Director, Special Projects, NA

Vantage Data Centers; Montreal; On-site; CAD 200,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading data center provider is looking for a Director, Special Projects, NA in Montreal. This role involves overseeing the maintenance capital project portfolio, ensuring compliance with safety rules, and managing customer relationships. Candidates should have a degree in construction management and significant experience in construction leadership. The position offers a salary range of $200,000-$210,000 plus bonus and various benefits.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

401k program with company match

Paid time off

Qualifications

• 7 to 10 years of experience in a management role required, 10 to 15 years preferred.
• Complex and technical construction experience is required.
• Data Center experience is preferred.
• Experience in CSA (civil, structural, architectural) and MEP (mechanical, electrical, plumbing) construction management is a requirement.

Responsibilities

• Lead all aspects of maintenance capital project portfolio.
• Create and run project budgets and establish monthly forecasts.
• Drive coordination and integration of internal collaborators.
• Ensure all elements of customer construction align with Vantage’s safety rules.

Skills

Project management

Customer relationship management

Construction management

Data center operations

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in construction management or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office

MS Project

Job description

About Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers powers, cools, protects and connects the technology of the world’s well-known hyperscalers, cloud providers and large enterprises. Developing and operating across North America, EMEA and Asia Pacific, Vantage has evolved data center design in innovative ways to deliver dramatic gains in reliability, efficiency and sustainability in flexible environments that can scale as quickly as the market demands.

Operations Department

As a part of the Vantage Operations team, the Customer Experience department is responsible for managing all aspects of the customer relationships from the inception of the lease by ensuring that data modules are delivered, monitored and maintained per contracts; supporting customer requests and audits to prove compliance; providing customers with visibility to performance and maintenance of their data modules on our Portal; tracking and reporting on customer service levels (SLAs); producing monthly customer electricity bills based on consumption; and generating regulate reports, analytical insights and forecasting for Operations and the Executive Leadership team. The Customer Experience department works closely with all Vantage departments to ensure customer success throughout construction and delivery.

Position Overview

This role can be based in any of our US and Canada locations : Denver, CO; Phoenix, AZ; Santa Clara, CA; Shackelford County, TX; Port Washington, WI; Ashburn, VA or Montreal (QC).

Vantage is looking for a driven Director, Special Projects, NA to provide overall leadership for our growing maintenance capital project portfolio. This position will oversee the internal project approval process, design, permitting, and all aspects of construction. As a leader, you will be responsible for leading multiple projects and teams as well as ensuring all internal customer projects (Operations, Reliability Engineering, etc.) are in alignment with the customers’ objectives. Collaboration and integration in the sales lifecycle process including client interface is integral to the role. Coordination and translation of requirements from Vantage’s internal subject matter experts and operation teams ensures long term operational sustainability is preserved while driving towards optimized construction delivery.

Essential Job Functions

• Lead all aspects of maintenance capital project portfolio, including planning, pre-construction, design, permitting, competitive bidding, team selection, construction, commissioning, and project closeout
• Create and run project budgets and establish monthly forecasts, including variances
• Act as leader with vision and drive coordination and integration of internal collaborators within the project
• Guide direct reports and third-party project management resources and track staffing utilization

Duties

• Lead companywide execution of maintenance capital projects from concept through commissioning and prepare various reports on a monthly and / or quarterly basis
• Ensure all elements of customer construction align with Vantage’s safety and data center work rules
• Partner with customers and internal Vantage teams to standardize customer construction delivery across the Vantage portfolio that minimizes impact / drag on Vantage resources
• Own resource allocation and project workflow for direct reports and third-party project management continent workforce
• Drive day-to-day construction decisions to conclusion
• QA / QC work products of direct reports to confirm accuracy by handling inputs and delivery of work products from internal team members to ensure new data center spaces align with all customer-applicable requirements
• Work with the internal team members and customers to create scope, schedule and budgets for their projects to receive yearly project budget approval.
• Support sales in customer engagement and fulfillment of requirements as tied to leases. Ensure delivery is in accordance with leases for readiness projects.
• Partner with Director, Construction Cost & Finance to produce monthly project forecasts including variance analyses as well as execution of Master Service Agreements (MSAs) and project authorizations for new and existing contractors and vendors
• Vendor / Contractor management including qualification and relationship building / maintenance
• Review monthly billing with direct reports, confirm substantiation and audit vs budget
• Ensure ‘lessons learned’ are held and placed in the feedback loop to drive continuous improvement
• Ensure project team aligns with project turnover documentation requirements to Operations
• Work closely with Operations to coordinate design criteria and construction with ongoing maintenance and operation of existing facilities
• Additional duties as assigned by Management

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, or similar field, or equivalent experience
• 7 to 10 years of experience in a management role required, 10 to 15 years preferred
• Complex and technical construction experience is required
• Data Center experience is preferred
• Experience in CSA (civil, structural, architectural) and MEP (mechanical, electrical, plumbing) construction management is a requirement
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and project management tools like MS Project or P6
• Travel required is expected to be 30% but may increase over time as the business evolves

Physical Demands and Special Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to handle, or feel objects; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop or kneel; talk and hear. The employee must occasionally lift and / or move up to 25 pounds.

Additional Details

Salary Range : $200,000-$210,000 Base + Bonus (this range is based on Colorado market data and may vary in other locations)

This position is eligible for company benefits including but not limited to medical, dental, and vision coverage, life and AD&D, short and long-term disability coverage, paid time off, employee assistance, participation in a 401k program that includes company match, and many other additional voluntary benefits.

Compensation for the role will depend on a number of factors, including your qualifications, skills, competencies, and experience and may fall outside of the range shown.

Vantage Data Centers is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Vantage Data Centers does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firm agencies. Fees will not be paid in the event a candidate submitted by a recruiter without an agreement in place is hired; such resumes will be deemed the sole property of Vantage Data Centers.

We’ll be accepting applications for at least one week from the date this role is posted. If you're interested, we encourage you to apply soon—we’re excited to find the right person and will keep the role open until we do!