Project Controls Program Manager - Data Center Program

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PROJECT CONTROLS PROGRAM MANAGER - USA DATA CENTER CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM

United States – Remote role (domestic travel up to 75%)

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. With more than 36,000 people in over 70 countries, we are dedicated to improving quality of life and solving the world’s most complex challenges.

Arcadis is expanding its US Data Center Program and is seeking a talented Project Controls Program Manager to join our team. In this role, you will provide strategic oversight, leadership, and accountability for the program, ensuring successful delivery, alignment with client expectations, and adherence to Arcadis' global operational and strategic goals. This position requires significant domestic travel within the United States—up to 75%.

• Full accountability for the successful delivery of the data center controls program in the United States
• Provide leadership, strategic direction, and decision‑making across the portfolio, ensuring program alignment with client objectives and adherence to Arcadis’ operational and strategic goals
• Program lead providing leadership and quality controls with an emphasis on project management, project controls, operations model, client engagement, and team performance and management. The successful candidate should be comfortable and able to provide executive‑level reports to internal and external stakeholders that include performance updates, risk identification and mitigation, and potential growth opportunities, while also contributing in the individual contributor role as a Working/Operations Foreman when needed
• Ensure effective quality management and implement continuous improvement practices across the program to drive innovation and best practice adoption
• Responsible for the set‑up and management of contracting processes, ensuring the effective management of all contractual obligations, including resource trackers, expense reclaim management, invoicing, etc.
• Work closely with the Account Leadership team to identify and capture growth opportunities within the client’s data center American construction program
• Support the Business Director, Account Leadership, and Program Director in commercial and operational leadership matters, including fee creation and management, contract management, and revenue forecasts
• Ensure the Arcadis employees are encouraged to grow and develop to the best of their abilities. Track and manage workforce planning, mobilization, and deployment
• Maintain a strong presence at all locations of the data center program by regularly visiting all data center projects. The successful candidate should expect up to 75% domestic travel

• 12+ years of relevant experience leading project control programs for major data center construction or construction programs (>$750M) under a lump sum contract model
• Subject matter expertise in own discipline with proactive problem‑solving skills
• Experience managing business relationships with both external and internal teams at a senior level. Able to build positive relationships to encourage professional and quality growth opportunities within client and internal teams
• Cultural understanding of agile project management and time‑driven delivery
• Strong change management and business partnership skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent. Membership in a relevant professional body (e.g., PMP, PgMP, APM, or equivalent) is preferred

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters, which is why we pioneer a skills‑based approach, letting you harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize our impact together. You’ll do meaningful work and help deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet.

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