Vice President Pre-Construction

Are you a passionate Vice President, Pre-Construction looking to make a meaningful impact? We're building the next generation of digital infrastructure powering hyperscalers, AI innovation, and high-performance computing across North America.

JOB TITLE

Vice President, Pre-Construction

DEPARTMENT

DC Operations

LOCATION

USA

WORK ARRANGEMENT

Remote

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS

25-50%

The Vice President, Pre-Construction architects and builds the lean function that converts authorized data center projects into executable construction plans and documented ready-to-build (R2B) handoffs. This leader integrates constructability, construction phasing, design and permit readiness, utilities, estimates, schedules, procurement and contractor scope before mobilization. The role directs pre-construction across the portfolio, supports active projects on unresolved pre-construction obligations, and builds repeatable standards, governance and team capability.

Our core values guide how we collaborate, make decisions, support one another, and serve our customers. We're looking for people who embrace them and help us build something great.

• Build the pre-construction operating model, including scope, readiness standards, work-release gates, staffing and escalation paths.
• Prioritize projects and specialist resources against construction-start dates, customer requirements, readiness risk and authorized pre-construction spend.

• Receive approved project requirements and documented site, utility and approval constraints; confirm scope, assumptions and open conditions with the responsible upstream functions.
• Define construction scope boundaries, owner-direct interfaces and package requirements with Engineering, Construction and Procurement; return unresolved upstream items to their accountable owners.

• Integrate documented power, water, wastewater and fiber requirements into construction sequencing, including phased service dates, interconnection work and off-site infrastructure dependencies.
• Confirm utility scope, access, installation and energization prerequisites with responsible specialists; accelerate delivery gaps without assuming ownership of utility feasibility or capacity procurement.

• Coordinate construction permit packages, submissions, approval conditions and release dates with Engineering and responsible specialists; track prerequisites for authorized work packages.
• Translate existing entitlement conditions and off-site obligations into construction requirements; accelerate unresolved approvals to their owners before recommending mobilization.

• Collaborate in constructability reviews with Engineering, Construction and Technical Program Management.
• Incorporate cost and schedule implications of buildability and interface gaps involving infrastructure, equipment access, installation sequencing and operational separation; preserve Engineering's design authority.

• Produce construction-release recommendations stating readiness evidence, alternatives, cost and schedule impacts, residual risks and required approvals.
• Maintain assumptions, risks, decisions and owner/date actions; revalidate material dependencies before tender, procurement release and construction authorization.

• Develop construction phasing, early-works, site-logistics and labor strategies with Construction; align executable work packages to documented site constraints and delivery…