Navigator, General, Global

About Vantage Data Centers Vantage Data Centers powers, cools, protects and connects the technology of the world’s well-known hyperscalers, cloud providers and large enterprises. Developing and operating across North America, EMEA and Asia Pacific, Vantage has evolved data center design in innovative ways to deliver dramatic gains in reliability, efficiency and sustainability in flexible environments that can scale as quickly as the market demands. Artificial Intelligence Team The Artificial Intelligence Team exists to amplify human potential through intelligent technology. We're building an AI-powered ecosystem that transforms how Vantage creates value, freeing our people from routine work so they can focus on innovation and strategic thinking that truly differentiates us in the market. Through responsible AI implementation across operations, engineering, and business functions, we're not just automating processes; we're reimagining what's possible when human creativity partners with artificial intelligence. Our approach centers on measurable business outcomes, ethical governance, and creating capabilities that make every team member more effective while positioning Vantage at the forefront of the intelligent infrastructure revolution. Position Overview This position can be based remotely in the United States. The Navigator, Global serves as a trusted advisor and discovery catalyst across Vantage’s business functions. This role acts as a critical bridge between business operations and AI possibilities, translating operational friction points, strategic challenges, and emerging opportunities into validated opportunities for AI-driven transformation. Rather than managing programs or building solutions, this Navigator discovers, validates, prioritizes, and prepares high-impact AI opportunities for rapid prototyping and implementation by the appropriate delivery teams. Unlike Navigators aligned to a specific business pillar, the Navigator, Global operates horizontally across the enterprise, flexing to areas of greatest business need, supporting cross-functional opportunities, and providing additional discovery capacity as demand evolves. Success requires equal parts business acumen, technical fluency, intellectual curiosity, and the interpersonal skills to build trust with diverse stakeholders and rapidly understand unfamiliar business domains. Essential Job Functions Build trusted relationships across Vantage business functions, becoming a go-to resource for identifying and shaping AI opportunities. Conduct structured discovery sessions to understand business objectives, map current-state workflows, identify friction points, and uncover opportunities for AI-enabled improvement. Rapidly develop sufficient domain understanding to operate credibly across multiple business functions without requiring deep specialization in a single pillar. Translate business challenges into preliminary AI use cases and assess feasibility based on available data, systems, processes, risks, and organizational readiness . Validate opportunities through structured assessment of potential business value, strategic impact, operational improvement, user benefit, and implementation feasibility. Develop clear intake and opportunity documentation capturing business context, current-state challenges, data availability, dependencies, risks, stakeholders, and measurable success criteria. Partner with aligned Navigators on high-priority or cross-functional opportunities requiring additional discovery capacity or expertise. Identify opportunities spanning multiple business functions and ensure appropriate stakeholder alignment before handoff . Prepare validated opportunities for handoff to Accelerators and other delivery teams, ensuring sufficient business context and success criteria exist to support rapid prototyping. Champion responsible AI principles throughout discovery and opportunity development, including appropriate consideration of privacy, security, accessibility, data governance, human oversight, and organizational risk. Build and maintain stakeholder and champion networks across the organization to strengthen AI adoption and surface emerging opportunities. Monitor emerging AI capabilities and translate relevant developments into practical possibilities for Vantage. Support change and adoption by helping stakeholders understand how AI can augment human expertise and improve business outcomes. Track discovery pipeline health, opportunity progression, business value, and conversion into implemented solutions. Contribute to continuous improvement of Navigator methodologies, discovery frameworks, governance practices, and enterprise AI strategy. Duties Conduct regular listening tours and stakeholder engagements across business functions to understand evolving priorities, operational challenges, and opportunities that could benefit from AI augmentation. Facilitate discovery workshops that help business leaders examine current-state workflows, identify underlying business problems, and envision new AI-enabled ways of working. Document opportunity assessments capturing business context, current-state challenges, expected value, data and system requirements, dependencies, risks, resource implications, and measurable success criteria. Partner with business and functional leaders to define outcome-focused success measures and establish a clear value hypothesis for proposed AI opportunities. Collaborate