Senior Director, Lifecycle Engineering
AI summary of the role
Enterprise leader owning the equipment digital thread strategy, data governance, and CMMS/EAM capabilities across data-center lifecycle from design to operations.
What you’ll do
- Set enterprise lifecycle engineering strategy and translate into a costed, sequenced multi-year portfolio roadmap with investment cases and executive decision gates.
- Own CMMS/EAM, PIM/PLM, integration, and data-platform investment portfolio, business cases, and executive reporting.
- Establish canonical equipment and asset identity, taxonomy, BOM, and configuration standards; lead data-cleansing and validation-at-source programs.
- Own CMMS/EAM master-data and configuration baseline including PM strategy, task plans, spares, and warranties; establish controlled SOP/MOP/EOP libraries.
What you’ll bring
- 15+ years in engineering, asset management, or enterprise systems, including 7+ years leading complex cross-functional programs at director/senior-director level.
- Proven ownership of a CMMS/EAM platform at scale (e.g., IBM Maximo, SAP PM/EAM, Infor EAM, Nuvolo) including master data and PM strategy.
- Hands-on depth in PIM/PLM, configuration management, BOM structures, and engineering change/effectivity control.
- Experience with Palantir Foundry or equivalent industrial data platform and data stewardship/golden records.
Technologies
CMMS · EAM · PIM · PLM · IBM Maximo · SAP PM/EAM · Infor EAM · Nuvolo · Palantir Foundry · DCIM · BMS · SCADA
Source and classification
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Senior Director, Lifecycle Engineering Systems Engineering Position Overview The Senior Director, Lifecycle Engineering is the enterprise leader for the systems, data, and operating model that governs equipment digital thread from product definition through procurement, manufacture, logistics, commissioning and handover into asset, Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS)/ Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) and data-centre maintenance operations. The role sets the lifecycle engineering strategy, investment portfolio, architecture, and governance required to establish a scalable equipment digital thread: a canonical equipment and asset master, controlled product, configuration, Bill of Materials (BOM), and technical-documentation data, a single asset identity across system boundaries, and CMMS/EAM capabilities that operations and reliability teams can trust. This is a senior
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Senior Director, Lifecycle Engineering Systems Engineering Position Overview The Senior Director, Lifecycle Engineering is the enterprise leader for the systems, data, and operating model that governs equipment digital thread from product definition through procurement, manufacture, logistics, commissioning and handover into asset, Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS)/ Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) and data-centre maintenance operations. The role sets the lifecycle engineering strategy, investment portfolio, architecture, and governance required to establish a scalable equipment digital thread: a canonical equipment and asset master, controlled product, configuration, Bill of Materials (BOM), and technical-documentation data, a single asset identity across system boundaries, and CMMS/EAM capabilities that operations and reliability teams can trust. This is a senior cross-organizational leadership role accountable for aligning executive stakeholders, building a high-performing organization, and closing the seams between engineering, procurement, logistics, construction, commissioning, and operations across the estate. Reports To: VP, Data Center, Systems Engineering Direct Reports: Lifecycle Engineering leaders and team Travel: Regular travel to data-center sites, supplier factories, and FAT/commissioning activity Key Responsibilities Strategy, operatin [... source excerpt omitted ...] ts lifecycle engineering investment to PM compliance, MTTR, backlog age, spares fill rate, availability, delivery readiness, and data-quality performance. Required Experience and Qualifications 15+ years of experience in engineering, asset management, enterprise systems, or a closely related field, including 7+ years leading complex cross-functional systems, data, or operational programs at director, senior-director, or equivalent level. Proven ownership of a CMMS/EAM platform at scale, such as Attune, IBM Maximo, SAP PM/EAM, Infor EAM, Nuvolo, or equivalent, including master data, PM strategy, work management, and reporting. Hands-on depth in PIM and/or PLM, configuration manageme [... source excerpt omitted ...] lantir Foundry or an equivalent industrial data platform, and with data stewardship, golden records, validation at source, deduplication, and measurable data-quality KPIs. Proven responsibility for enterprise strategy, investment governance, organization design, and executive stakeholder management in a complex, high-growth or mission-critical environment. Demonstrated enterprise leadership ability to set strategy, establish standards, secure adoption, and influence senior leaders across organizational boundaries without direct authority. Preferred Experience and Qualifications Data-center plant literacy across electrical and mechanical systems, including UPS, switchgear, transfor
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