Senior Director of Data Platform
Company Description 5C Group is one of North America’s largest AI digital infrastructure providers, offering purpose-built infrastructure designed specifically for advanced AI workloads. The company operates a network of state-of-the-art data centers with over 1.5 gigawatts of roadmap capacity. This scale enables 5C Group to power hundreds of thousands of GPUs and serve some of the largest AI users with the most demanding performance requirements. 5C Group focuses on delivering secure, reliable, and sustainable data center and AI infrastructure solutions, making it a key player in supporting the next generation of AI innovation. Role Description The Senior Director of Data Platform is a full-time remote role responsible for leading the strategy, design, and execution of 5C’s data platform initiatives across the organization. This role oversees the development and operation of scalable data platforms that support AI infrastructure, analytics, monitoring, and business intelligence needs. Day-to-day responsibilities include collaborating with engineering, product, and operations teams to define data platform roadmaps, setting standards for data governance and data quality, and driving the implementation of data services and tools. The Senior Director will manage and mentor a cross-functional team, optimize platform performance and reliability, and ensure alignment with security, compliance, and sustainability objectives. The role also requires regular stakeholder engagement to translate business requirements into practical, high-impact data solutions.
Qualifications
Team Management and Team Leadership skills to build, mentor, and guide high-performing, distributed data and engineering teams. Project Management experience to plan, prioritize, and deliver complex data platform initiatives on time and within scope. Software Development expertise to oversee architecture, implementation, and integration of data services, pipelines, and APIs. Product Management skills to define data platform roadmaps, gather requirements, and align platform capabilities with business and customer needs. Proven experience leading data platform, data engineering, or infrastructure teams in a cloud or data center environment. Strong understanding of modern data architectures, including data lakes, warehouses, streaming, and distributed systems. Familiarity with AI and machine learning workloads, GPU-based infrastructure, and large-scale data processing is highly beneficial. Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a remote, cross-functional setting. Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.