Data Center Project Manager

Black Box; Bowling Green (OH); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Black Box seeks an experienced Data Center Project Manager to lead delivery of data center infrastructure projects from planning and mobilization through installation, commissioning, and final handoff. You will coordinate between Black Box, customers, field teams, subcontractors, vendors, engineering, and internal stakeholders to ensure on-time, on-budget completion.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in data centers, telecoms, or mission-critical environments, with strong scheduling, budgeting,

Qualifications

• 5+ years of project management experience in data centers, telecoms, technology infrastructure, construction, or related fields.
• Experience coordinating field technicians, engineers, contractors, subcontractors, and vendors.
• Experience managing customer expectations and project outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Manage data center infrastructure projects from kickoff through closeout.
• Develop and maintain detailed schedules, budgets, and resource plans.
• Coordinate field personnel, subcontractors, vendors, and customer representatives.
• Communicate with customers to understand requirements, timelines, and deliverables.
• Track risks and drive resolution; manage changes and scope adjustments.

Skills

Project management

Data center knowledge

Vendor coordination

Customer communication

Budget & scheduling

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

PMP certification

Tools

Microsoft Project

Excel

CRM tools

Job description

Black Box is seeking an experienced Data Center Project Manager to lead the successful delivery of data center infrastructure projects from planning and mobilization through installation, commissioning, and final customer handoff.

This role will serve as a key point of contact between Black Box, customers, field teams, subcontractors, vendors, engineering, and internal stakeholders. The Project Manager will be responsible for driving project execution, maintaining schedules and budgets, managing resources, and ensuring projects are delivered safely, efficiently, and to customer expectations.

The ideal candidate brings experience working in data center, mission-critical, telecommunications, technology infrastructure, or commercial construction environments and is comfortable managing multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage data center infrastructure projects from project kickoff through completion and closeout.
• Develop and maintain detailed project schedules, milestones, budgets, resource plans, and project documentation.
• Coordinate Black Box field personnel, project teams, subcontractors, vendors, and customer representatives.
• Work closely with customers to understand project requirements, timelines, deliverables, and expectations.
• Review scopes of work, drawings, specifications, project plans, and technical requirements.
• Coordinate site readiness, material requirements, equipment delivery, manpower, and field resources.
• Monitor project progress and proactively identify schedule, cost, staffing, material, and execution risks.
• Manage project changes, scope adjustments, change orders, and customer requests.
• Conduct project meetings and provide regular status updates to customers, management, and internal stakeholders.
• Coordinate with engineering and technical teams to resolve field issues and project requirements.
• Manage subcontractor and vendor performance, schedules, deliverables, and quality.
• Ensure projects follow Black Box safety requirements, customer site procedures, quality standards, and applicable regulations.
• Coordinate installation, testing, commissioning, punch‑list activities, and final project acceptance.
• Maintain accurate project documentation and ensure all required closeout materials are completed.
• Identify opportunities to improve project execution, operational efficiency, customer satisfaction, and profitability.
• Travel to customer and data center locations as required.

Project Management Responsibilities

• Manage multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining visibility into schedules, resources, budgets, and deliverables.
• Develop project plans and establish clear responsibilities, milestones, and deadlines.
• Track project financial performance, labor utilization, materials, and subcontractor costs.
• Identify project risks and develop mitigation strategies.
• Maintain communication between field operations, engineering, procurement, finance, customers, and leadership.
• Escalate issues appropriately and drive them through resolution.
• Ensure projects remain aligned with contractual requirements and customer expectations.
• Support forecasting and resource planning for upcoming project requirements.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of project management experience in data centers, telecommunications, technology infrastructure, construction, or a related industry.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex infrastructure projects from start to finish.
• Experience coordinating field technicians, engineers, contractors, subcontractors, and vendors.
• Experience working directly with customers and managing project expectations.
• Strong understanding of project scheduling, resource planning, budgets, and risk management.
• Ability to read and understand technical documentation, drawings, scopes of work, and project specifications.
• Strong written, verbal, organizational, and problem‑solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and changing priorities with minimal supervision.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and project management/scheduling tools.
• PMP certification is a plus.
• Data center or mission‑critical experience is strongly preferred.
• Willingness to travel to customer and project sites as required.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a hands‑on, customer‑focused Project Manager who understands the demands of data center environments and can effectively bridge the gap between the customer, project team, field operations, vendors, and leadership.

You should be comfortable taking ownership of projects, managing competing priorities, resolving issues in real time, and driving teams toward successful project completion. Experience in a high‑volume, fast‑paced data center environment is highly valued.