Principal Data Center Facilities Development Manager

Oracle•Saline, MI

8d•$102,300 - $209,500

About The Position

The Principal Data Center Facilities Development Manager leads the construction of data centers built by colocation providers, ensuring projects meet schedule, budget, and quality expectations. The role manages project planning, schedules, budgets, and documentation, including design reviews, commissioning materials, and problem-solving papers. It oversees quality control, tenant fit-out integration, site inspections, startup, and commissioning across major projects. The position assesses delivery risks and develops mitigation strategies, serves as the primary contact with colocation providers, and manages relationships and contracts with vendors, contractors, and suppliers. It works with design teams to keep construction aligned with approved plans and oversees the installation of power, cooling, networking, and structured cabling systems. The role also coordinates work across projects, addresses complex issues, supports process improvement and continuous learning, mentors junior team members, and participates in candidate interviews and hiring recommendations.

Responsibilities

Lead data center construction projects delivered by colocation providers, ensuring completion on time, within budget, and to quality standards.
Develop and maintain detailed project schedules and coordinate with colocation providers to achieve milestones across multiple projects.
Create and manage project budgets and optimize resource allocation.
Create, review, and maintain design review, commissioning, and problem-solving documentation.
Implement and oversee quality-control processes to ensure construction meets design specifications and industry standards.
Coordinate and integrate tenant fit-out projects across design, construction, and commissioning phases.
Conduct detailed site walks to monitor project schedule, coordination, and quality.
Lead startup and commissioning for major data center projects and verify systems meet design specifications.
Evaluate project delivery risks, identify gaps in risk identification and mitigation, and develop and implement mitigation strategies.
Serve as the primary contact between the company and colocation providers, communicate effectively, and resolve routine issues independently.
Build and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders and identify process-improvement opportunities.
Select, negotiate, and manage contracts with external vendors, contractors, and suppliers; ensure compliance and performance.
Coordinate with design teams to align construction activities with approved plans and specifications and address routine design issues independently.
Provide colocation-provider evaluation input and identify opportunities for process enhancements.
Oversee installation of power, cooling, networking, and structured cabling systems in accordance with quality standards.
Coordinate moderately complex work, monitor timelines and deliverables, delegate and prioritize across projects, provide technical oversight, and adjust plans as resources or timelines change.
Collaborate across the organization, account for stakeholder and customer needs, and support inclusive collaboration by seeking and listening to diverse perspectives.
Analyze information to address moderately complex problems, escalate unresolved or critical issues with assessments and proposed solutions, and document problem-solving strategies.
Pursue learning and feedback, stay informed about industry trends and best practices, and coach and mentor junior team members.
Recommend and help implement process, protocol, and workflow improvements and evaluate their impact.
Participate in candidate interviews, assess candidates, and provide hiring recommendations.