Saatchi & Saatchi

Senior Manager, Data Center Operations

Saatchi & Saatchi$132K — $246K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years managing multiple geographically diverse data centers.
  • 5+ years managing people and technical teams.
  • Strong relationship-building and customer-centric skills.
  • Effective communication and negotiation abilities.
  • Exceptional problem-solving skills with a focus on operational excellence and automation.
  • Innovative mindset for exploring new methodologies and technologies.
  • Extensive knowledge of data center power and cabling practices.

Responsibilities

  • Lead daily data center operations including infrastructure deployment and asset management.
  • Establish operational standards and governance for all data center locations.
  • Serve as the first escalation point for infrastructure issues.
  • Collaborate with engineering teams to modernize operational practices.
  • Recruit, mentor, and retain high-performing data center operations teams.
  • Maintain infrastructure health and present forecasts to senior leadership.
  • Manage relationships with colocation providers and oversee facility resource utilization.

Benefits

  • Flexible time off and 15 paid holidays.
  • Paid sick time.
  • Parental leave and childcare assistance.
  • Comprehensive health coverage and 401(k).
  • Tuition assistance and professional development opportunities.
Full Job Description
Overview

How You'll Make an Impact

At Epsilon, we do more than collect and store data. We help some of the world's biggest brands discover real opportunities inside the data types, delimiters, and decimals. We are looking for a Senior Manager, Data Center Engineer to help with running the day-to-day operations of our data center teams.

The person in this position will be responsible for running the day-to-day operations of the data center. Will assist team members with new builds in remote sites. Work with different departments within the company to deploy new environments. This person will be onsite in the data center, will be responsible for receiving new equipment, planning rack layouts and infrastructure cabling. Maintaining a clean and organized data center is a must.

Responsibilities

What You'll Achieve

Operational Leadership
o Lead the day to day Data Center Operations responsible for managing hosting facilities, physical infrastructure deployment, cabling, asset management, and facility operations.
o Establish and maintain operational standards, procedures, and governance practices to ensure consistent execution across all data center locations.
o Serve as the first escalation point for critical data center infrastructure and facility-related issues.
o Partner with Infrastructure Engineering and Operations teams to modernize operational practices.
o Recruit, develop, mentor, and retain a high-performing Data Center Operations teams.
o Establish performance goals, provide regular coaching, and develop future leaders.
o Foster a culture of accountability, ownership, collaboration, and continuous learning.
o Maintain and present infrastructure health, capacity forecasts, risks, and strategic initiatives to senior leadership.
o Ensure IT infrastructure aligns with security, regulatory, and compliance requirements (e.g., SOC, PCI, HIPAA, ISO).
o Participate in team/manager on-call rotations.
o Additional responsibilities as assigned.

Data Center Facility Management
o Manage day-to-day relationships with colocation providers, hardware vendors, maintenance providers, and facility partners.
o Oversee data center space, power, cooling, and environmental capacity planning.
o Ensure optimal utilization of facility resources while maintaining fault-domains and resiliency requirements.
o Maintain secure access controls and physical security standards across all data center locations.
o Coordinate data center facility preventative maintenance, infrastructure deployment & lifecycle management projects.
o Manage monthly invoices reconciliation process and financial forecasting processing.

Qualifications

What you'll bring with you:
• 10+ years operationally managing multiple geographically diverse data centers.
• 5+ years managing people and technical teams.
• Ability to build strong relationships and deliver customer-centric outcomes.
• Effective communication, negotiation, and influencing skills at all organizational levels.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, focusing on operational excellence and automation.
• Ability to manage complexity and tackle problems efficiently.
• Innovative mentality, continuously exploring new methodologies and technologies.
• Extensive knowledge concerning data center power and network cabling practices
• Good knowledge of security frameworks and regulations (e.g., ISO 27001, NIST, PCI DSS).
• Experience leading distributed teams providing 24/7 operational support.
• Solid understanding of ITIL or other service management frameworks.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in computer science, information technology, or related field; advanced degree preferred.

Why you might stand out from other talent:
• Demonstrable experience leading the execution of technical projects
• Experience consolidating, migrating and optimizing data center space.
• Managing in a fast paced IT operations organization with 24/7 support for large-scale client and product platforms.
• Developed and implemented technology strategies aligned with business outcomes, fostering innovation and operational excellence.
• Demonstrable knowledge of modern technologies, including AI and automation, to enhance IT operations and client engagement

Additional Information

When You Join Us, We'll Create Something EPIC Together
Epsilon is a global data, technology and services company that powers the marketing and advertising ecosystem. For decades, we've provided marketers from the world's leading brands the data, technology and services they need to engage consumers with 1 View, 1 Vision and 1 Voice. 1 View of their universe of potential buyers. 1 Vision for engaging each individual. And 1 Voice to harmonize engagement across paid, owned and earned channels.

Epsilon's comprehensive portfolio of capabilities across our suite of digital media, messaging and loyalty solutions bridge the divide between marketing and advertising technology. We process 400+ billion consumer actions each day using advanced AI and hold many patents of proprietary technology, including real-time modeling languages and consumer privacy advancements. Thanks to the work of every employee, Epsilon has been consistently recognized as industry-leading by Forrester, Adweek and the MRC. Epsilon is a global company with more than 9,000 employees around the world.

Our pillars aren't just words. They're how we show up every day.
  • People centricity: We focus on employee well-being in an environment where colleagues truly care about each other.
  • Collaboration: We work together, support one another, and collectively achieve goals.
  • Growth: There are endless opportunities for growth through learning, development and career advancement.
  • Innovation: We drive progress through cutting-edge solutions and forward-thinking approaches.
  • Flexibility: We've created a balance between work and personal life, and we encourage adaptability to solve problems creatively.

Our values guide us to create value for our clients, our people and consumers.
  • Act with integrity
  • Work together to win together
  • Innovate with purpose
  • Respect all voices
  • Empower with accountability

These pillars and values are our foundation-shaping our culture, guiding our decisions, and uniting us in common purpose.

Because You Matter

As an Epsilon employee, you deserve perks and benefits that put you, your family and your finances first. Our benefits encompass a wide range of offerings, including but not limited to the following:
  • Time to Recharge: Flexible time off (FTO), 15 paid holidays
  • Time to Recover: Paid sick time
  • Family Well-Being: Parental/new child leave, childcare & elder care assistance, adoption assistance
  • Extra Perks: Comprehensive health coverage, 401(k), tuition assistance, commuter benefits, professional development, employee recognition, charitable donation matching, health coaching and counseling

Epsilon benefits are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms.

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Compensation Range: USD $132,900.00 - USD $246,700.00/Annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 8/28/2026.

About Saatchi & Saatchi

Saatchi & Saatchi is a global advertising agency headquartered in New York City. The company was founded in London in 1970 by brothers Maurice and Charles Saatchi and is now part of the Publicis Groupe, a French multinational advertising and public relations company. Saatchi & Saatchi has over 6,000 employees in 114 countries and provides a range of advertising and marketing services to clients in various industries, including automotive, consumer goods, financial services, and telecommunications. The company is known for its creative and innovative advertising campaigns, including the iconic 'Nothing is Impossible' campaign for Toyota. Saatchi & Saatchi has won numerous awards for its work, including Cannes Lions, Clios, and Effies.
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