Senior Project Executive

Senior Project Executive – Data Centers (General Contractor)

Location: Remote/hybrid

Industry: Data Center Development / Mission-Critical Infrastructure

Employment Type: Full-Time | Permanent

A rapidly growing data center General Contractor is seeking an accomplished Senior Project Executive to provide executive-level leadership for the delivery of large-scale, hyperscale, and colocation data center developments across the United States.

This is a senior leadership position responsible for providing strategic oversight across the full project lifecycle
, from preconstruction and development planning through construction execution, commissioning, and final turnover.

The Senior Project Executive will establish project strategy, lead senior project and construction teams, oversee commercial and operational performance, and serve as a key executive liaison between the client, development partners, design teams, contractors, consultants, vendors, and internal leadership.

The successful candidate will have a proven track record delivering complex, high-value mission-critical projects and programs
, with the leadership presence and commercial acumen to manage multiple stakeholders, mitigate risk, drive accountability, and consistently achieve safety, quality, schedule, and financial objectives.

• Provide senior executive leadership and strategic direction for major data center construction projects and programs.
• Establish project execution strategies, governance structures, delivery objectives, and performance expectations.
• Provide oversight across multiple projects, sites, and delivery teams as required.
• Act as a senior representative of the organization with clients, developers, investors, consultants, contractors, and strategic partners.
• Drive executive-level decision-making, issue resolution, and accountability throughout the project lifecycle.

• Provide executive oversight of preconstruction strategy, estimating, budgeting, scheduling, procurement, constructability, and risk management
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• Partner with development and design leadership to establish realistic project execution plans and delivery milestones.
• Review and challenge project budgets, schedules, procurement strategies, and contingency requirements.
• Support project pursuits, proposals, client presentations, and strategic business development initiatives.

• Lead and oversee the successful execution of hyperscale and colocation data center facilities
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• Provide leadership to Project Managers, Construction Managers, Superintendents, and broader project delivery teams.
• Establish consistent project controls, reporting standards, construction processes, and operational best practices.
• Monitor project performance against cost, schedule, quality, safety, and contractual commitments
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• Identify emerging risks and implement corrective strategies before they impact project objectives.
• Maintain executive oversight of project financial performance, forecasting, cash flow, change management, and commercial risk.
• Review and approve major change orders, commitments, contracts, and procurement decisions within delegated authority.
• Partner with commercial and finance teams to maintain accurate cost forecasts and financial reporting.
• Lead resolution of significant contractual, commercial, and stakeholder issues.

• Build strong relationships with clients, developers, design partners, consultants, subcontractors, vendors, and internal leadership.
• Align development, engineering, design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and operations teams around common project objectives.
• Mentor and develop senior project leadership, creating a high-performing and accountable delivery organization.
• Establish a culture centered on safety, quality, ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement
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• Provide executive oversight of commissioning, systems testing, integrated systems testing (IST), and operational readiness.
• Coordinate closely with commissioning agents, facility operations teams, and project stakeholders.
• Ensure successful completion of punch lists, documentation, closeout, and final facility turnover.
• Drive lessons learned and continuous improvement across future projects and programs.

• 15+ years of progressive experience in construction management, project delivery, or program leadership.
• 7+ years of experience delivering data center, mission-critical, advanced technology, industrial, or…