Senior Development Program Manager (Data Center Design)

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Manage a group of project managers and designers to review drawing packages for adherence to design standards.
• Manage multiple design and engineering aspects of the business across multiple projects across the country.
• Create and communicate updates on development design program and status of individual design milestones on a monthly basis suitable for executive level reviews.
• Collaborate with internal and external design teams to evaluate designs to ensure they meet established design standards, local code requirements, and requirements of the local AHJs.
• Partner with internal and external stakeholders to define project scope requirements, deviations from standards, and communicate requirements with the design team.
• Work with construction, commissioning, and risk management teams to support project managers and project engineers on RFI responses and value engineering queries.
• Collaborate with the procurement team to review OFCI equipment submittals for compliance with standard design criteria.
• Support direct reports and project teams in resolving design issues during construction and commissioning phases.
• Work with consultants to develop and review architectural, civil, or structural calculations for adherence to design standards.
• Manage the standards process including design drawings, specifications, BOD's, SOO's, BIM models, etc.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Science or Engineering or equivalent professional experience.
• Eight or more years of professional experience in design architecture, engineering, or the construction industry related to project design.
• Six or more years of experience managing mission-critical design, implementation, and project management.
• Experience with Microsoft Office suite, specifically PowerPoint and Excel for communication and budgeting.
• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time, with travel anticipated every month for 2-3 days.
• US Citizenship required by law due to federal customer contracts.

Nice to Have

• Six or more years' experience designing architectural, civil, or structural systems for Data Centers, construction, operations, and/or facility maintenance.
• Project Management or Project Lead experience in large-scale projects.
• Direct experience in the construction of data centers, critical medical, industrial, construction, oil and gas, or large-scale systems.
• Expert Level knowledge of Architectural, Civil, or Structural industry standards, procedures, and methodologies.
• Experience with performance-based alternatives to prescriptive architectural, civil, or structural designs.
• Expert knowledge of architectural, civil, or structural systems and their integration into mission-critical environments.
• Advanced multidisciplinary knowledge of mission critical systems, design process, pre-construction requirements, and the construction process.
• Proven ability to communicate complex technical issues to senior leadership or non-engineers.
• Architectural license or Professional Engineering license.
• MBA, Masters in Engineering, Management, or related field.
• Experience with delivery of mission critical data center facilities.
• Extensive experience with management of MEP trades.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Science or Engineering or equivalent professional experience.
• Eight or more years of professional experience in design architecture, engineering, or construction.
• Six or more years of experience managing mission-critical design projects.

Benefits & Perks

• Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.
• 401(k) retirement plan with matching contributions.
• Flexible spending and HSA accounts.
• Paid holidays, paid time off, and paid volunteer days.
• Employee assistance program, tuition assistance, parental leave, military leave assistance.
• QTS scholarship for dependents, wellness program, and other company benefits.
• Bonus eligibility and potential for equity participation.