# Director, Site Operations at xAI

- Company: xAI
- What the company does: SpaceXAI builds Grok — frontier AI models for reasoning, voice, image generation, and more. Build with the Grok API. Backed by Lightspeed, Sequoia and a16z.
- Company website: https://x.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: Memphis, TN
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-09-15
- Apply by: 2026-10-30
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/xai/jobs/5238779007
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/xai-director-site-operations/

## About the role

As the Director of Site Operations, you’ll own node and rack uptime for SpaceXAI's AI supercompute cluster—the most advanced of its kind. This role is the extreme owner of cluster health and customer Service Level Agreements across 5+ sites operating 24/7. You’ll lead a 250+ person organization of site managers, shift supervisors, and technicians, plus the site reliability engineering team that monitors cluster health and drives fault mitigation at scale.

## What they're looking for

- Willingness to travel frequently to data center locations to support operations across sites
- Physical capability to handle data center tasks, including lifting up to 50 lbs unassisted, standing for long periods, and occasional ladder use
- Must be willing to work extended hours and/or weekends as needed

Tags: Data Center