Vice President, Construction

STACK Infrastructure•Dallas, TX

6d•$250,000 - $285,000

About The Position

STACK INFRASTRUCTURE (STACK) provides digital infrastructure to scale the world’s most innovative companies. We are an award-winning industry leader in building, owning, and operating highly efficient, cost-effective wholesale, colocation, and cloud data centers. Each of our national facilities meet or exceed the highest industry standards in all operational categories of availability, security, connectivity, and physical resilience. STACK offers the scale and geographic reach that rapidly growing hyperscale and enterprise companies need. The world runs on data. Data runs on STACK. The Vice President is an essential partner to both the General Manager/ Sr. Vice President, Construction in driving the direction of the business, supporting both strategic and tactical initiatives, and solving difficult daily challenges to remove roadblocks, improve communications and overall to help lead the program towards more predictable, favorable and consistent outcomes in the Construction Delivery of large-scale, complex data center builds. STACK is seeking a candidate with senior-level experience in start-to-finish construction of multi-billion-dollar turnkey data center campuses. To be successful in this role, your essential skill will be expert problem-solving, utilizing creativity, understanding of the industry and how STACK operates, along with a relentless approach to follow through. You will need to be a skillful internal operator and use your ability to influence others to help remove roadblocks and drive towards successful outcomes. You will be tasked with both strategic and tactical challenges, and you will need to rely on exceptional communication skills both up and down the STACK hierarchy. The candidate will have senior level experience in influencing positive business outcomes in challenging situations where direct control is shared both internally and externally. As a successful Vice President, you will build strong cross-group working relationships and demonstrate exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail. Our ideal candidate can thrive in a fast-paced, multi-tasking environment where clear and unambiguous direction is sometimes lacking. Your ability to be resilient, creative and persistent will be key contributors to your success.

Requirements

Client-facing and team leadership experience required
Experience managing business relationships with both external and internal teams at a senior level
Able to build positive relationships to encourage professional and quality growth opportunities within client and internal teams
Excellent financial acumen (familiarity with NetSuite preferred, but not required)
Experience with multiple large-scale, fast-moving projects across a region and a proven track-record of developing a collaborative and high-morale team culture
Strong leadership skills, high emotional intelligence, and a proven track record in leading, managing and developing teams
Mastery of the tools of the trade (AIA Contracts, Construction Schedules, Budgets & Schedules of Values, Payment Applications, Lien Releases, Subcontracts, Purchase Orders, Invoices, Vendor Agreements, Construction Insurance types, etc.)
Exceptional Data Center technical knowledge, including OFCI/CFCI equipment, procurement strategies and lead times, Owner-direct vendors, lender requirements, etc.
Rigorous attention to detail, precision and accuracy, particularly in financial matters, budgets, cost projections, etc.
Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills, externally with Clients and across all levels of the organization including the Executive level
Ability to prioritize, delegate and stay focused under high levels of pressure, manage multiple competing priorities and adapt to constantly changing requirements; strong organizational skills are a must
Positive, can-do attitude and team player
Proficient in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint (Procore is a plus)
10-15+ years in Construction of Data Centers (including related fields such as Project Management Consulting, Development and Design/Engineering)
Large-scale Turnkey Data Center experience required
Extensive experience in large scale ground up, core and shell, sitework, utility and fitout construction ($1B+ preferred)
Four-year degree in a related field (Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, Business Management)

Nice To Haves

Knowledge and competency with Bluebeam and BIM platforms is a plus
Excellent financial acumen (familiarity with NetSuite preferred, but not required)
Proficient in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint (Procore is a plus)

Responsibilities

Be accountable for the Project Owner Budgets & Schedules in the region, project performance, and accurate and real-time reporting
Support and lead a culture of safety, quality, collaboration and professionalism across the region
Provide high-level direction to the GC, Owner vendors and other trade partners as required to ensure successful project delivery
Review and negotiate Construction Schedules from GCs and Owner-direct vendors as required and prepare/present schedule overviews as required
Be accountable for leading, managing, forecasting, and tracking cost, schedule, and quality performance and risks for large-scale data center delivery projects
Prepare and deliver reports, analysis and presentations for other STACK teams, the Senior Leadership Team, the Board and other parties as required
Manage Client relations as required, including interface with STACK’s funding partner and Senior Leadership Team
Lead, manage, mentor and develop STACK project teams across the region, fostering and championing a collaborative and high-morale culture
Collaborate successfully with other STACK teams, including Strategy, Sales Engineering, EH&S, Finance and Operations
Proactive problem solving in the field with multiple stakeholders to achieve aggressive project objectives
Provide leadership, strategic direction, and decision-making, ensuring project alignment with client objectives and its adherence to STACK’s operational and strategic goals