Preconstruction Manager; Remote

Data Bank Holdings Ltd. is a leading provider of enterprise-class data center, cloud, and interconnection services, offering customers 100% uptime availability of data, applications, and infrastructure. Data Bank's managed data center services are anchored in world-class facilities. Our customized technology solutions are designed to help customers effectively manage risk, improve technology performance, and allow focus on core business objectives. Data Bank is headquartered in the historic former Federal Reserve Bank Building, in downtown Dallas, TX.

Data Bank is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our work culture at Data Bank does not discriminate based on actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, alienage or national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability or handicap, sex, marital status, veterans' status, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

The Preconstruction Manager is a new, dedicated role created to build out Data Bank's front-end project development capability ahead of formal design and construction award. This role reports to the Senior Director, Construction Operations and works in close partnership with Project Managers, Central Engineering, Corporate Development, Project Controls, and Procurement. The Preconstruction Manager serves as the subject matter expert and primary owner of front-end project planning, cost development, schedule development, constructability, and commercial evaluation through preconstruction.

As projects progress toward execution, the Preconstruction Manager partners closely with the assigned Project Manager to establish a well-defined project baseline and transition the project into active construction. The Project Manager remains accountable for overall project delivery, with Procurement retaining ownership of procurement strategy and execution and Project Controls supporting project financial controls and reporting.

• Serve as the lead for front-end planning and preconstruction owning development of project cost, schedule, constructability, assumptions, and commercial inputs while coordinating closely with the Project Manager and functional pillars responsible for procurement, project controls, engineering, and commissioning.
• Partner with Corporate Development to provide early-stage cost and schedule feasibility input that supports capitalization decisions, acquisitions, and site selection.
• Work with Central Engineering to translate design standards and Design Change Log decisions into schedule and cost assumptions for future projects, before those decisions are finalized.
• Build and maintain parametric and scenario-based schedule models (e.g., toggled duration curves by MW size, site condition, and delivery strategy) that can be applied quickly to new opportunities without starting from scratch.
• Develop and maintain budgetary and conceptual pricing models, including per-MW cost benchmarks, cash flow curve modeling, and escalation assumptions, informed by Data Bank's historical actuals.
• Lead or support the RFP process for future projects: scope definition, bid package development, GC and subcontractor solicitation, bid leveling, and award recommendation.
• Coordinate directly with GC and design partners during the RFP window to validate pricing assumptions, schedule durations, and scope completeness before contract award.
• Hand off awarded projects with a documented set of assumptions, budgets, and schedule baselines so execution starts from a solid foundation.
• Maintain a preconstruction knowledge base (benchmark costs, schedule durations, lessons learned from past RFPs) that improves the speed and accuracy of future estimates.
• Lead alignment across multiple concurrent preconstruction projects, comparing cost, schedule, and risk between them and aligning implementation and constructability approaches across internal stakeholder teams.
• Own recurring status, risk, budget, and schedule reporting for projects in preconstruction and planning, including key performance indicators presented to leadership.
• Support build strategy for new programs, including site diligence review, supply chain analysis, vendor selection, and development of procurement and contracting roadmap with appropriate teams.
• Lead the development of new processes and tools to support business initiatives, and operationalize improvements to existing…