Sr. Program Manager
Own master schedule, cost controls, and risk register for a portfolio of gigawatt-scale data center construction programs. Build executive reporting, program controls standards, and coordinate across construction, procurement, and design teams.
About the job
Role Scope
- Run the master schedule and cost controls across a portfolio of concurrent gigawatt-scale data center builds, keeping every site's plan tied to the forward pipeline.
- Build the reporting rhythm that gives delivery leads and executives a single source of truth on schedule, budget, and risk across all active programs.
- Drive the integrated risk register from identification to mitigation, surfacing schedule and cost exposure weeks before it lands on the critical path.
- Stand up the program controls tooling and standards that let a new site plug into the same schedule, cost, and reporting model on day one.
- Coordinate across construction, procurement, design, and commissioning to keep interdependencies visible and handoffs clean.
Requirements
- Owned program controls, schedule, cost, and risk across a portfolio of large capital projects running at the same time.
- Built a reporting cadence that executives actually trust to make decisions.
- Catch schedule slips and cost overruns weeks before they surface using an integrated schedule and risk register.
- Stood up program controls standards or tooling from scratch and gotten multiple teams to actually use them.
- Coordinate across construction, procurement, and design without losing track of the interdependencies that break schedules.
- Write clearly enough to turn a tangled program status into a decision and a next step for a delivery lead or a CEO.
Nice-to-Haves
- Data center, mission-critical, or large industrial construction.
- Primavera P6 or equivalent scheduling at portfolio scale.
- Earned value management.
- Modular or repeatable build programs.
Skills
Program Controls, Schedule Management, Cost Controls, Risk Management, Portfolio Management, Reporting Cadence, Primavera P6, Earned Value Management, Construction Coordination, Data Center Construction
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