Vice President, Construction Management

About the role

Ada Infrastructure is a global data center business committed to being a positive force for technology, people, and the planet. This role is an excellent opportunity to join a deeply experienced and high-performing team with the ability to directly impact and contribute to Ada’s development program.

The Team You Are Joining: The Delivery team is responsible for the full construction lifecycle, following handoff from the development team who is responsible for pre-construction planning and entitlement. The delivery function manages scope, schedule, budget, and risk mitigation throughout construction, commissioning, and turnover to operations with the ultimate goal of delivering scalable future ready solutions that meet the evolving needs of our customers in line with commercial performance targets.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership for the end-to-end delivery of the data center construction program including but not limited to leading the tender/contractor selection, construction and power delivery, coordinating LLE purchase and delivery, completing commissioning, project turnover and turnover to operations
• Lead, develop and manage resource allocation of a high-performing delivery team comprised of internal and external team members
• Establish and continuously refine delivery processes, governance, and controls to support scalable execution
• Ensure construction activities are planned and executed in alignment with Ada core requirements and all regional, site-specific, and regulatory EHS requirements, including permitting, environmental management plans, and job hazard analysis
• Champion a proactive safety culture by setting clear expectations, leading by example, and ensuring safety is treated as a core value rather than compliance exercise activities
• Collaborate with the Development, Design and Project Controls teams to ensure constructability, cost certainty, and schedule integrity throughout the project lifecycle including identifying cost optimization and prefabrication opportunities on each project phase
• Own delivery-related financial outcomes including capital budgets, forecasting, variance analysis, PO/invoice review & substantiation and facilitation of construction related vendor onboarding like NDA’s, Global Purchase Agreements (GPAs) and Statements of Work (SOWs)
• Support Sales in leasing pursuits through customer discussions, construction specific RFP response support, lease-driven requirements, and delivery commitments
• Report regularly to executive leadership on project status, risks, opportunities, and performance metrics leveraging P6 and Procore as primary sources of truth
• Ensure lessons learned and continuous improvement are incorporated at each project stage, phase to phase and campus to campus

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, or a related discipline
• 10+ years of experience delivering complex, capital-intensive construction projects with at least 5+ years in leadership/management
• Demonstrated experience leading large-scale CSA and MEP-intensive programs; data center or mission-critical facilities experience required
• Proven ability to manage complex construction projects with geographically distributed SME support teams
• Strong commercial and financial acumen with experience managing large capital budgets and contractual risk
• Deep understanding of construction means and methods, sequencing, and delivery models
• Ability to operate effectively in fast-paced, growth-oriented environments with evolving priorities
• Strong executive presence with the ability to communicate and influence across functions and externally with partners and customers

Benefits

The firm also offers robust Benefits offerings. Ares U.S. Core Benefits include Comprehensive Medical/Rx, Dental and Vision plans; 401(k) program with company match; Flexible Savings Accounts (FSA); Healthcare Savings Accounts (HSA) with company contribution; Basic and Voluntary Life Insurance; Long-Term Disability (LTD) and Short-Term Disability (STD) insurance; Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and Commuter Benefits plan for parking and transit.

Ares offers a number of additional benefits including access to a world-class medical advisory team, a mental health app that includes coaching, therapy and psychiatry, a mindfulness and wellbeing app, financial wellness benefit that includes access to a financial advisor, new parent leave, reproductive and adoption assistance, emergency backup care, matching gift program, education sponsorship program, and much more.

Pay

The anticipated base salary range for this position is $215,000.00 - $250,000.00. Total compensation may also include a discretionary performance-based bonus.