Strategic Operations Project Manager

Vertiv•St. Louis, MO

About The Position

Vertiv is seeking a project management professional to lead complex, cross-functional manufacturing operations initiatives supporting its Hyperscale customer requirements. The role drives planning, execution, and delivery of strategic projects that expand manufacturing capacity and optimize the worldwide production footprint to meet growing demand. The position manages end-to-end manufacturing footprint and capacity expansion initiatives for Hyperscale accounts, coordinating across Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, and regional teams. The successful candidate ensures projects are delivered on time and within budget and meet operational-readiness requirements. The work calls for manufacturing operations experience, capital project execution, and the ability to manage multiple complex workstreams and provide transparency to key customer accounts. Vertiv brings together hardware, software, analytics, and services to help customers’ vital applications run continuously and grow. Its portfolio includes power, cooling, and IT infrastructure solutions for data centers, communication networks, and commercial and industrial facilities. Vertiv is headquartered in Westerville, Ohio, employs around 34,000 people, and operates in more than 130 countries. The successful candidate is expected to embrace Vertiv’s Core Principles and Behaviors and help execute its Strategic Priorities.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Supply Chain Management, or a related technical field.
Five to seven years of experience.
Demonstrated success leading large-scale manufacturing facility projects, including greenfield and brownfield builds from scope through operational handover.
Strong understanding of manufacturing processes, line balancing, production system design, and throughput optimization.
Experience with capital expenditure budgeting, financial modeling, and capital project justification.
Knowledge of advanced manufacturing technologies, including automation, digital factory tools, and manufacturing execution systems.
Ability to manage cross-functional global project teams and influence at all organizational levels without direct authority.
Strong analytical skills, including the ability to drive data-informed decisions and develop capacity scenario models.
Proficiency with project management tools such as Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, or equivalent.

Nice To Haves

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification.
Multi-industry or multi-product-line manufacturing experience.
Experience in power, thermal management, or critical infrastructure manufacturing.
Knowledge of global supply chain dynamics, geopolitical influences, and total landed cost analysis.
Familiarity with Enterprise Resource Planning systems and manufacturing execution systems.

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end project management of manufacturing operations initiatives supporting Vertiv’s key Hyperscale accounts.
Develop and manage integrated project plans covering scope, schedule, budget, resource allocation, and risk mitigation.
Drive project governance through stage-gate reviews, executive status reporting, and stakeholder communication across organizational levels.
Translate Hyperscale demand requirements into manufacturing capacity and supply chain strategies across plants, regions, products, and suppliers.
Recommend how and where demand should be supported, including through new factories, production lines, expansions, and product transfers.
Coordinate cross-functional plans to bring new capacity online and track readiness against customer deployment requirements.
Present gaps, constraints, investment needs, and key decision points to leadership.
Coordinate the operational introduction of products into new or expanded manufacturing locations.
Integrate plant qualification, manufacturing process, tooling, labor, quality, and product-readiness requirements.
Align first builds, testing milestones, production ramp, and readiness for scaled manufacturing.
Ensure functional owners have clear deliverables, timing, dependencies, and decision points.
Track and report readiness of new capacity against customer deployment requirements.