Project Manager II - Infrastructure

QTS Data Centers • Atlanta, GA

9d • $89,996 - $137,628

About The Position

QTS is a global leader in digital infrastructure, designing, building, and operating advanced data centers that support AI, cloud, and digital transformation initiatives. The Project Manager II – Infrastructure plans, manages, and delivers internal IT projects on time and within budget. The role facilitates communication among technical team members and organizational departments, while ensuring adherence to company guidelines. The ideal candidate is an organized, experienced technical project manager with excellent verbal and written communication skills who can work effectively in a fast-paced, cross-functional, matrixed environment.

This role partners with systems and network engineering teams on technical discovery, coordinates project approach and resources, and creates and manages detailed plans. It oversees multiple projects, monitors and reports progress, risks, issues, and escalations to upper management, and continually improves internal processes and documentation.

The position is bonus eligible. For hires based in Virginia, the estimated salary range is $89,996.25–$137,628.27. Compensation for candidates outside Virginia is aligned with their location.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Project Management, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• Seven or more years of IT, project management, service delivery, or customer relationship management experience.
• Proficiency with the Microsoft Office suite.
• Experience building detailed technical project plans and task dependencies based on technical familiarity and stakeholder interviews.
• Experience managing complex, strategic programs with multiple subprojects or workstreams.
• Advanced knowledge of data center and critical-environment concepts, including space, power, cooling, and connectivity.
• Advanced knowledge of technologies used in data center architecture, including routers, switches, firewalls, server components, storage, and virtualization.
• U.S. citizenship is required by law due to federal customer contracts.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to interface with senior management.
• Strong facilitation, communication, organization, management, and time-management skills.
• Self-motivated, goal-oriented approach and extensive experience multitasking across concurrent, complex projects.
• Ability to prioritize in a fast-paced environment.

Nice To Haves

• Five or more years of progressive project management or team lead experience in an IT infrastructure environment.
• PMP or Agile certification.
• ITIL certification.
• Experience with Salesforce CRM.
• Experience with project management applications such as MS Project or Clarity.
• Prior experience working in a data center environment.
• Experience managing customer migrations.

Responsibilities

• Work with systems and network engineering teams to complete technical discovery.
• Apply project management expertise to ensure accurate and timely delivery of services.
• Collaborate with team managers and resources to identify the project approach, deliverables, tasks, and resources needed, particularly for technical work.
• Develop and actively manage project plans, including phases, tasks, resources, deliverables, and due dates, using traditional project management practices.
• Review proposed project-plan changes and meet with stakeholders to approve and implement beneficial changes.
• Manage multiple projects and tasks in a deadline-driven environment and complete projects on time.
• Continuously monitor and report project status, issues, risks, and escalations to upper management, including C-level leaders.
• Continuously develop and improve internal processes and documentation.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.
• 401(k) retirement plan with Roth and Traditional matching contributions and immediate vesting.
• Flexible spending and HSA accounts.
• Paid holidays, paid time off, paid volunteer days, and floating holidays.
• Employee assistance program.
• Tuition assistance and tuition reimbursement.
• Parental leave.
• Military leave assistance and military benefits package.
• QTS scholarship for employee dependents.
• Wellness program.
• Bonus or commission eligibility for every employee.
• Stock Purchase Plan.
• Holiday compensation when working on holidays.
• Pet and legal insurance.
• Q-Rest Sabbatical Program.
• Q-Anniversary Service Award Program.
• QTS Charitable Matching Gift Program.
• QTS Crisis Fund.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level