Senior Director - Project Controls

Lambda

1d•$335,000 - $446,000

About The Position

Lambda, The Superintelligence Cloud, is a leader in AI cloud infrastructure serving tens of thousands of customers. Our customers range from AI researchers to enterprises and hyperscalers. Lambda's mission is to make compute as ubiquitous as electricity and give everyone the power of superintelligence. One person, one GPU. If you'd like to build the world's best AI cloud, join us. The Senior Director of Project Controls is accountable for global or regional cost, estimating, schedule, risk, and change management across massive capital programs. This leader safeguards margins, validates baselines, and prevents costly delays in mission-critical hyperscale or enterprise data center builds. We are seeking a strategic and analytical Senior Director of Project Controls of Project Controls to own integrated cost, estimating, scheduling, and risk management across our expanding portfolio. Operating as a trusted advisor to executive leadership, you will lead the Project Controls Center of Excellence, ensuring enterprise governance from early planning through execution and turnover.

Requirements

10+ years in Program Project Controls / Cost / Commercial Management for large capital mission-critical hyperscale data center programs and/or high tech construction.
10+ years leading teams, including external partners, contractors, and distributed groups.
Advanced proficiency with enterprise reporting/tools such as Primavera P6, Procore, and Oracle Unifier.
Deep understanding and subject matter expertise of data center construction economics and cost management including, but not limited to, Earned Value Management (EVM), construction change orders, and schedule quality (CPM/Primavera P6).
Bachelor's degree

Responsibilities

Establish a global or regional Project Controls Center of Excellence, defining uniform methodologies, tools, and data governance.
Govern cost and estimating management framework, ensuring the establishment of validated Project and Portfolio baselines, cost targets and delivery within budget.
Govern the change management framework, ensuring all scope variations and change orders trace through comprehensive approval workflows.
Oversee the development of integrated schedules, baselines, and resource allocation models from concept through commissioning and turnover.
Lead monthly forecasting, cost modeling, and variance narratives (cost vs. budget).
Review and approve the development of full life cycle Project estimates and cost targets.
Review and approve compensation model development and complex construction claims.
Drive data integrity across the portfolio by linking field progress to financial systems.
Run schedule quality reviews (logic, critical path integrity) and enforce recovery planning.
Own the RAID (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies) log across the portfolio, implementing global standards for mitigation.
Manage and mentor distributed teams of controls professionals, cost managers, and schedulers.
Collaborate closely with Supply Chain, Engineering, Construction, Finance, and Client/Executive stakeholders to maintain a single source of truth.