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LEGACY INVESTING · 1 week ago

Director of Technical Operations

Arlington, VA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

7+ years exp

Legacy Investing is seeking a Director of Technical Operations to oversee the strategic management of building infrastructure across their data center portfolio. The role involves ensuring system reliability, operational resiliency, and regulatory compliance while collaborating with cross-functional teams for tenant deployments and capital planning.

FinanceImpact InvestingReal Estate Investment

Responsibilities

Serve as the subject matter expert for critical infrastructure and building systems

Drive consistent operational standards, service quality, and uptime across all assets

Translate technical insights into recommendations for budgeting and investment planning

Lead technical reviews and provide guidance to support real estate transactions and operational onboarding

Act as an operational stakeholder throughout development and construction projects, validating system design, commissioning, and turnover

Build strong relationships with property teams, vendors, and tenants to ensure alignment on priorities

Directly support tenants to ensure facilities, deployments, and infrastructure meet tenants needs

Promote a proactive maintenance culture focused on life-cycle optimization and risk mitigation

Travel regularly to assess sites and support field operations

Support infrastructure evaluations for acquisitions and development, working with third-party vendors as needed

Assess immediate needs and long-term upgrades, prioritizing risk and resiliency

Analyze operational resiliency, single points of failure, and required improvements to meet uptime requirements

Support integration planning and onboarding of newly acquired assets, including transfer of records, warranties, service contracts and PM programs

Partner with development and construction teams to ensure operational requirements are incorporated into design, equipment selection, and commissioning

Participate in milestone reviews, punch walks, and readiness evaluations

Lead operational handover activities including documentation delivery (O&M manuals, as-builts, service contracts), training, and activation of PM programs

Validate system performance and commissioning results prior to tenant occupancy or operational go-live

Review annual technical assessments generated by property managers; evaluating system condition, risks and compliance, and summarize findings and recommendations for key stakeholders

Review maintenance procedures, incident reports, and operational KPIs to ensure operating standards are met

Support emergency response, failure investigation, and corrective action planning

Ensure property managers are tracking compliance with all applicable codes, standards, permits, and operating protocols

Evaluate tenant alteration requests and support projects to ensure completion meets tenant and owner requirements

Review multi-year capital expenditure plans provided by property management teams

Support and review R&M and capital budget proposals across the portfolio

Support the evaluation of third-party vendors to ensure vendors are qualified and meet Legacy standards

Validate project scopes, as needed

Qualification

Technical OperationsFacilities EngineeringHVAC SystemsElectrical SystemsContract ManagementCross-Functional ManagementIndustry NetworkCommunication SkillsTeamwork