with Accelerators, Platform, Security, Legal, Data, and other relevant teams to evaluate feasibility, dependencies, governance considerations, and appropriate paths to implementation. Support pillar-aligned Navigators on priority initiatives requiring additional discovery capacity, cross-functional coordination, or complementary expertise. Identify patterns and synergies across business functions, connecting similar challenges and opportunities to reusable AI capabilities where appropriate. Translate AI concepts into clear business language that enables stakeholders to evaluate opportunities based on business outcomes rather than technical capabilities. Support change readiness and adoption by helping stakeholders understand how proposed AI solutions augment existing expertise, workflows, and decision-making. Maintain clear and current opportunity documentation and ensure validated opportunities are sufficiently defined for effective handoff to delivery teams. Track discovery pipeline health, opportunity progression, handoffs, and conversion into implemented solutions and measurable business outcomes. Capture lessons from discovery engagements and contribute to continuous improvement of Navigator methodologies, intake processes, prioritization frameworks, and governance practices. Stay informed on emerging AI capabilities and proactively connect relevant advancements to Vantage business challenges and opportunities. Handle additional duties as assigned by Management. Job Requirements Minimum 5–7 years overall professional experience, including significant experience in business transformation, product management, strategy, operations, consulting, technology, analytics, or related disciplines. Demonstrated ability to quickly understand unfamiliar business domains, workflows, and stakeholder needs. Practical understanding of AI capabilities, limitations, and common enterprise applications, including generative AI, natural language processing, analytics, automation, and intelligent decision support. Demonstrated ability to translate ambiguous business challenges into structured opportunity assessments and actionable recommendations. Strong business and financial acumen with the ability to evaluate potential value, impact, feasibility, and tradeoffs. Proven capability to establish credibility with senior leaders and facilitate productive discovery conversations across diverse business functions. Experience working across organizational boundaries and navigating opportunities involving multiple stakeholder groups. Strong judgment regarding sensitive information, data governance, responsible AI, and appropriate human oversight. Excellent listening, facilitation, analytical, and communication skills. Genuine curiosity about how businesses operate and a demonstrated ability to ask questions that uncover underlying problems rather than simply responding to requested solutions. Ability to balance multiple opportunities and shift focus as enterprise priorities evolve. Travel required is expected to be 10–15% for relationship building, discovery, and business engagement activities. Physical Demands and Special Requirements The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to handle, or feel objects; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop or kneel; talk and hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Additional Details Salary Range: $165,000-170,000 Base + Bonus (this range is based on Colorado market data and may vary in other locations) This position is eligible for company benefits including but not limited to medical, dental, and vision coverage, life and AD&D, short and long-term disability coverage, paid time off, employee assistance, participation in a 401k program that includes company match, and many other additional voluntary benefits. Compensation for the role will depend on a number of factors, including your qualifications, skills, competencies, and experience and may fall outside of the range shown. #LI-CD1 #LI-Remote We operate with No Ego and No Arrogance. We work to build each other up and support one another, appreciating each other’s strengths and respecting each other’s weaknesses. We find joy in our work and each other, actively seeking opportunities to inject fun into what we do. Our hard and efficient work is rewarded with an above market total compensation package. We offer a comprehensive suite of health and welfare, retirement, and paid leave benefits exceeding local expectations. Throughout the year, the advantage of being part of the Vantage team is evident with an array of benefits, recognition, training and development, and the knowledge that your contribution adds value to the company and our community. Don't meet all the requirements? Please still apply if you think you are the right person for the position. We are always keen to speak to people who connect with our mission and values. Vantage Data Centers is an Equal Opportunity Employer Vantage Data Centers does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firm agencies. Fees will not be paid in the event a candidate submitted by a recruiter without an agreement in place is hired; such resumes will be deemed the sole property of Vantage Data Centers. We’ll be accepting applications for at least one week from the date this role is posted. If you're interested, we encourage you to apply soon—we’re excited to find the right person and will keep the role open until we do!