Director, Strategic Project Management

About the role

We are looking for a Director, Strategic Project Management to lead the project management and executive operations function for Business Operations and Strategic Programs. This is a high-impact leadership role responsible for running the PMO, managing the operating cadence for senior leadership, and driving cross-functional execution across complex datacentre, manufacturing, and infrastructure programmes.

What You’ll be Doing

• Lead the PMO across active datacentre, manufacturing, and infrastructure programmes, owning governance, visibility, risk tracking, and cross-programme dependency management.
• Own integrated master scheduling governance, ensuring milestones, dependencies, critical paths, and contract-related requirements are visible and actively managed.
• Drive programme execution from scoping through delivery and closeout, ensuring priorities are clearly defined, owners are accountable, and progress is tracked to completion.
• Manage project scheduling and task management across tools such as Linear, Procore, Jira, MS Project, or equivalent systems.
• Establish programme governance frameworks, reporting cadences, escalation protocols, and executive-ready status reporting.
• Improve time-to-power outcomes by aligning programme plans with operational readiness gates and decision-making milestones.
• Build and maintain risk registers, escalating critical issues with clear mitigation recommendations.
• Manage the operating cadence for senior leadership, including QBRs, leadership forums, weekly reviews, strategic planning sessions, agendas, pre-reads, and follow-up actions.
• Prepare executive briefing materials, leadership updates, board-level materials, and decision documents with clarity and pace.
• Partner with Legal, Procurement, Supply Chain, Construction, and Operations to keep vendor onboarding, contract reviews, sourcing cycles, and programme timelines aligned.
• Design and document operational processes for the Business Operations function as it scales.
• Work alongside process optimisation leaders to build the internal coordination framework for cross-functional execution.
• Manage, develop, and create clear operating rhythms for two senior project managers, ensuring the team has the context, standards, and accountability needed to deliver.

About You

• 8+ years of experience in programme management, project management, PMO leadership, executive operations, or strategic operations.
• Proven experience running PMO governance for complex, multi-site, capital-intensive, infrastructure, construction, datacentre, manufacturing, or technology programmes.
• Strong ability to build structure in ambiguous, fast-moving environments, including programme frameworks, reporting rhythms, ownership models, and escalation paths.
• Excellent executive communication skills, with the ability to produce polished materials quickly and represent senior leadership credibly.
• Hands-on experience with project and task management tooling such as Linear, Procore, Jira, MS Project, or similar platforms.
• Strong commercial and operational judgement, with the ability to connect programme execution to business outcomes, timelines, risk, and leadership priorities.
• Experience coordinating with Legal, Procurement, Supply Chain, and cross-functional partners to remove blockers and keep delivery on track.
• Demonstrated ability to lead senior individual contributors or project managers, setting clear standards while supporting development and performance.
• Comfortable operating at both strategic and execution levels, moving from board-level materials to detailed project plans without losing momentum.

Nice to Have

• Experience in GPU cloud, AI infrastructure, hyperscale datacentres, cloud infrastructure, construction, energy, or advanced manufacturing.
• Familiarity with integrated master scheduling methodology and contract governance in capital programmes.
• Experience supporting executive operating cadence for VP, President, or C-level stakeholders.
• PMP, Prince2, PgMP, or equivalent project/programme management certification.
• Experience with post-handoff construction, operational readiness, or construction-to-operations transition programmes.