Associate Director Program Manager

Role Description

Turner & Townsend is seeking an Associate Director, Program Manager to lead pre-lease technical due diligence for a confidential hyperscale data center client. You will work hand in hand with the client leads to assess candidate sites and give the deal team the technical, cost, and schedule facts behind each go or no-go decision. This is a program and risk management role. You will own diligence on a portfolio of live deals, direct internal specialists, third-party consultants, and client partners to close out the work, and judge quickly what matters and what does not. Deals run on short exclusivity windows and the information is rarely complete. We are looking for people who take the initiative, stay organized in a chaotic environment, and get things done. Construction and on-site experience is welcome, but this is not a delivery or construction role. The preferred background is data center development.

Two positions are available with an immediate start. San Francisco is preferred. Other locations and remote will be considered for the right candidate.

Responsibilities

• Site due diligence: Lead technical diligence on candidate sites, covering power, land, utilities, entitlements, environmental, geotechnical, and civil constraints.
• Cost review: Direct the review of developer budgets, long lead equipment pricing, and reimbursable cost exhibits.
• Schedule review: Direct the review of developer schedules, covering critical path, sequencing, long lead equipment, and utility milestones.
• Risk management: Own the risk picture for each site, grade every finding, assign an owner and a next step, and drive mitigation to closure.
• Evidence discipline: Distinguish what a developer has stated from what has been secured.
• Escalation: Raise serious findings the same day they surface, with an impact and a recommended option attached.
• Transaction support: Act as the single point of contact for the client through the deal cycle.
• Third-party management: Scope, direct, and hold accountable the external consultants supporting diligence.
• Stakeholder management: Run the day-to-day interface across internal teams, developer counterparties, and client groups.
• Reporting and governance: Serve as the single source of truth on diligence status, open items, decisions, and outstanding risk.
• Handover: At lease execution, produce the record of what was found and hand the site to the delivery team without gaps.
• Continuous improvement: Build the repeatable diligence approach, checklists, and templates.
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of relevant experience. A degree is not required.
• Data center development experience preferred.
• Working understanding of what a data center is and how one gets built.
• Command of cost and schedule to interrogate a developer submission.
• Thorough knowledge of program and risk management methods and best practices.
• Proven ability to run several deals at once and make quick judgment calls.
• A self-starter who takes the initiative and adapts fast.
• Technical skills to read and communicate contract requirements.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Technologically proficient, including MS Suite and Google Workspace.
• Ability to understand and follow site HSSE policies.

Requirements

• Market sector experience in data center development, mission critical facilities, or complex technical buildings.
• Pre-lease site due diligence, cost and schedule review, and risk management across a portfolio of concurrent sites.
• Software specific requirements: MS Suite and Google Workspace.
• Minimal travel, approximately two days per month.

Benefits

• The salary range for this full-time role is $170K-$200K per year.
• Turner & Townsend is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer.