Senior Program Manager - Data Center Construction

About the role

AECOM is seeking a Program Manager - Data Center Construction. This role operates at the cross-section between multiple divisional personnel, senior leadership, program management, and key stakeholders. Key focus areas include: Program Management and Staff Advancement, Best practice implementation for scalable teams, Program governance with seamless change management, Employee Development, Strategic Planning and Organizational Structure, Streamlined delivery through defined process management, Program maturity through continuous improvement, Business Development Opportunity assessment and proposal management, Client development and stakeholder alignment, Industry knowledge and technology solutions.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior leadership and strategic direction across the mission critical program lifecycle, ensuring alignment with project objectives, client needs, regulatory requirements, and organizational priorities.
• Establish and maintain robust program governance frameworks to enable effective decision-making, assurance, and executive oversight.
• Direct and integrate senior delivery leaders accountable for technical, commercial, operational readiness, stakeholder, and systems delivery across the program.
• Lead, coach, and develop program leadership and delivery teams, supporting high performance, capability development, succession planning, and knowledge transfer.
• Proactively identifies potential program problems or opportunities, analyzes the issues using all appropriate resources, develops alternatives and arrives at the most optimum approach to mitigate problems or exploit opportunities.
• Leads cross-functional teams and coordinates activities across multiple departments to ensure program objectives are met.
• Establishes and maintains strong relationships with key stakeholders, including clients, vendors, and executive leadership.
• Implements and oversees risk management strategies to identify, assess, and mitigate potential program risks.
• Drives continuous improvement initiatives to enhance program management processes and methodologies.
• Travel expected to align with client and/or program requirements.

Qualifications

• Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's degree + 10 years of related experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education, including 2 years of leadership experience.
• Proven experience delivering programs within mission critical environments, managing complex data center construction.
• Demonstrated capability integrating multidisciplinary teams across technical, project delivery, and stakeholder management functions.
• Professional program or project management certification or equivalent.
• Demonstrated ability to build and mentor teams.
• Experience with managing Mission Critical/Data Center construction projects and fast paced environments.
• Relevant experience leading contacts, managing people, budgets, schedules, overseeing subcontractor performance, and working with stakeholders and governing agencies.
• Demonstrated business development proficiency through program growth, proposal management, client development, and stakeholder alignment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with hyperscale mission critical/data center construction projects.
• PMP or similar certifications preferred.
• 20 years of related experience.
• Strong understanding of quality and safety culture, regulatory compliance, assurance, and governance expectations.
• OSHA 30 certification with experience creating a strong safety culture.