Vice President, Meta Data Center

We are seeking a visionary executive to own and scale our global data center food services program end-to-end for a leading global technology partner. This isn't about maintaining an operational baseline, it's a high-visibility mandate to architect a multi-year strategy across culinary innovation, commercial performance, sustainability and rapid global expansion. About the job Take the lead in a high-level executive role where strategic direction meets operational excellence. You’ll drive growth, elevate performance, and inspire large, cross-functional teams, shaping the future of service delivery and client success across a dynamic regional portfolio. Pay Range: $181220 per year - $281380 per year Incentive Eligibility: Eligible to participate in Sodexo's incentive plan and earn variable compensation in addition to base salary What’s in it for you Make a global impact. Be the executive architect behind an industry-leading program, elevating standards, strengthening client partnerships, and shaping the future of workplace dining across the globe. Accelerate your influence. Lead transformational growth, launch complex operations in emerging markets, and leave a lasting mark on one of the most dynamic and fast-growing sectors in the industry. Strategy and transformation Own the strategy for data centre food services: the proposition, the service models, the commercial model, technology and the direction of travel three to five years out. Define what the transformed food programme is - standards, quality, choice, wellbeing, sustainability and value - and build the evidenced case for it with the client Lead the transformation as a programme, with sequencing, dependencies and realistic dating, so change lands across a live estate without destabilising current performance. Differentiate deliberately between what must be globally consistent and what should be locally determined, and be explicit about which is which. Culinary programming Own the culinary programme across the estate: menu architecture and cycles, standards and specification, provenance and sourcing, nutrition and wellbeing, and the food-led elements of the employee experience. Build a programme that travels - one that holds its identity in a remote North American site and in a market where the supply chain, workforce and palate are entirely different. Build a program where technology is integrated throughout to drive a better experience as well as support the uniqueness of the data center demographic and needs Hold the line on culinary quality as the estate scales, including where speed of opening and cost pressure push against it. Work with Global Culinary Programming and the client's food and workplace teams so the programme is co-owned. New openings and growth Own the openings pipeline readiness, sequencing, resourcing, supply chain, recruitment, training and day-one quality. Build a repeatable opening model so each new site is faster, more efficient and better than the last, rather than each one being mobilised from first principles. Lead the commercial side of growth: pricing, business cases, and the economics of operating at sites that are often remote, small-population and hard to supply. Support the client's own growth planning with a credible view of what Sodexo can deliver, where, and by when - and say early where the answer is not yet. Operations and performance Hold accountability for the performance of the sites: safety, food safety, quality, customer satisfaction, and financial and KPI commitments. Make performance visible early across a geographically dispersed estate, and catch drift rather than explain it after the fact. Protect the operating standard through the growth period. Client relationship Act as the senior Sodexo relationship owner for data centre food services, trusted by the client as an advisor on their food strategy and not only as a supplier of its delivery. Manage client expectations actively - on transformation pace, on open…

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