Sr. Director, Preconstruction

Responsibilities

• Partner closely with Development, Design, Construction, Finance, Sales, and Leadership to translate market and tenant requirements into scalable, repeatable, and financially optimized data center solutions.
• Manage preconstruction strategy across STACK’s development pipeline, ensuring alignment with corporate growth objectives and market demand.
• Guide site-specific and portfolio-level decisions related to scope, phasing, cost, schedule, and delivery strategy.
• Partner with Development and Design teams to influence standardization, modularization, and productized data center solutions.
• Evaluate alternative delivery methods, construction sequencing, and design approaches to optimize speed-to-market and capital efficiency.
• Lead risk identification and mitigation planning during early project stages.
• Oversee development of early-stage budgets and schedules.
• Ensure consistent estimating methodology, assumptions, benchmarks, and contingency strategies.
• Analyze variance as designs evolve and clearly communicate cost and schedule drivers to senior leadership.
• Provide technical and constructability input during site selection, feasibility studies, and entitlement phases.
• Support Commercial and Development teams during tenant pursuits, providing cost, schedule, and scope clarity.
• Translate tenant technical requirements into executable project strategies and pricing inputs.
• Aid in evaluating deal levers, trade-offs, and optionality to support informed commercial decisions.
• Participate directly in tenant meetings as a technical and delivery subject-matter expert.
• Partner with Finance on financial modeling, capital planning, and investment committee materials.
• Collaborate with Design & Construction to ensure seamless handoff from preconstruction through execution.
• Build and maintain senior-level relationships with general contractors, design partners, consultants, and key vendors.
• Establish and refine preconstruction processes, tools, controls, and reporting standards.
• Drive adoption of best practices, technology, and data-driven decision-making.
• Ensure quality control and consistency across regions and projects.

  Requirements

  • Bachelor’s or associate’s degree in construction, business or technical discipline OR commensurate work experience.
  • 10+ years of prior experience in Preconstruction and data centers.
  • Significant experience leading multiple projects simultaneously through the preconstruction phase.
  • Highly proficient in MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, and industry standard estimating and scheduling software.

  Qualifications

  • N/A

  Skills

  • Strong communication skills.
  • Persuasive and clear decision-making abilities.
  • Natural curiosity and drive towards continual improvement.
  • Team-building and resource development skills.
  • Natural problem-solving and analytical skills.

  Benefits

  • Healthcare
  • Dental Care
  • Vision Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • Paid Time Off
  • Paid Leave Programs

  Pay

  TBD

  Schedule

  Domestic and International travel required; 20-30% at times