Data Center Risk Associate

As a Risk Associate, you will coordinate across data center disciplines to identify, assess, report, and mitigate risks across the full lifecycle of data center assets. You will partner cross-functionally to ensure resilient, compliant, and efficient project delivery and operations.

Responsibilities

• Lead lifecycle risk management across data center projects, identifying, tracking, and mitigating risks from site selection through operations while maintaining up-to-date risk registers and embedding best practices across teams.
• Partner cross-functionally with development, construction, engineering, finance, and operations to proactively identify and address risks early in project planning and execution.
• Evaluate and manage risks across pre-construction, procurement, and construction phases, including site, permitting, supply chain, contractor performance, schedule, and cost exposures.
• Support operational risk management for live environments, including uptime, security, infrastructure reliability, and business continuity/disaster recovery planning.
• Assist with insurance placement, claims, and compliance efforts, ensuring alignment with regulatory standards (e.g., ISO, SOC, NIST) and supporting audits across lifecycle phases.
• Analyze financial and market risks in collaboration with finance, including budgeting considerations and risk mitigation strategies such as hedging.
• Produce risk reports, dashboards, and insights for leadership while driving continuous improvement of risk frameworks, tools, and long-term mitigation strategies.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree
• 3+ years of experience in risk, project management, construction, infrastructure, or operations (data center or mission-critical environment preferred)
• Familiarity with risk management frameworks (e.g., COSO, NIST, ISO 31000)
• Basic understanding of data center infrastructure (power, cooling, redundancy) and development lifecycle
• Highly entrepreneurial spirit – ability to operate with minimal guidance and a strong ownership mindset to deliver results
• Deep working knowledge of financial, technology, and infrastructure risks
• Excellent analytical and communication skills; able to translate complex operational risks into succinct data points for decision-makers

Benefits

• annual bonus
• equity incentives