Infrastructure & Capital Projects – Vice President – Data Centers, ANS

Accenture Infrastructure and Capital Projects•Nashville, TN

1d•Remote

About The Position

At Accenture Infrastructure & Capital Projects, you’ll help develop and deliver the factories, grids, transit systems, and public infrastructure that keep communities moving - and do it smarter, safer, and more sustainably than ever before. You’ll work alongside people who think big and act bold - project managers, engineers, technologists, and strategists who blend real-world experience with digital innovation and AI. Together, we’re transforming how capital projects are planned, managed, and executed, creating a better way to build for the future. This role involves contributing to annual budgets and strategic objectives, leading business development teams, and collaborating with leaders of other business units, regions, or functions in the identification and pursuit of new opportunities. You will exercise industry knowledge and technical expertise, reviewing and contributing to proposals, whitepapers, or other material. You’ll develop a wide industry network of contacts to keep informed about current and future industry and market actions. You'll select and develop senior leaders, assigning accountabilities, setting objectives, and establishing priorities. You’ll build and maintain desired corporate cultural outcomes consistent with positive engagement outcomes and psychological safety. You’ll perform annual and periodic reviews of assigned senior leaders, including incentive compensation and salary adjustments within annual budget parameters. You'll lead business development teams and collaborate with leaders of other business units, regions, and functions. You’ll monitor existing client relationships to ensure engagement objectives and delivery of services are being met, and identify opportunities for improvement to ultimately position the firm for repeat work or new work. You’ll maintain relationships with large clients and conduct regular outreach. You will evaluate all contracts and backlog for risk exposure and develop and execute mitigation strategies. You'll develop and maintain a strong industry network and participate actively in industry and civic organizations to promote corporate citizenship. You'll serve as a subject matter expert, nurturing current client relationships and building new ones. You'll contribute thought leadership both internally and in public-facing social media, conferences, or other events/locations, whether in-person or virtual. You may have the opportunity to receive brand support, building your brand on social media as a technical expert, contributing to Accenture’s overall brand. You'll serve as a subject matter expert in various internal and client-facing meetings to provide industry insight and guidance, including solutions for our client’s toughest challenges. You'll spend part of your time in project execution overseeing project teams to ensure successful delivery. You will be responsible for overseeing and advising on all aspects of one or more client’s capital projects, from concept and initiation through project completion and handover, including post-handover upgrades and retrofits. You'll oversee one or more programs/projects and collaborate with internal teams and client stakeholders to ensure that project construction activities align with owner/client’s project goals, budget, and timeline. You'll work closely with Architects, Engineers, and General Contractors (GC) to achieve project goals. You'll assist in identifying risks in the construction/commissioning process and developing risk mitigation plans to minimize project disruptions. You'll foster effective communication and collaboration among project teams, subcontractors, vendors, and clients to ensure seamless project execution. This role offers remote work for the majority of work hours, with some in-person time for collaboration, learning, and relationship building. Accenture aims to be as flexible as possible to support specific work/life needs.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Quantity Surveying
10+ years professional experience progressing in quantity surveying or cost management
5+ years experience in the data center industry
3+ years experience with Hyperscale (>30MW) Data Centers
8+ years of demonstrated functional knowledge of contracts, drawings, estimates, and specifications to ensure compliance with construction/project requirements
Strong written and verbal communication skills and computer skills
Proficient in reading and understanding contract documents, plans and specifications
Proficient using Microsoft Office Suite, MS Project and/or Primavera

Nice To Haves

Demonstrated ability to think ahead and plan over a 3 to 5 year time span
Experience leading large markets or business sectors
Experience leading and developing teams
PE, CCM, PMP, CFE, COA, LEED and/or Master’s Degree

Responsibilities

Contribute to developing annual budgets and strategic objectives.
Lead business development teams and collaborate with leaders of other business units, regions or functions in the identification and pursuit of new opportunities.
Exercise industry knowledge and technical expertise, reviewing and contributing to proposals, whitepapers, or other material.
Develop a wide industry network of contacts to keep informed about current and future industry and market actions.
Select and develop senior leaders assigning accountabilities, setting objectives, and establishing priorities.
Build and maintain desired corporate cultural outcomes consistent with positive engagement outcomes and psychological safety.
Perform annual and periodic review of assigned senior leaders including incentive compensation and salary adjustments within annual budget parameters.
Lead business development teams and collaborates with leaders of other business units, regions and functions.
Monitor existing client relationships to ensure engagement objectives and delivery of services are being met, and identifies opportunities for improvement to ultimately position the firm for repeat work or new work.
Maintain relationships with large clients and conducts regular outreach to large clients.
Evaluate all contracts and backlog for risk exposure and develop and execute mitigation strategy.
Develop and maintain a strong industry network.
Participate actively in industry and civic organizations to promote corporate citizenship.
Serve as a subject matter expert nurturing current client relationships and building new relationships.
Contribute thought leadership both internally and in public-facing social media, conferences or other events/locations whether in-person or virtual.
Serve as a subject matter expert in various internal and client-facing meetings to provide industry insight and guidance including solutions for our client’s toughest challenges.
Spend part of your time in project execution overseeing project teams to ensure successful delivery.
Oversee and advise on all aspects of one or more client’s capital projects, from concept and initiation through project completion and handover including post-handover upgrades and retrofits.
Oversee one or more programs/projects and collaborate with internal teams and client stakeholders to ensure that project construction activities align with owner/client’s project goals, budget, and timeline.
Work closely with Architects, Engineers, and General Contractors (GC) to achieve project goals.
Assist in identification of risks in the construction/commissioning process and development of risk mitigation plans to minimize project disruptions.
Foster effective communication and collaboration among project teams, subcontractors, vendors, and clients to ensure seamless project execution.
Grow our data center capital projects work independently.
Travel to meet a client or oversee a project.