Construction Program Manager

Job Title:
Construction Program Manager I

The Construction Program Manager I oversees the planning, coordination, and delivery of complex datacenter construction and other mission-critical projects in a remote environment. This role focuses on managing safety, scope, schedule, budget, and risk while driving cost-effective, scalable solutions across operations construction projects. The Construction Program Manager I serves as a key liaison between internal partners and external vendors, ensuring predictable project milestones and clear, consistent reporting.

• Plan, direct, and coordinate activities related to engineering, research and development, financial systems, product roll-out, and datacenter construction projects.
• Develop and maintain best practices to identify and implement cost-effective solutions across operations construction projects.
• Manage the selection, contracting, and integration of multiple vendors and internal partners to support project delivery.
• Drive the deployment of scalable solutions for construction and operations projects, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
• Facilitate decision-making that supports project solutions, schedules, and change management activities.
• Apply strategic thinking, influence, and negotiation skills to evaluate options and recommend effective project solutions.
• Regularly review cost and KPI metrics, invoices, and policy and process communications with client partners.
• Serve as the single point of contact for project development and delivery, ensuring clear communication among stakeholders.
• Coordinate meetings and activities with vendors and cost managers, incorporating lessons learned into ongoing and future projects.
• Attend owner/architect/contractor (OAC) and other project meetings, providing timely updates on scope, schedule, and budget.
• Report project progress on scope, schedule, and budget on a weekly basis or as required.
• Provide consistent weekly project status reporting to maintain transparency and predictable delivery.
• Lead the development, management, and reporting of safety, scope, schedule, budget, and risk for assigned projects.
• Maintain direct fiscal responsibility for approved project budgets, including monitoring expenditures and cost controls.
• Operate independently in support of datacenter operations, making informed decisions to keep projects on track.
• Prepare Requests for Proposal (RFPs), Project Execution Requests (PERs), and other approval documentation required for project initiation and changes.
• Validate vendor costs by reviewing and approving pay applications and change orders to ensure contract compliance.
• Coordinate construction execution, including field activities, contractor performance, and milestone tracking.
• Review safety and field progress regularly to ensure compliance with safety standards and project quality expectations.
• Manage schedule and milestone risks by identifying potential delays and implementing mitigation strategies.
• Resolve technical and stakeholder dependencies that could impact project delivery.
• Monitor contractor performance and address issues proactively to maintain quality and schedule commitments.
• Provide clear, structured project status reporting to stakeholders to support predictable and transparent delivery.

• High school qualification or equivalent and at least 1 year of experience in datacenter construction or mission-critical environments, or equivalent experience.
• At least 1 year of experience managing end-to-end delivery of complex datacenter construction projects or related mission-critical environment projects with cross-functional teams, independently meeting delivery deadlines, or equivalent experience.
• Deep understanding of construction management, including cost management, schedule management, and safety management.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to serve as a single point of contact and provide clear, consistent project updates.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate construction execution and monitor safety and field progress.
• Experience managing schedule and milestone risks and implementing mitigation strategies.
• Ability to resolve technical and stakeholder dependencies that impact project delivery.
• Proficiency in reviewing and validating vendor costs, pay applications, and change orders for contract compliance.
• Strong project coordination skills, including organizing meetings, tracking KPIs, and integrating lessons learned.
• Ability to work independently in support…