Project Manager – Data Center Projects

Senior Project Manager – Data Center Projects

About Us

We partner with hyperscale, enterprise, and colo clients to deliver multi-MW campuses and edge sites with speed, precision, and uncompromising safety and quality.

Position Overview

• Lead multiple concurrent or program-scale data center projects (1–20+ MW) from concept through commissioning and turnover.
• Serve as the executive interface to the client, steering strategy, risk, commercial outcomes, and cross-project standardization.

Key Responsibilities

Program Leadership & Governance

• Set program strategy and project governance; align scope, budget, schedule, and Tier resiliency goals across stakeholders.
• Build and mentor PM teams; coordinate tightly with Superintendents for constructability, sequencing, and turnover milestones.
• Provide executive reporting on KPI dashboards: cost, schedule, risk, quality, punch/defect burn-down, commissioning progress, and readiness for IT load.

Commercial & Financial Management

• Oversee cost planning, GMP development, cash flow, buyout strategy, and contingency management.
• Drive value engineering without compromising availability.
• Manage enterprise-level cost controls and commercial outcomes across multiple projects.

Commissioning & Technical Execution

• Direct commissioning strategy including test scripts, sequence of operations, load bank plans, and IST readiness.
• Lead L1–L5 execution and acceptance.
• Ensure design and field work conform to TIA-942 resiliency ratings, Uptime Tier intent, and ASHRAE TC 9.9 thermal guidelines.
• Verify BMS/EPMS integration and alarming.

Procurement & Logistics

• Orchestrate long-lead procurement across OEMs (switchgear, UPS, generators, chillers, cooling distribution).
• Coordinate logistics for phased energization and critical equipment delivery.

Safety & Operational Readiness

• Sponsor safety culture across all project teams.
• Review MOPs, SOPs, and EOPs for hot work, lockout/tagout, and live cutovers in active facilities.
• Drive readiness planning through commissioning and turnover.

Stakeholder & Partner Management

• Manage external partners including CxA, AE, commissioning agents, utilities, and AHJ stakeholders.
• Coordinate permits, inspections, and energization approvals.
• Serve as the primary executive-level client interface throughout project delivery.

Qualifications

• 15+ years in construction management with 8+ years in mission-critical/data center projects.
• Expert-level knowledge of MEP systems, commissioning sequences, redundancy topologies, and critical path scheduling.
• Proven success delivering accelerated multi-MW projects or programs to budget and schedule.
• Mastery of P6/MS Project, Procore, and enterprise cost control.
• High-impact leadership with polished client-facing communication.

Preferred

• Familiar with Uptime Institute Tier methodology, ANSI/TIA-942 ratings, and ASHRAE TC 9.9 thermal guidance.
• Experience with multi-site rollouts, modular builds, and phased/live environment upgrades.
• Professional credential (PMP, CCM) and commissioning training.

What We Offer

• Executive-level impact on global infrastructure.
• Competitive compensation with performance bonus.
• Comprehensive benefits package.
• Accelerated career growth in the mission-critical market.
• Opportunity to lead complex, high-profile data center programs worldwide.