Project Management Lead – Capital Upgrade Program

About the role

The PM Lead – Capital Upgrade Program provides project management, deep technical expertise and strategic support for Critical Infrastructure Asset Replacement projects across the global data center portfolio, with a primary focus on North America. This role is instrumental in guiding capital equipment lifecycle decisions, evaluating emerging technologies and supporting development and implementation of a global program to identify and replace at risk critical infrastructure assets.

Responsibilities

• Support the Global Tech Ops function in the implementation and management of the Global Critical Infrastructure Program.
• Partner with design consultants, construction managers, and OEM partners to ensure alignment to specifications.
• Review and advise on design packages for critical infrastructure replacements.
• Validate technical solutions against global standards and operational requirements.
• Collaborate with Regional Operations teams, providing risk assessments and recommendations for at-risk asset replacement.
• Coordinate infrastructure upgrade technical reviews and critical asset approvals.
• Collaborate with Supply Chain, DC&E (Design, Engineering & Construction), Solutions Engineering and Portfolio Operations to ensure proper decisions around equipment selection.
• Collaborate with internal and external teams to evaluate new infrastructure technologies for feasibility and deployment.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical or Facilities Engineering (or equivalent experience).
• 10+ years in data center infrastructure, critical systems, or facilities engineering and construction.
• Strong understanding of power systems, cooling technologies, and building automation.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• PMP Certification is a plus.

Qualifications

A Bit About Us
Digital Realty brings companies and data together by delivering the full spectrum of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions. PlatformDIGITAL®, the company’s global data center platform, provides customers with a secure data meeting place and a proven Pervasive Datacenter Architecture (PDx®) solution methodology for powering innovation and efficiently managing Data Gravity challenges. Digital Realty gives its customers access to the connected data communities that matter to them with a global data center footprint of 300+ facilities in 50+ metros across 25+ countries on six continents.

Skills

• Project Management
• Technical Expertise
• Strategic Support
• Capital Equipment Lifecycle Decisions
• Emerging Technologies Evaluation
• Global Program Development
• Risk Assessments and Recommendations
• Infrastructure Upgrade Technical Reviews
• Critical Asset Approvals
• Equipment Selection Collaboration
• New Infrastructure Technologies Evaluation

Benefits

A Bit About Our Team
Operations Our Operations team keeps our customers’ infrastructure running safely and securely. We get plenty of opportunities to take on a variety of tasks and develop our technical skills. From overseeing electrical power to cooling and fire suppression systems, our team plays a vital role in making sure everything in our data centers operates as it should.

Pay

$190,000 – $238,000 annually.

Schedule

N/A