Senior Manager, Data Center Facilities Development

Key Responsibilities

Construction Project Management-Project Planning and Execution:

-Leads and manages the construction of data centers by colocation providers,

ensuring projects are completed on time, within budget, and to high-quality

standards.

-Develops and maintains detailed project schedules, coordinating with colocation

providers to ensure timely milestone delivery.

-Manages project budgets, optimizing resource allocation to ensure

cost-effective project execution.

-Supervises multiple project teams, offering strategic direction and resolving

any issues that may arise during project cycles.

-Leads the creation, review, and maintenance of documentation, including design

review, commissioning, and problem-solving papers, guaranteeing team compliance

with standards, effective document management, and the suitability of all

materials for their intended purpose.

Construction Project Management-Project Integration and Quality Assurance:

-Leads the management of quality control processes to ensure all construction

activities meet design specifications and industry standards.

-Oversees the coordination and integration of tenant fit out projects, ensuring

effective communication and addressing challenges during design, construction,

and commissioning phases.

-Supervises comprehensive site walks to ensure schedule adherence, coordination,

and quality throughout the project lifecycle.

-Directs the startup and commissioning phases of major data center projects,

ensuring all systems are operational and meet design specifications.

Risk and Problem Management:

-Oversees the evaluation of risk profiles associated with timely project

delivery for multiple projects.

-Addresses gaps in risk identification and mitigation and communicates potential

impacts to senior management.

-Develops and oversees the implementation of mitigation strategies for major

construction project risks to ensure project success.

Stakeholder and Vendor Management:

-Oversees the primary point of contact role between the company and colocation

providers, ensuring clear and effective communication and coordination across

multiple teams.

-Develops and maintains strategic relationships to support internal and external

stakeholders effectively, contributing to strategic planning and

decision-making.

-Leads the selection, negotiation, and management of contracts with external

vendors, contractors, and suppliers, ensuring contract compliance and

performance, and overseeing the resolution of significant contract issues.

Design Coordination and Improvement:

-Oversees collaboration with design teams to ensure that construction activities

align with the approved design plans and specifications, coordinating across

multiple teams.

-Provides strategic colocation provider evaluation input for continuous

improvement, contributing to strategic planning and decision-making.

-Leads the installation of power, cooling, networking, and structured cabling

systems, ensuring adherence to quality standards and overseeing the resolution

of significant installation issues.

Core Responsibilities

Planning & Execution:

-Manages multiple medium- to large-scale projects or initiatives across teams,

ensuring timelines, deliverables, and budgets when applicable are monitored and

met. Provides direction to teams on project work, setting priorities, and

aligning with business needs. Guides teams on adjusting plans to accommodate

resource or timeline changes.

Collaboration & Partnership:

-Drives cross-functional partnerships to align on expectations and shared

objectives across multiple teams. Coaches team members to develop strategic

relationships with business leaders, stakeholders, and external partners to

foster collaboration and long-term success. Promotes inclusivity by actively

seeking and listening to diverse perspectives, ensuring others feel heard and

respected.

Problem Solving:

-Provides direction to multiple teams on addressing complex operational and/or

technical issues as well as providing guidance on analyzing complex data and/or

information to identify solutions. Reviews and provides insights into unresolved

or critical issues, helping the team to identify potential solutions.

Continuous Learning:

-Models engaging in continuous learning to deepen expertise and stay ahead of

industry trends, integrating best practices into strategic planning. Leverages

feedback to drive personal and team skill improvements. Identifies skill gaps

across teams, and empowers team members to pursue learning and knowledge sharing

opportunities that build their expertise in new areas and coaches them to apply

learnings to advance the organization.

Continuous Improvement:

-Drives team to collaborate on, develop, and implement ideas to increase the

efficiency and effectiveness of processes, protocols, and workflows within and

across teams, providing oversight. Guides team to adopt new ideas for

alternative approaches and methods and encourages feedback for continued

improvement.

Performance and Development:

-Drives performance across teams by providing feedback and coaching in alignment

with performance management processes, guidelines, and expectations. Discusses

development goals with team members, shares opportunities to facilitate career

development, and ensures individual goals are aligned with broader

organizational goals. Develops and manages talent acquisition pipeline by

leading candidate interviews, monitoring promotion eligibility, and/or

orchestrating talent resources.