Senior Development Project Manager

Senior Development Project Manager

The Senior Development Project Manager is primarily responsible for leading and managing the design, preconstruction and construction activities on a given project(s). The Project Manager will interact on a daily basis with Facilities, Contractors, Designers, Engineers, Commissioning Agents, Vendors, and Data Center Operations staff and should have both written and oral communication skills commensurate with this level of regular communication.

Essential duties and responsibilities include managing multiple projects on a campus(es) and maintaining updated budgets, schedules, and status reports for each. The Project Manager will create and communicate updates on development program & project status on a monthly basis suitable for executive level reviews. They will work with QTS stakeholders, design, and construction teams to create a master development program for site(s), including a complete campus design solution and capital budget. The Project Manager will manage entitlement and permitting needs for each assigned site project(s) and implement and manage multi-phased site development plans to achieve time, budget, and quality standards in a predictable fashion.

The Project Manager will write scopes of work for design, construction, commissioning services & participate in procurement and project cost estimates. They will evaluate and level pricing proposals for design, construction, and commissioning services and work closely with strategic procurement team on equipment procurement and delivery process. The Project Manager will ensure appropriate submittals are coordinated with site stakeholders and monitor & create project budget / cost-to-date against overall project budget.

The Project Manager will establish project schedules and manage teams to on-time completion, review and approve monthly pay applications from the contractors, and review change order requests from contractors and negotiate pricing. They will establish site construction security procedures in conjunction with site security team and develop plans for product deployment and review / communicate plans with QTS staff involved.

The Project Manager will collaborate with Sales Engineers and Product teams to aid in custom deal solutioning for prospective clients within the applicable schedule and budget for an assigned location. They will establish and maintain relationships serving as liaison with key QTS stakeholders, represent QTS Interests as leader in OAC meetings, and create & build relationships that enhance QTS's ability to be a leader in creating the World's Most Valuable Data Center Real Estate.

The Project Manager will aid in due diligence efforts for potential new sites on an as-needed basis and work with the internal development team to enhance project management processes and protocols.

Basic qualifications include a Bachelor's degree in Science or Engineering or equivalent professional experience and five or more years of professional experience in commercial construction practices and procedures, including management of Lump Sum, Construction Management @ Risk, and Design Build project delivery methods from conceptual development through procurement to close out. Experience with Microsoft Office suite, specifically PowerPoint for use in communicating program updates to executive level, and Excel to create and maintain site program & individual project budgets is also required. The Project Manager must be able to travel up to 25% of the time and US Citizenship for this position is required by law due to federal customer contracts.

Preferred qualifications include an MBA, Masters in Engineering, Management, or related field desirable, experience with delivery of mission critical data center facilities, and extensive experience with management of MEP trades.