Technical Program Manager - Data Center Delivery

Role Overview

We are seeking a Principal Technical Program Manager to own program management for the physical plant infrastructure delivery of new data center builds. This role begins after the Real Estate and Site Selection team has selected or acquired a site and continues through construction completion, commissioning coordination, operational readiness, and handoff to the Network Deployment team.

• Own the integrated program schedule for a new data center build from post-site-selection handoff through handoff to Network Deployment.
• Coordinate the sequence from rack requirements to engineering criteria, engineering design, engineering plan set, permit submission, permit approval, construction, commissioning, and turnover readiness.
• Track milestones across site readiness, permitting, utility delivery, design completion, plan set completion, procurement dependencies, site work, shell, MEP systems, controls, white space physical readiness, inspections, commissioning, and operational handoff.
• Partner with Engineering to ensure rack, power, cooling, controls, resiliency, security, and operational requirements are reflected in the design package and plan set.
• Partner with Construction Management to track construction milestones, GC schedule, material availability, field progress, inspection status, and construction risks.
• Partner with Commissioning to track test plans, commissioning schedule, issue resolution, acceptance criteria, and readiness for operations turnover.
• Partner with Operations to track staffing readiness, procedures, documentation, training, monitoring readiness, access readiness, and turnover requirements.

Scope of Ownership

• Site-level infrastructure delivery program management
• Integrated schedule from site selection handoff to handoff to Network Deployment
• Cross-functional coordination across Engineering, CM, Commissioning, Operations, Utilities, Procurement, Security, Finance, and external partners
• Milestone tracking for design, permits, construction, commissioning, and turnover readiness
• Risk, issue, dependency, and decision tracking
• Schedule variance reporting
• Escalation preparation
• Readiness tracking for Network Deployment handoff

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in data center delivery, infrastructure program management, construction program management, technical program management, mission-critical facilities, industrial construction, or large capital project delivery.
• Experience managing delivery programs for ground-up data centers, mission-critical facilities, cloud infrastructure, industrial facilities, semiconductor facilities, energy infrastructure, or large technical campuses.
• Strong understanding of the data center delivery lifecycle, including site handoff, permitting, engineering design, plan sets, utilities, procurement, construction, MEP systems, controls, commissioning, inspections, and operations turnover.
• Experience coordinating across engineering, construction management, commissioning, operations, utilities, procurement, permitting, security, finance, and external partners.
• Ability to manage integrated schedules, critical path risks, dependency logs, decision trackers, change control, and executive reporting.
• Ability to understand technical tradeoffs well enough to identify risks, ask precise questions, and escalate effectively without owning technical design authority.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to operate independently in fast-moving, capital-intensive environments.

Nice to Have

• Experience delivering hyperscale data centers, AI infrastructure facilities, GPU data centers, cloud regions, or high-density compute facilities.
• Experience with utility interconnection, substation readiness, medium-voltage or high-voltage power delivery, MEP systems, controls, and commissioning.
• Experience working with general contractors, construction managers, design firms, commissioning agents, utilities, and local permitting authorities.
• Experience at a hyperscale cloud provider, colocation provider, AI infrastructure company, or large infrastructure operator.
• PMP, construction management, engineering, project controls, or technical infrastructure certification preferred.