Senior Program Manager

EverOn Data Center Services•Atlanta, GA

48d

About The Position

The Senior Program Manager leads delivery of advanced data center portfolios, representing the client and guiding multidisciplinary teams from early concepts through final turnover. The role sets expectations for accountability, collaboration, transparent communication, and thoughtful problem solving while supporting teams through complex decisions and challenges. The position reports to the Director of Construction. The manager leads due diligence, master and campus planning, and program-level coordination across multiple buildings and phases. They oversee engineering firms and general contractors throughout planning, design, mobilization, construction, punch list, and turnover; provide constructability input on electrical and mechanical designs; and advise clients on critical infrastructure strategies and design tradeoffs. The role also monitors progress, reports on schedule, risks, issues, and other key metrics, engages utilities, coordinates integrated master schedules, develops recovery strategies, and reinforces safety ownership. The role serves as the primary contact for the assigned portfolio, coordinates cross-functional integration and operational handoff, aligns leadership teams, and leads executive reporting and presentations. It is responsible for portfolio budgets and cost control, invoice review and approvals, change order review, and cost forecasting in partnership with Project Controls. The manager also contributes to improvements in construction processes, safety, and efficiency, applies lessons learned, and coaches and mentors direct reports.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent data center experience.
At least 4 years of project management experience.
Data center development and/or data center construction experience.

Nice To Haves

Substation design experience.

Responsibilities

Lead due diligence and master/campus planning for the assigned data center portfolio.
Lead program-level planning across multiple buildings and phases, aligning delivery with campus objectives.
Oversee engineering firms and general contractors through master planning, detailed design, mobilization, construction, punch list, and turnover.
Provide constructability input on electrical and mechanical designs to support cost-effective, buildable solutions.
Use data center project and critical infrastructure knowledge to advise clients on strategies, design tradeoffs, reliability, and efficiency.
Monitor construction progress and prepare executive updates on metrics, schedule forecasts, constraints, issues, and risks.
Drive utility engagement, infrastructure upgrades, and communication with public utility services.
Lead integrated master schedule coordination and develop schedule recovery strategies to maintain project and portfolio milestones.
Reinforce safety ownership and adherence to company safety policies.
Serve as the lead point of contact for the assigned portfolio and build trust through consistent performance and transparency.
Coordinate disciplines to support project integration and handoff to operations.
Drive alignment across internal and external leadership teams.
Lead executive-level reporting and presentations for the assigned portfolio.
Manage the portfolio budget and cost control.
Review and approve vendor invoices as necessary and review and approve client invoices through Procore.
Review change orders with stakeholders and resolve issues to prevent delays and mitigate financial risk.
Partner with Project Controls to review cost forecasts aligned with schedule and procurement strategy.
Contribute to improvements in construction processes, safety practices, and efficiency across the portfolio.
Apply lessons learned to improve delivery.
Coach and mentor direct reports.