MUST HAVE Data Center experience. This position will be based in Virginia. We are seeking a proven people leader with 6-10+ years of experience leading and developing high-performing teams. Leads the end-to-end delivery lifecycle for large-scale data center capacity, from portfolio strategy, site and colocation-provider engagement, and design integration through construction, commissioning, operational readiness, and handoff. Ensures infrastructure is delivered to enable timely, scalable deployment of high-density GPU clusters and hyperscale compute environments, within established timeline, budget, quality, reliability, and capacity objectives. Provides senior leadership to program and project managers, setting strategic goals and ensuring alignment with organizational objectives. Directs the creation, review, and maintenance of lifecycle documentation, including design reviews, capacity and readiness plans, commissioning, and problem-solving papers. Oversees quality assurance across design, construction, systems integration, and commissioning; leads strategic site walks; and ensures critical facility systems are ready to support GPU-intensive workloads. Addresses gaps in risk identification and mitigation, communicating portfolio and delivery impacts to executive leadership. Serves as the primary point of contact between the company and colocation providers, and oversees external vendor, contractor, and supplier contracts to ensure performance, compliance, and alignment with approved design and deployment requirements.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Data Center Delivery Program Planning and Execution
• Oversees end-to-end delivery of data center capacity ensuring successful execution from planning and design through construction, commissioning, operational readiness, and handoff within established timeline, budget, quality, and capacity parameters.
• Develops, maintains, and oversees integrated program and project schedules, ensuring effective coordination with colocation providers and internal teams for on-time milestone achievement, including readiness for large-scale GPU and AI infrastructure deployment.
• Leads the creation, management, and optimization of project budgets, ensuring strategic resource allocation and cost-efficiency throughout the delivery lifecycle.
• Provides high-level leadership to program and project managers, setting strategic goals and ensuring alignment with organizational objectives.
• Directs the creation, review, and maintenance of documentation, including design reviews, capacity and deployment-readiness plans, commissioning, and problem-solving papers, ensuring organizational standards are upheld, documents are managed and delivered effectively, and all materials are suitable for their intended purpose.
Data Center Delivery Integration Readiness and Quality Assurance
• Directs the oversight of quality control and assurance processes to ensure design, construction, systems integration, and commissioning activities meet approved specifications, industry standards, and operational requirements.
• Directs the coordination and integration of tenant fit-out and deployment projects, developing strategies to enhance efficiency and collaboration during design, construction, commissioning, and operational-readiness phases.
• Leads strategic site walks to ensure schedule adherence, coordination, quality, and delivery readiness throughout the project lifecycle.
• Oversees the startup, integrated testing, and commissioning phases of major data center projects, ensuring power, cooling, network, and supporting systems are operational and ready to support high-density GPU and AI factory workloads.
Risk and Problem Management
• Directs the evaluation of risk profiles associated with timely delivery and operational readiness across a portfolio of data center projects.
• Addresses gaps in risk identification and mitigation, and communicates potential impacts to executive leadership, including impacts to capacity…