# Director, Permitting & Risk

Come join our Rocket Ship and be part of Compass Datacenters’ mission to make life better by providing the world’s technology leaders with a secure place to plug in wherever they grow. We provide custom, move-in ready data centers, from edge deployments to core facilities serving hyperscale, cloud and enterprise customers. At Compass, we put Culture first because we believe it produces results and, more importantly, changes lives. Compass is recruiting for a Director, Permitting & Risk to establish and lead the company’s first centralized permitting governance function and oversee placement of Builder’s Risk and Owner Controlled Insurance Program coverage for construction projects. This senior leader will create one source of truth for permits, approvals, proffers, conditions, deadlines, renewals, and compliance status across the portfolio. Working alongside subject matter experts, the Director will drive obligations from handoff through construction, commissioning, and operations while partnering with Development, Design & Construction, Data Center Operations, Energy and Utilities, Legal, Finance, regulators, brokers, carriers, and consultants. Responsibilities: Design and launch

- **Id**: 3902649
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/compass-datacenters-director-permitting-risk>
- **Role**: HR
- **Role family**: HR
- **Seniority**: head
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Dallas, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Visa sponsorship**: yes
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-06T22:38:33Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-06
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T08:17:53Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 3
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5732
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: 401k plan, Unlimited PTO
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Data Centers & Colocation

## Company

- **Id**: 179389
- **Name**: Compass Datacenters
- **Domain**: compassdatacenters.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/compass-datacenters>
- **Size band**: 201-500
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Breezy

## Technologies

- **GDPR** — Optional: no
- **Microsoft Office** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 3

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

### Languages

- Language: English; Level: All levels; Optional: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-07T01:19:44Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 3
- **Expected fill days**: 35
- **Reasons**: conf:3, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

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