Project Manager, PMO; Leased

Nscale's North American Data Center Infrastructure (DCI) group is delivering large-scale, high-density data center campuses on demanding timelines. The Project Controls group gives every project a clear, honest view of cost, schedule, and risk.

The Project Controls Manager owns project controls for one or more DCI projects from development through handover. This role leads the project-level controls team (cost, scheduling, and planning), integrates cost and schedule into a single performance picture, and makes sure Project Directors and leadership have the information they need to make good decisions early.

• Project controls leadership:
  Lead and mentor the project-level controls team, including Cost Managers, Schedulers, and Planners; assign work, review outputs, and maintain quality standards.
• Baseline development:
  Develop and maintain the project control baseline — WBS, cost breakdown structure, budget, and integrated schedule — in line with the DCI project controls framework.
• Performance measurement:
  Run earned value analysis and integrate cost and schedule data to report progress, productivity, variances, and forecasts at completion.
• Reporting:
  Produce weekly and monthly project reports and dashboards for Project Directors and the Director, Project Controls, highlighting trends, risks, and recommended actions.
• Change management:
  Administer the change control process, including trend logs, change requests, and contractor change orders, and assess cost and schedule impacts before approval.
• Risk management:
  
  Facilitate risk workshops, maintain the project risk register, and support quantitative cost and schedule risk analysis and contingency management.
• Contractor oversight:
  Review contractor schedules, progress measurement, and payment applications; verify progress claims and hold contractors to contractual reporting requirements.
• Forecasting and cash flow:
  Partner with Finance on monthly forecasts, accruals, cash flow projections, and capitalization.
• Continuous improvement:
  Capture lessons learned and contribute to the evolution of DCI controls standards, templates, and systems.

• 10+ years of project controls experience on large construction or capital projects, including at least 3 years in a lead or management role.
• Experience on mission-critical or complex facilities, such as data centers, power generation, substations, or advanced manufacturing.
• Strong working knowledge of CPM scheduling, cost control, earned value management, and change management.
• Ability to interpret and challenge contractor schedules, cost reports, and progress claims.
• Clear, concise written and verbal communication, including presenting to senior stakeholders.
• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Quantity Surveying, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

• Hyperscale or colocation data center experience, including MEP-heavy and phased delivery.
• AACE (PSP, CCP, EVP) or PMP certification.
• Owner-side or owner's representative project controls experience.
• Experience standing up controls on a new project or in a growing organization.

Technical skills can be taught. Character cannot. At Nscale, we're looking for people who show up with integrity, treat others with respect, and take genuine ownership of their work. As a senior leader on the program, this individual also sets the tone for every direct report and site team they oversee. The following traits matter as much to us as any credential or years of experience:

• Integrity — does the right thing even when no one is watching; never misrepresents status, costs, or progress to protect themselves or their team
• Ownership mentality —…