Project Manager Data Center Rapid Deployment
About The Position
The Project Manager, Data Center and Rapid Deployments will lead complex site deployment projects supporting data center development and expansion, temporary workforce infrastructure, remote-site operations, and other rapid-response business needs. Reporting to the Business Unit Leader, the role coordinates projects from initial planning and scoping through mobilisation, site launch, operational stabilisation, and closeout. The Project Manager manages scope, schedules, budgets, risks, vendors, contractors, documentation, and stakeholder communication across multiple workstreams. The role calls for a practical, highly organised project professional who can bring structure to fast-moving environments, anticipate execution risks, and keep internal teams and external partners aligned. Success is measured by safe, timely, commercially disciplined delivery that meets client expectations. This is a remote role based in the US, with travel required as needed to support site launches, vendor activities, client meetings, and urgent deployment needs.
Requirements
- Practical and highly organised project professional able to bring structure to fast-moving environments.
- Ability to anticipate execution risks and keep internal teams and external partners aligned.
- Comfort with travel as required for site launches, vendor activities, client meetings, and urgent deployment needs.
Responsibilities
- Lead assigned data center, rapid-deployment, and temporary-infrastructure projects from initiation and planning through execution, stabilisation, operational handover, and closeout.
- Maintain ownership of project scope, schedule, budget, milestones, dependencies, and deliverables.
- Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, workback plans, milestone trackers, responsibility matrices, readiness checklists, issue logs, risk registers, communication plans, and project dashboards.
- Coordinate site readiness and mobilisation, including vendors, assets and materials, temporary infrastructure, workforce accommodation, utilities, connectivity, transportation, food services, security, facilities support, and operational handover.
- Align clients, internal teams, vendors, contractors, suppliers, and site partners on responsibilities, decisions, and interdependent workstreams.
- Monitor budgets, forecasts, expenditure, invoices, change orders, and cost implications in coordination with Finance and Procurement.
- Identify constraints, dependencies, safety considerations, and delivery risks; maintain mitigation plans, manage change control, and escalate blockers.
- Lead meetings and prepare status reports, leadership briefings, decision papers, and escalation updates.
- Monitor deliverables, service levels, and punch-list items; complete closeout documentation, lessons learned, and transition notes.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
