# Project Lead

**Company:** [Fluidstack](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/fluidstack)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Technical Program Management
**Salary:** $186k – $240k/yr
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** primavera p6, ms project, procore, ares, smartsheet, Confluence, Project Management, Budget Management, Risk Management, earned value management, raci, Contract Management, data center construction
**Posted:** 2026-07-21

> Lead planning, budgeting, scheduling, and risk management for hyperscale data center construction projects. Own integrated schedules, budgets, stakeholder alignment, and cross-functional teams from kickoff to handover. Requires extensive experience delivering fast-track industrial/infrastructure projects.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Drive the planning, budgeting, and risk-management engine behind global data centers, turning capacity targets into executable project plans and keeping every stakeholder aligned from kickoff to customer handover.
- Build integrated schedules (Primavera P6, MS Project) across design, procurement, construction, and commissioning, and own the master construction schedule from site mobilization through substantial completion and turnover.
- Own project budgets, cash-flow forecasts, and change-order governance, and report earned-value KPIs weekly.
- Facilitate phase-gate and design reviews, maintain RACI matrices and action logs, and manage contract lifecycles: RFP, bid analysis, award, PCO tracking, and close-out.
- Identify critical-path and long-lead risks (transformers, chillers, switchgear) and drive mitigation, and act as the single source of truth for internal leadership and external partners.
- Lead cross-functional delivery teams (project managers, construction managers, superintendents), develop staffing plans, and run standups, reviews, and retrospectives.

## Requirements
- Led project management on hyperscale data center, large industrial, or infrastructure builds, delivering fast-track projects across multiple geographies.
- Deep knowledge of civil, structural, architectural, mechanical, and electrical scopes, procurement workflows, and cost controls.
- Expert with scheduling (P6, MS Project), cost (Procore, Ares, Excel), and collaboration (Smartsheet, Confluence) tools.
- Clear communication in writing and in person, comfortable with executives and trades alike.
- Built and scaled project teams across regions and time zones, align technical and commercial stakeholders under shared goals.
- Willing to travel 50%+ to active sites as projects require.

## Nice-to-Haves
- PMI-PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent.
- Construction management qualification.
- Multi-region fast-track delivery experience.

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