Project Manager III

QTS Data Centers•Ashburn, VA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Project Manager III will lead complex, cross-functional, programs focused on improving, standardizing, integrating, and optimizing data center facilities across the company portfolio. This role will manage projects involving existing site assessments, infrastructure gap resolution, operational readiness, customer impacting remediation, facility improvements, and technical system transitions. This role facilitates communication across multiple technical teams (e.g., Systems Engineering, Network Engineering, Security, Data Center Operations) and Contractors, while ensuring alignment with established company standards, controls, and delivery expectations. The person in this role should have both written and oral communication skills commensurate with this level of regular communication. The Project Manager III will be responsible for turning complex issues into actionable plans, coordinating execution across multiple workstreams, and providing clear reporting to leadership on progress, risk, schedule, budget and business impact.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in business, Engineering, Project Management or other related field or equivalent professional experience.
Seven or more years of Project Management experience
Proficient with 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 sub-projects/workstreams.
Experience working in data center environments
US Citizenship for this position is required by law due to federal customer contracts

Nice To Haves

Strong Knowledge of data center/critical environment concepts, such as space, power, cooling and connectivity.
Strong Knowledge of technologies found within data center architecture, such as routers, switches, firewalls, server components, storage, and virtualization.
Experience with Project Management applications and visualization tools such as MS Project, Smartsheets
PMP certification

Responsibilities

Works closely with systems, network, and security engineering teams to complete technical discovery and validate project scope.
Applies project management expertise to ensure accurate and timely delivery of infrastructure services and solutions.
Collaborates with team managers and technical resources to identify project approach, deliverables, tasks, dependencies, and resourcing needs, particularly as they relate to infrastructure and data‑center‑based technologies.
Develops and actively manages detailed project plans, identifying applicable phases, milestones, tasks, resources, deliverables, and due dates using standard project management practices.
Reviews proposed changes to project plans and facilitates stakeholder alignment to approve and implement beneficial changes.
Manages multiple projects and workstreams in a deadline‑driven environment, ensuring commitments are met and risks are addressed proactively.
Continuously monitors and reports on project status to leadership, including schedule, risks, issues, and required escalations.
Coordinates cross‑functional activities to support infrastructure readiness, operational handoff, and successful project closeout.
Contributes to the ongoing development and improvement of internal processes, documentation, and delivery standards within Technology Delivery.