Director, Data Center Facilities Development

Data Center Construction Manager

Ideally, this position will be based in Arizona. Other locations within the U.S. West region will also be considered

Oversees the construction of data centers by colocation providers, ensuring successful delivery of projects within the established timeline, budget, and quality parameters. Provides high-level leadership to project managers, setting strategic goals and ensuring alignment with organizational objectives. Directs the creation, review, and maintenance of documentation, including design review, commissioning, and problem-solving papers. Directs the oversight of quality control processes to ensure all construction activities meet design specifications and industry standards. Leads strategic site walks and oversees the startup and commissioning phases of major data center projects. Addresses gaps in risk identification and mitigation, and communicates potential impacts to executive leadership. Directs the role of primary point of contact between the company and colocation providers. Oversees the selection, negotiation, and management of contracts with external vendors, contractors, and suppliers, ensuring contract compliance and performance and construction activities align with the approved design plans and specifications. Oversees the installation of power, cooling, networking, and structured cabling systems, ensuring adherence to quality standards and managing high-impact installation resolutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Construction Project Management-Project Planning and Execution:
• Oversees the construction of data centers by colocation providers, ensuring successful delivery of projects within the established timeline, budget, and quality parameters.
• Develops, maintains, and oversees project schedules, ensuring effective coordination with colocation providers for on-time milestone achievement.
• Leads the creation, management, and optimization of project budgets, ensuring strategic resource allocation and cost-efficiency throughout the project.
• Provides high-level leadership to project managers, setting strategic goals and ensuring alignment with organizational objectives.
• Directs the creation, review, and maintenance of documentation, including design review, commissioning, and problem-solving papers, ensuring organizational standards are upheld, documents are managed and delivered effectively, and all materials are suitable for their intended purpose.
• Construction Project Management-Project Integration and Quality Assurance:
• Directs the oversight of quality control processes to ensure all construction activities meet design specifications and industry standards.
• Directs the coordination and integration of tenant fit out projects, developing strategies to enhance efficiency and collaboration during design, construction, and commissioning phases.
• Leads strategic site walks to ensure schedule adherence, coordination, and quality throughout the project lifecycle.
• Oversees the startup and commissioning phases of major data center projects, ensuring all systems are operational and meet design specifications.
• Risk and Problem Management:
• Directs the evaluation of risk profiles associated with timely project delivery across a portfolio of projects.
• Addresses gaps in risk identification and mitigation, and communicates potential impacts to executive leadership.
• Develops and ensures the execution of comprehensive mitigation strategies for major construction project risks to ensure overall project success.
• Stakeholder and Vendor Management:
• Directs the role of primary point of contact between the company and colocation providers, ensuring clear and effective communication and integrative solutions across the organization.
• Develops and maintains strategic relationships to support internal and external stakeholders at a senior level, driving organizational strategy and business objectives.
• Oversees the selection, negotiation, and management of contracts with external vendors, contractors, and suppliers, ensuring contract compliance and performance, and managing high-impact contract resolutions.
• Design Coordination and Improvement:
• Directs collaboration with design teams to ensure that construction activities align with the approved design plans and specifications, integrating solutions across the organization.
• Provides high-level colocation provider evaluation input for continuous improvement, driving organizational strategy and business objectives.
• Oversees the installation of power, cooling, networking, and structured cabling systems, ensuring adherence to quality standards and managing high-impact installation resolutions.
• Core Responsibilities:
• Planning & Execution:
• Oversees and guides multiple teams on managing complex projects or initiatives, monitoring timelines, deliverables, and budgets when applicable to ensure strategic objectives are met. Serves as a role model for appropriately delegating work, setting priorities, and ensuring alignment with business needs. Coaches others on adjusting resources or project timelines in anticipation of business changes.
• Collaboration & Partnership:
• Role models leading cross-functional collaborative efforts to ensure alignment of expectations and strategic objectives. Empowers team to build and maintain partnerships with business leaders, stakeholders, and/or customers to address barriers and contribute to organizational success. Drives transparency and inclusivity by modeling actively seeking, listening to, and leveraging diverse perspectives.
• Problem Solving:
• Shares problem-solving strategies across teams, providing oversight on complex operational and/or technical issues, as needed. Coaches teams on analyzing highly complex data and/or information to identify solutions to ambiguous issues, and provides direction on identifying root causes to prevent recurrence of issues.
• Continuous Learning:
• Pursues strategic learning opportunities to maintain expertise and apply best practices at the organizational level. Creates opportunities for team members and leaders to build their expertise in new areas, coaching them to build innovative skills. Identifies skill gap trends across the organization, and upholds a culture that places significant emphasis on sharing knowledge and pursuing learning opportunities that advance the organization. Evaluates efficiency of learning strategies and recommends adjustments as needed.
• Continuous Improvement:
• Empowers team to own the development and implementation of ideas that increase the efficiency and effectiveness of processes, protocols, and workflows across the department. Coaches teams to gain buy-in for ideas and to seek feedback on approaches and methods for continued improvement. Prioritizes and reviews the roadmap of improvement initiatives to ensure alignment with strategic direction and maximize return on investments.
• Performance and Development:
• Serves as a role model for driving performance across teams through tailored feedback and coaching in alignment with performance management processes, guidelines, and expectations. Drives consistency in the application of talent development procedures and socializes performance expectations across the organization. Ensures that individual development goals are aligned with organizational strategic initiatives. Collaborates with HR to implement talent strategy through hiring and promotion processes.

Qualifications

Minimum Job Qualifications Education and/or Experience: 11 years of experience as a Program Manager leading large technical programs or projects, development/implementation projects or experience managing complex cross-functional programs, from conception to delivery OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, Software Development, Electrical/Hardware Engineering, or related field AND 7 years of experience as a Program Manager leading large technical programs or projects, development/implementation projects or experience managing complex cross-functional programs, from conception to delivery OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, Software Development, Electrical/Hardware Engineering, or related field AND 5 years of experience as a Program Manager leading large technical programs or projects, development/implementation projects or experience managing complex cross-functional programs, from conception to delivery OR Doctorate in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, Software Development, Electrical/Hardware Engineering, or related field AND 3 years of experience as a Program Manager leading large technical programs or projects, development/implementation projects or experience managing complex cross-functional programs, from conception to delivery.

Job Skills: Sames skills as prior level.

Preferred Job Qualifications Education and/or Experience: 13 years of experience as a Program Manager leading large technical programs or projects, development/implementation projects or experience managing complex cross-functional programs, from conception to delivery OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, Software Development, Electrical/Hardware Engineering, or related field AND 9 years of experience as a Program Manager leading large technical programs or projects, development/implementation projects or experience managing complex cross-functional programs, from conception to delivery OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, Software Development, Electrical/Hardware Engineering, or related field AND 7 years of experience as a Program Manager leading large technical programs or projects, development/implementation projects or experience managing complex cross-functional programs, from conception to delivery OR Doctorate in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, Software Development, Electrical/Hardware Engineering, or related field AND 5 years of experience as a Program Manager leading large technical programs or projects, development/implementation projects or experience managing complex cross-functional programs, from conception to delivery.

Job Skills: Same skills as prior level.

People Leadership / Management Experience: 5 years of experience in a leadership role with direct reports.

Budget Experience: 3 years of experience working with operating budgets and/or project financials.

Cloud Services Experience: 11 years of