Data Center Operations Manager

Mistral AI Mistral AI · AI Frontier · Borlänge · Engineering & Infra

Mistral AI is seeking a Data Center Operations Manager to lead the build and run operations of their new data center in Borlänge, Sweden. This role involves establishing operational excellence, managing local teams, and ensuring the reliability, security, and efficiency of AI infrastructure.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead the operational management of Mistral’s data center in Borlänge, overseeing build-out, day-to-day operations, and scalability to support our AI infrastructure.
  2. Hire and manage a local team of hardware engineers to support operations, maintenance, and troubleshooting.
  3. Oversee hardware deployment, upgrades, and decommissioning, ensuring alignment with Mistral’s infrastructure goals.
  4. Monitor and enforce Service Level Agreements (SLAs) with data center providers and subcontractors.
  5. Manage incidents and request tickets, ensuring timely resolution and clear communication with stakeholders.

Skills

Required

  • Degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Mechanical Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience
  • Strong understanding of data center technical requirements and operations
  • Proven track record in data center operations, hardware management, or infrastructure support, preferably in HPC or cloud environments
  • Proven experience in recruiting, mentoring, and scaling a technical operations team from a greenfield deployment
  • Experience managing large-scale infrastructure projects, including build-outs, migrations, or upgrades
  • Strong ability to coordinate and lead vendors, contractors, and internal teams, including review, escalation, and contractual engagement
  • Comfortable with contract negotiation and management
  • Hands-on troubleshooting skills
  • Ability to work and lead in critical situations and aggressive timelines
  • Knowledge of data center security standards (physical and digital) and compliance requirements
  • Fluency in English

Nice to have

  • Fluency in Swedish

What the JD emphasized

  • AI infrastructure
  • data center operations
  • hardware management
  • infrastructure support
  • recruiting
  • mentoring
  • scaling a technical operations team
  • large-scale infrastructure projects
  • build-outs
  • migrations
  • upgrades
  • vendors
  • contractors
  • internal teams
  • contract negotiation
  • management
  • critical situations
  • aggressive timelines
  • data center security standards
  • compliance requirements