Founder, Data Centre Buildout

This is an exceptional opportunity for an entrepreneurial leader to launch and build a venture addressing critical infrastructure challenges within the rapidly expanding AI and data centre industries. As Founder and CEO, you will identify major bottlenecks across data centre development, power infrastructure, industrial manufacturing, and equipment supply chains. You will turn industry-specific challenges into innovative, technology-driven business solutions with the support of an experienced venture-building team. From validating market opportunities and developing an MVP to securing early customers and raising capital, you will lead the company from concept to launch and beyond. You will work alongside technical, product, design, and go-to-market experts while building your own team. This opportunity is ideal for an experienced operator ready to become a venture-backed founder and shape the infrastructure powering the next generation of technology.

• Proven experience as an early-stage operator, entrepreneur, or business leader, ideally within infrastructure, energy, industrial manufacturing, data centres, or infrastructure finance.

• Firsthand understanding of challenges within the infrastructure ecosystem, such as equipment shortages, factory development, power constraints, construction timelines, permitting, or supply chain coordination.

• Experience working in relevant environments, including electrical equipment manufacturing, engineering and construction (EPC), utilities, data centre development, heavy-haul logistics, project finance, structured credit, or equipment leasing.

• Strong commercial and strategic capabilities, with the ability to identify market opportunities, validate business models, and translate industry expertise into viable products and services.

• Demonstrated ability to build, launch, and grow businesses, products, or new initiatives in entrepreneurial or fast-paced environments.

• Experience attracting, hiring, and leading high-performing teams, with the ability to inspire people around a shared vision.

• Strong understanding of customer discovery, go-to-market strategies, business development, and early-stage revenue generation.

• Excellent communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills, particularly when engaging with customers, investors, industry leaders, and strategic partners.

• A strong interest in technology and its potential to transform industrial infrastructure and accelerate economic development.

• An entrepreneurial mindset, high ownership mentality, resilience, and willingness to navigate uncertainty while building a business from the ground up.

• Based in Canada or the United States, with the ability to collaborate effectively across North American time zones.

• A genuine ambition to become a venture-backed founder and take full ownership of building and leading a new company.