Data Center Projects Lead - Hybrid PM/Coordination

Flex Employee Services; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Flex Employee Services is seeking a hybrid PM/Foreman to lead data center infrastructure projects from planning through completion. The role combines project management with hands-on coordination of cabling, networking, and hardware deployment across multiple teams.

The successful candidate will manage schedules, resources, risk, and stakeholder communications while ensuring adherence to data center standards and safety guidelines. Travel to sites may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 5+ years of experience in data center infrastructure, structured cabling, networking, telecommunications, IT infrastructure, or related technical environments.
• 2+ years of project management, project coordination, technical project lead, or infrastructure deployment management experience.
• Strong understanding and previous experience with data center environments and infrastructure deployment, including structured cabling, racks, servers, network equipment, fiber/copper infrastructure, power, and related infrastructure.
• Ability to understand technical drawings, rack elevations, floor plans, cable schedules, port maps, deployment plans, and infrastructure documentation.
• Proven ability to coordinate multiple teams, vendors, contractors, and stakeholders simultaneously.
• Experience managing project schedules, milestones, deliverables, risks, issues, and dependencies.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Plan, manage, and coordinate data center infrastructure projects, including new builds, expansions, migrations, relocations, upgrades, and decommissions.
• Develop project scope, objectives, deliverables, schedules, milestones, and resource plans in collaboration with stakeholders.
• Coordinate cabling, networking, hardware deployment, and other infrastructure activities across project teams.
• Serve as the primary point of coordination between clients, project stakeholders, data center operations, vendors, contractors, and technical teams.
• Develop and maintain detailed project schedules, tracking dependencies, milestones, deliverables, and overall project progress.
• Coordinate internal resources, third-party vendors, contractors, and field teams to ensure projects remain on schedule.
• Monitor project status, identify risks or potential delays, and develop mitigation plans.
• Conduct regular project status meetings and provide clear progress updates to management and stakeholders.
• Review technical requirements, cabling plans, rack layouts, deployment plans, MOPs/SOPs, and other project documentation to ensure alignment with project objectives.
• Coordinate the scheduling and sequencing of physical infrastructure work without being responsible for performing the physical installation.

Skills

Project planning

Coordination

Stakeholder management

Vendor management

Technical coordination

Data center infrastructure

Communication

Risk identification

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT/Engineering/Construction Management

Tools

Microsoft Project

Excel

Jira

Smartsheet

Asana

Job description

Flex Employee Services is seeking a hybrid PM/Foreman to lead data center infrastructure projects from planning through completion. The role combines project management with hands-on coordination of cabling, networking, and hardware deployment across multiple teams.

The successful candidate will manage schedules, resources, risk, and stakeholder communications while ensuring adherence to data center standards and safety guidelines. Travel to sites may be required.