Project Manager - Data Centers

Project Manager – Data Center Development

The Project Manager – Data Center Development is responsible for planning, coordinating, and delivering complex, multi-site data center development programs from early due diligence through design, permitting, and construction support. This role serves as the primary integrator across technical disciplines, internal teams, consultants, utilities, and client stakeholders to ensure data center projects are executed safely, on schedule, within budget, and to required quality and performance standards.

The ideal candidate brings experience managing large infrastructure or mission-critical development programs and is comfortable operating in fast-paced, high-visibility environments with sophisticated clients.

Program & Project Delivery

• Lead multiple concurrent data center development projects or workstreams within a larger program, coordinating site/civil, environmental, utility, energy, and permitting efforts
• Develop and manage program execution plans, schedules, budgets, risk registers, and reporting frameworks
• Oversee consultants and subconsultants to ensure alignment with scope, schedule, quality, and contract requirements
• Coordinate complex permitting and entitlement strategies across local, state, and federal jurisdictions
• Support transition from development into design and construction phases, ensuring continuity and risk mitigation

Client & Stakeholder Management

• Serve as a key client-facing representative, supporting strong, trust-based relationships with data center developers, owners, and end users
• Facilitate communication among internal teams, external consultants, utilities, municipalities, and regulatory agencies
• Prepare and deliver program updates, executive briefings, and issue-resolution strategies

Technical & Strategic Leadership

• Integrate multidisciplinary technical inputs (site selection, site/civil, environmental, utilities, power, and energy systems) into a cohesive development strategy
• Identify development risks related to schedule, permitting, utilities, environmental constraints, and constructability, and implement mitigation strategies
• Contribute to the development of standardized best practices, templates, and lessons learned for data center program delivery

Financial & Commercial Management

• Assist with scope definition, fee development, contract negotiations, and change management
• Monitor program financial performance, including budgets, forecasts, and earned value metrics
• Support proposal development, pursuits, and strategic growth initiatives related to data center development

Team Leadership & Collaboration

• Coordinate and mentor project managers and technical staff assigned to data center programs
• Foster collaboration across service lines and geographies to support integrated delivery models
• Support resource planning and workload balancing across active programs

* Essential Duties and Responsibilities are the basic job functions that an employee must be able to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Planning, or a related field
• 8–15 years of experience in program or project management for large-scale infrastructure, industrial, or mission-critical developments
• Demonstrated experience with data center development, power/utility-intensive projects, or complex industrial sites
• Strong understanding of permitting, entitlements, and utility coordination
• Proven ability to manage multiple stakeholders and competing priorities
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with hyperscale or enterprise data center clients
• Familiarity with on-site power generation, transmission, water/reuse infrastructure, or energy systems
• Professional Engineer (PE), Project Management Professional (PMP), or similar credential
• Experience working in multi-state or fast-track development environments

Key Competencies

• Program leadership and execution
• Risk management and problem solving
• Client relationship management
• Financial and schedule control
• Cross-disciplinary collaboration
• Strategic thinking with attention to detail