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Director, Data Center Operations

Together AI · San Francisco · On-site

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About Together AI

Build what's next on the AI Native Cloud. Full-stack AI platform for inference, fine-tuning, and GPU clusters — powered by cutting-edge research. Backed by General Catalyst, Kleiner Perkins and NEA.

About the role

Together AI is scaling its physical AI infrastructure rapidly — and we're looking for a Director of Data Center Operations to help us build it right. This is a ground-floor opportunity to own the operational foundation of Together's growing data center portfolio across the US and Asia.

What they're looking for

  • Deep, hands-on technical knowledge of data center power and cooling systems at the IT-adjacent layer — PDUs, CDUs, power distribution, and white space fit-out
  • Proven experience designing and commissioning data center infrastructure, from evaluation through to live operation
  • Experience operating data center infrastructure at meaningful scale, supporting large production workloads
  • People leadership experience — you've hired, developed, and led technical operations teams
  • A builder's instinct — you're comfortable standing up teams and functions from scratch, writing the playbook where none exists, and operating with ambiguity
  • Strong vendor and contractor management skills — you know how to hold external partners accountable to timeline and quality
More about this role

Together AI is scaling its physical AI infrastructure rapidly — and we're looking for a Director of Data Center Operations to help us build it right. This is a ground-floor opportunity to own the operational foundation of Together's growing data center portfolio across the US and Asia.

You'll be responsible for designing and commissioning white space deployments — taking pre-built environments and fitting them out with the power distribution, cooling distribution, and systems infrastructure needed to run high-density GPU workloads at scale. At the same time, you'll be building the break-fix and smart hands team from scratch: hiring, defining the playbook, and standing up the function that keeps our sites running around the clock.

This is not a steady-state operations role. It's a builder role. You'll be joining a small but fast-moving team, with real ownership over outcomes and the autonomy to shape how Together AI operates its physical infrastructure for years to come. If you've scaled data center infrastructure through hypergrowth before and want to do it again with more ownership — this is that opportunity.

  • Own the design, fit-out, and commissioning of white space sites...

Read the full posting on Together AI's site ↗

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