Senior Data Center Delivery Lead — Site Readiness & Ops

Cloudflare; Sydney; On-site; AUD 259,000 - 374,000; Full time

Job summary

Cloudflare is seeking a Senior Program Manager to own data center delivery and the sourcing work needed to prepare sites for operation. You will lead vendor selection, contract negotiation, and end-to-end construction, commissioning, and handover to operations.

This role blends technical program management with hands-on commercial execution, coordinating engineering, construction, procurement, and ops teams to ensure schedule, cost, and quality targets are met.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in technical program management, construction management, or infrastructure delivery.
• Direct experience managing data center providers or GC on behalf of an owner.
• Hands-on sourcing experience for site services in multi-site environments.

Responsibilities

• Represent Cloudflare across data-center builds, managing providers, contractors, and design partners.
• Coordinate MEP installation, space fit-out, power distribution, cabling, and commissioning.
• Maintain delivery schedules linking milestones, equipment arrivals, and service activation.
• Assess vendor readiness and ensure smooth handover to operations with clear docs.
• Own sourcing for site services, negotiate regional contracts, and set service start dates.
• Track budgets and risks; build repeatable delivery playbooks from past builds.
• Ensure codes, safety, and security standards are met with engineering partners.

Skills

Program management

Data center delivery

Vendor management

Contract negotiation

Cross-functional leadership

Budget management

Scheduling

MEP systems understanding

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, architecture, business

PMP or equivalent credential

Tools

MS Project

AutoCAD

Job description

Cloudflare is seeking a Senior Program Manager to own data center delivery and the sourcing work needed to prepare sites for operation. You will lead vendor selection, contract negotiation, and end-to-end construction, commissioning, and handover to operations.

This role blends technical program management with hands-on commercial execution, coordinating engineering, construction, procurement, and ops teams to ensure schedule, cost, and quality targets are met.