Project Manager, Global Strategic Account Execution

Vertiv’s Global Strategic Account (GSA) organization is hiring a Project Manager to lead critical infrastructure and data center projects nationally for thermal, power, battery, and monitoring products. This role focuses on establishing relationships and processes from pre-sales through equipment commissioning to ensure a smooth, repeatable process is implemented and followed. Effective communication with all levels of multiple organizations is required.

Responsibilities

• Utilize standard Project Management tools to conduct the project effectively, achieving quality, financial, and schedule targets.
• Define and obtain the appropriate resources required to fulfill the project scope of work.
• Work with all functional group leaders to develop the project organizational resource chart.
• Coordinate with order management, plant production, logistics, contractors, services, and warranty groups throughout the project, escalating potential conflicts to avoid impact to the customer.
• Work closely with the jobsite and field resources to ensure understanding and communication of the schedule, budget, and scope.
• Visit the site periodically to establish relationships with key contractor and customer personnel.
• Escalate and create urgency around any issues that would impede the success of the project. Ensure that issues are resolved in a timely manner and communicated to the stakeholders.
• Communicate effectively, including conducting effective meetings and presentations.
• Follow reporting and tracking programs to assure the project is on target for quality, schedule, and cost targets.
• Responsible for the financial performance on assigned projects. Create cost budgets, track and investigate spend, and maintain established margins on projects.
• Be proactive in establishing a culture of Safety for each project. Host periodic safety meetings to ensure the project always considers safety first.

Requirements

• 3 to 5 years of project management experience; critical infrastructure expertise with UPS, thermal, battery, and monitoring is a plus.
• Knowledge of construction, electrical, and mechanical contracting.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Excellent customer service and project management skills.
• Detail-oriented with strong organizational, analytical, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work and multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
• Bachelor’s or Associate’s degree or equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of engineering, manufacturing processes, data center infrastructure, and commissioning processes.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification preferred.

Schedule

• 25-30% travel required.
• Variable schedules (weekends, evenings, and holidays).

About Us

The successful candidate will embrace Vertiv’s Core Principles & Behaviors to help execute our Strategic Priorities.

• Core Principles: Safety, Integrity, Respect, Teamwork, Inclusion.
• Strategic Priorities: High-Performance Culture, Customer Focus, Operational Excellence, Innovation, Financial Strength.
• Vertiv Behaviors: Own it, Act with urgency, Foster a customer-first mindset, Think big and execute, Lead by example, Drive continuous improvement, Learn and seek out development, Promote transparent & open communication.

Vertiv (NYSE: VRT) brings together hardware, software, analytics, and ongoing services to enable vital applications to run continuously, perform optimally, and grow with business needs. Vertiv solves challenges for data centers, communication networks, and commercial and industrial facilities with a portfolio of power, cooling, and IT infrastructure solutions and services. Headquartered in Westerville, Ohio, USA, Vertiv employs around 34,000 people and does business in more than 130 countries.

Vertiv will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States. This is not a position for which sponsorship will be provided.