General Manager Data Center Power Systems

Job description

Req ID: 128059
Remote Position: Yes
Region: Americas
Country: USA
**Summary**
Celestica Inc.

is a leading global provider of supply chain solutions, specializing in design, manufacturing, and hardware platform solutions for some of the world's most innovative companies.
Operating through two key segments, Advanced Technology Solutions (ATS) and Connectivity & Cloud Solutions (CCS), Celestica serves diverse markets including Aerospace and Defense, Industrial & Energy, HealthTech, Capital Equipment, Communications, and Enterprise.

We provide end-to-end product lifecycle solutions that support the most complex products revolutionizing how we live and work.
The Data Center Infrastructure initiative, a critical growth vector, currently sits within our Industrial and Smart Energy segments within ATS, leveraging Celestica's deep expertise in complex systems and global operations..
**Detailed Description**
This pivotal leadership role is responsible for defining and leading Celestica's Data Center Power Infrastructure strategy, with a goal of developing and growing a billion dollar enterprise in the next five years.This requires a visionary leader with entrepreneurial mindset, strategic acumen, and outstanding leadership capabilities to navigate a rapidly evolving market driven by AI and cloud computing demands and long term and energy and resource access.
As the Customer Unit GM , you will serve as a critical techno-commercial and customer-facing leader, responsible for orchestrating cross-functional teams across a portfolio of key customers within the Data Center Infrastructure space, including hyperscalers and colocation providers.

You will provide essential, hands-on support to Sales and Business Development, securing new and competitive business in strategic mission-critical and rapidly scaling manufacturing, new product development services as tech evolves, and crucial aftermarket support to ensure 24/7 operations of data centers.
**Key Responsibilities:**
+ **P&L Ownership & Growth Acceleration:** Hold ultimate responsibility for the Data Center Infrastructure segment's P&L, driving financial performance and achieving growth targets.
+ **Strategic Go-to-Market Leadership:** Define, champion, and execute a go-to-market strategy for the Data Center Infrastructure initiative, encompassing both organic growth in new solution development and EMS (electronic manufacturing services) market expansion, and strategic inorganic growth approaches (M&A and ecosystem partnerships).
+ **Inorganic Growth & Integration:** Lead the identification, due diligence, and integration of strategic acquisitions and partnerships.
+ **Market Expansion & Customer Traction:** Drive external traction by identifying and capturing new growth opportunities and target customers within the segment..
+ **Commercial & Pricing Leadership:** Own and negotiate complex new contracts and pricing structures, ensuring long-term competitive value and profitable partnerships.
+ **Cross-Functional Leadership:** Coordinate and lead a multidisciplinary team and engage effectively with executives in a matrix organization.
+ **End-to-End Solution Delivery:** Orchestrate the seamless delivery of comprehensive solutions, encompassing complex product development, commercialization, new product introduction (NPI), robust supply chain management, and optimized manufacturing for high-reliability data center power and cooling systems.
**Knowledge/Skills/Competencies**
+ **Deep Industry Insight:** Comprehensive and forward-looking understanding of the Data Center Infrastructure Power and Cooling Systems market landscape, including key trends in AI-driven power demands, scale and sustainability, modularity, advanced cooling technologies (e.g., liquid cooling), and grid integration challenges.
+ **Proven Leadership in high stakes complex product development:** Over fifteen years of in-depth experience in leading the development, strategic growth, and market launch of high-risk, mission-critical, complex electro-mechanical capital or infrastructure equipment, ideally within Data Center Infrastructure applications (e.g., HVAC, power distribution, controls).
+ **Results-Driven P&L Management:** Demonstrated success in owning and fast growing multi-hundred-million dollar P&Ls, with a clear track record of achieving revenue and profit objectives.
+ **M&A and Integration Expertise:** Extensive experience in leading and executing high stakes inorganic growth strategies, including sourcing, due diligence, closing, and integration of significant acquisitions.
+ **Commercial Excellence:** Exceptional negotiation skills, a deep understanding of product pricing, contract structures, and a proven ability to develop and implement impactful pricing strategies.

At least ten years of track record in senior customer management leadership roles.
+ **Strategic Acumen with Tactical Precision:** Ability to think strategically and define long-term vision while possessing the capacity to deep-dive into day-to-day tactical operational issues as needed in a demanding environment.

Strong analytical skills with the ability to challenge assumptions and make data-driven decisions even with limited information.
+ **Empowering & Collaborative Leadership:** An effective leader, mentor, and motivator capable of inspiring diverse, cross-functional teams to achieve mission-critical delivery under aggressive deadlines.

Proven ability to cultivate a customer-centric culture and drive organizational change through collaboration and analytics.
**Physical Demands**
+ Duties of this position are performed in a normal office environment or manufacturing floor
+ Likely there will be a significant amount of travel between customer and Celestica locations
+ Duties may require extended periods of sitting and sustained visual concentration on a computer monitor or on numbers and other detailed data.
+ Repetitive manual movements (e.g., data entry, using a computer mouse, using a calculator, etc.) are frequently required.
+ Above demands are carried out within the local existing Health and Safety guidelines
+ The role is remote and/or hybrid.
+ Approximately 30% travel to global manufacturing sites and customers is expected.
+ Compliance with health and safety in all manufacturing environments is mandatory.
**Typical Experience**
Twenty plus years of relevant experience in a leadership capacity within complex technology, industrial, or data center-focused organizations.
**Typical Education**
Required Bachelor's degree in a relevant engineering and science field.

An Advanced Degree in STEM is considered a plus.

An MBA is strongly preferred
**Salary Range:**
_The salary range described in this posting is an estimate by the Company, and may change based on several factors, including by not limited to a change in the duties covered by the job posting, or the credentials, experience or geographic jurisdiction of the successful candidate._
_Salary Range: $186K - 255K Annually_
**Notes**
This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities of the position.

Employees are held accountable for all duties of the job.

Job duties and the % of time identified for any function are subject to change at any time.
Celestica is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws.
This policy applies to hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, fringe benefits, job training, classification, referral and other aspects of employment and also states that retaliation against a person who files a charge of discrimination, participates in a discrimination proceeding, or otherwise opposes an unlawful employment practice will not be tolerated.

All information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Celestica is an E-Verify employer.
Location: This is a remote position, with travel as necessary.

We are open to considering candidates close to any of our US locations in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Texas, Arizona, Oregon or California as well as locations near major airports such as the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest and Pacific Coast.
**COMPANY OVERVIEW:**
Celestica (NYSE, TSX: CLS) enables the world’s best brands.

Through our recognized customer-centric approach, we partner with leading companies in Aerospace and Defense, Communications, Enterprise, HealthTech, Industrial, Capital Equipment and Energy to deliver solutions for their most complex challenges.

As a leader in design, manufacturing, hardware platform and supply chain solutions, Celestica brings global expertise and insight at every stage of product development – from drawing board to full-scale production and after-market services for products from advanced medical devices, to highly engineered aviation systems, to next-generation hardware platform solutions for the Cloud.

Headquartered in Toronto, with talented teams spanning 40+ locations in 13 countries across the Americas, Europe and Asia, we imagine, develop and deliver a better future with our customers.
Celestica would like to thank all applicants, however, only qualified applicants will be contacted.
Celestica does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies or fee based recruitment services.

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