Vice President, Global Program Controls Lead

Ares Management Corporation•Bellevue, WA

2d•$100,000 - $500,000

About The Position

Ada Infrastructure is a part of the digital infrastructure platform of Ares Management Corporation (NYSE: ARES), a leading global alternative investment manager offering clients complementary primary and secondary investment solutions across the credit, real estate, private equity and infrastructure asset classes. We are a global data center business grounded in sustainability, safety, and security. With a world-class team of industry leaders and the resources of Ares Management Ada Infrastructure is executing on our mission to lead the world in sustainable digital infrastructure that drives customer success and social benefit.

Requirements

10+ years in program/project controls for large capital or data center programs
5-8 years leading teams, including external partners and distributed groups
Deep experience in cost modeling, scheduling, benchmarking, risk and change control
Advanced skill with Procore, P6, and project controls/reporting systems; experience with Yardi cost management system
Proven ability to build enterprise reporting, KPIs, dashboards, and data governance
Strong knowledge of WBS structures, cost frameworks, baselines, and forecasting
Experience driving lessons‑learned, standards development, and continuous improvement
Ability to convert complex cost/schedule/risk data into executive-ready insights
Experience supporting global or multi‑region development programs
Strong cross‑functional communication and stakeholder management
Bachelor’s in Engineering, Construction Management, Business, or similar; advanced degree/certifications (PMP, CCP, PSP, PMI‑SP) preferred

Responsibilities

Lead, build and grow a team of internal and external members to support the global program and lead the NA regional developments
Define, publish, and maintain global cost targets and schedule benchmarks to enable consistent portfolio decisions
Provide cost/schedule support to optimize global design standards and associated kit of parts
Establish templates for initial development underwriting business cases
Deliver standard template schedules that regions can adopt with global consistency and regional adaptations as needed by project level teams
Develop lightweight, adoptable standards that scale across projects, including WBS/cost structures, template schedules, and baseline integrity rules
Govern definitions, data quality expectations, and reporting cadence; own the core configuration standards for Procore, P6, and designated SharePoint sites that enable consistent rollups
Define leading and lagging KPIs and dashboards focused on early signals and convert telemetry into executive-ready business intelligence that drives timely decisions/escalations; manage global roll ups to monitor and provide visibility to regional team compliance to the program
Deploy change control governance for cost/schedule impacts and risk management platforms through systems of record
Stand up a practical lessons-learned loop to tie them to updates in product, kit of parts, requirements, standards, templates, and training
Deliver role-based training & reference guides focused on use on live projects
Serve as the lead for the Program Controls Center of Excellence, defining its cadence, driving decisions, establishing the initiative roadmap, and adoption metrics
Act as product owner for core reporting across Procore, P6, and future tooling: configuration standards, permissions patterns, integration touchpoints, and release/change management
Develop and implement risk management process and templates for regional teams to track the major risks of projects