Associate Director, Data Center Infrastructure Readiness & Performance

Job Type: Full-Time | Location: Dallas / Fort Worth, Texas | Department: Engineering | Reporting to: Global Director, Asset Management and Operational Excellence | Work Location Type: #remote IREN is a vertically integrated AI Cloud provider, delivering large-scale data centers and GPU clusters for AI training and inference. IREN ’s platform is underpinned by its expansive portfolio of grid-connected land and power in renewable-rich regions across North America, Europe and APAC. Reporting to the Global Director, Asset Management & Operational Excellence, the Associate Director, Data Center Infrastructure Readiness & Performance is accountable for taking IREN ’s data centre infrastructure and facilities from construction and commissioning into operations, and for the operating standards and performance governance that keep them reliable through their operating life. The role is the liaison from design engineering and construction through commissioning into Operations: it brings Operations along through the L1 to L5 commissioning stages and accepts each stage on behalf of Operations. It sets the operating parameters, guardrails and risk-based limits that protect asset health and reliability, and owns the performance frameworks, KPIs and governance processes that let the fleet scale while maintaining reliability. The role leads the Operational Excellence & Compliance pillar, growing from a team of one to a multi-site team of Operational Readiness & Compliance Lea