Data Center Project Manager

Black Box is seeking an experienced Data Center Project Manager to lead the successful delivery of data center infrastructure projects from planning and mobilization through installation, commissioning, and final customer handoff.

This role will serve as a key point of contact between Black Box, customers, field teams, subcontractors, vendors, engineering, and internal stakeholders. The Project Manager will be responsible for driving project execution, maintaining schedules and budgets, managing resources, and ensuring projects are delivered safely, efficiently, and to customer expectations.

The ideal candidate brings experience working in data center, mission-critical, telecommunications, technology infrastructure, or commercial construction environments and is comfortable managing multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment.

• Manage data center infrastructure projects from project kickoff through completion and closeout.
• Develop and maintain detailed project schedules, milestones, budgets, resource plans, and project documentation.
• Coordinate Black Box field personnel, project teams, subcontractors, vendors, and customer representatives.
• Work closely with customers to understand project requirements, timelines, deliverables, and expectations.
• Review scopes of work, drawings, specifications, project plans, and technical requirements.
• Coordinate site readiness, material requirements, equipment delivery, manpower, and field resources.
• Monitor project progress and proactively identify schedule, cost, staffing, material, and execution risks.
• Manage project changes, scope adjustments, change orders, and customer requests.
• Conduct project meetings and provide regular status updates to customers, management, and internal stakeholders.
• Coordinate with engineering and technical teams to resolve field issues and project requirements.
• Manage subcontractor and vendor performance, schedules, deliverables, and quality.
• Ensure projects follow Black Box safety requirements, customer site procedures, quality standards, and applicable regulations.
• Coordinate installation, testing, commissioning, punch‑list activities, and final project acceptance.
• Maintain accurate project documentation and ensure all required closeout materials are completed.
• Identify opportunities to improve project execution, operational efficiency, customer satisfaction, and profitability.
• Travel to customer and data center locations as required.

• Manage multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining visibility into schedules, resources, budgets, and deliverables.
• Develop project plans and establish clear responsibilities, milestones, and deadlines.
• Track project financial performance, labor utilization, materials, and subcontractor costs.
• Identify project risks and develop mitigation strategies.
• Maintain communication between field operations, engineering, procurement, finance, customers, and leadership.
• Escalate issues appropriately and drive them through resolution.
• Ensure projects remain aligned with contractual requirements and customer expectations.
• Support forecasting and resource planning for upcoming project requirements.

• 5+ years of project management experience in data centers, telecommunications, technology infrastructure, construction, or a related industry.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex infrastructure projects from start to finish.
• Experience coordinating field technicians, engineers, contractors, subcontractors, and vendors.
• Experience working directly with customers and managing project expectations.
• Strong understanding of project scheduling, resource planning, budgets, and risk management.
• Ability to read and understand technical…