactive, hands-on approach

• Highly organized, calm under pressure, and results-driven

• A customer-first mindset with a passion for operational excellence and continuous improvement

• Able to balance technical depth with big-picture leadership

• Fluent in both German and English.

What We Offer:

• Open door culture with short communications paths and flat hierarchies
• Personalized onboarding plan (buddy system), education programs
• Personal development options in a fast-growing environment
• Extensive social benefits (Flexible working hours, digital meal vouchers, bike leasing, pension plan, etc.)
• Many extras like free drinks, fresh fruit, or cool team events

A bit about us 

Digital Realty is the leading provider of carrier and cloud neutral data centre services by delivering the full spectrum of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions. PlatformDIGITAL®, the company’s global data center platform, provides customers with a secure data meeting place and a proven Pervasive Datacenter Architecture (PDx™) solution methodology for powering innovation and efficiently managing Data Gravity challenges. Digital Realty gives its customers access to the connected data communities that matter to them with a global data center footprint of 300+ facilities in 50+ metros across 28 countries on 6 continents. We've 3,500+ colleagues around the world who work together, come up with life-changing solutions and create connections that matter every day. 

What we can offer you 

Our rapidly evolving business sector offers the opportunity to be part of a courageous and passionate team who work together to understand and meet the changing needs of our global customers. Join us and you’ll be part of a supportive and inclusive environment where you can bring your whole self to work. As part of our team, you’ll get to work with people from different business areas, challenge the way we do things and put your ideas into action. We’ll also give you plenty of development opportunities so you can build a rewarding and successful career with us. This is an exciting time to join our business so apply now and make your mark on our future.