Senior Project Manager - Data Center
About The Position
The Senior Project Manager, Construction leads the planning, execution, and delivery of large-scale or complex construction and capital improvement projects. This role is the senior client-facing lead on high-visibility projects, mentors junior project management staff, and helps set project delivery standards within the market. The position focuses on ground-up data center construction, including core and shell delivery and the critical electrical, mechanical, and technical infrastructure required for operational facilities. The Senior Project Manager oversees projects from preconstruction and site development through construction, infrastructure installation, testing, commissioning, closeout, and turnover. The role manages project budgets, schedules, risk, contracts, consultants, contractors, and client communications, while ensuring compliance with permitting, entitlements, codes, and regulations. This position is 100% in-office during standard business hours. Remote work or telecommuting is not available. Frequent travel to properties, job sites, and client and consultant meetings is required.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, or a related field.
- At least 8 years of progressive commercial construction project management experience, including large or complex projects.
- Direct experience delivering ground-up data center construction projects; core-and-shell-only experience is insufficient.
- Experience overseeing installation and commissioning of data center electrical and critical infrastructure, including power distribution, redundancy, UPS, generators, switchgear, and associated cooling systems.
- Working knowledge of data center operational requirements, infrastructure coordination, system redundancy, and phased commissioning and turnover processes.
- Demonstrated success managing multi-million-dollar budgets and cross-functional project teams.
- Strong knowledge of construction law, contracts, and risk management.
- Proven ability to mentor and develop junior team members.
- Excellent executive-level communication and presentation skills.
- Established relationships with contractors, consultants, and vendors within assigned markets.
- Currently authorized to work in the United States without visa sponsorship now or in the future.
- Ability to use a computer for extended periods and perform standard office work.
- Ability to travel frequently to properties, job sites, and client and consultant meetings.
Nice To Haves
- Advanced degree.
Responsibilities
- Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of large-scale or complex construction and capital improvement projects.
- Lead ground-up data center projects from preconstruction and site development through core and shell construction, critical infrastructure installation, testing, and turnover.
- Oversee integration of mission-critical building systems, including electrical distribution, utility interconnections, substations, transformers, switchgear, UPS systems, generators, and backup power infrastructure.
- Coordinate construction and integration of data hall infrastructure, power distribution to IT equipment, cooling systems, controls, fire protection, and related MEP systems.
- Develop and manage multi-million-dollar project budgets and schedules, proactively identifying and mitigating risk.
- Serve as the senior client-facing representative and maintain relationships with owners, tenants, and capital partners.
- Direct selection, contracting, and performance management of architects, engineers, and general contractors.
- Negotiate complex contracts, change orders, and dispute resolutions.
- Mentor and guide Project Managers, Associate Project Managers, and Project Coordinators.
- Present project status, budget, and risk updates to senior leadership and clients.
- Ensure compliance with entitlements, permitting, codes, and regulations.
- Oversee project closeout, commissioning, and transition to property management.
- Manage integrated systems testing, commissioning, and operational readiness of critical power and cooling systems, coordinating with owners, operators, engineers, utilities, and specialty contractors.
- Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
