Director Project Delivery

EZ Blockchain; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

EZ Blockchain seeks a Project Delivery Director to lead data center programs from site origination through construction, commissioning, and turnover to Operations, ensuring safety, on-time delivery, and budget discipline.

This hands-on leadership role requires coordinating design, engineering, utilities, procurement, and field teams, aligning with customers and stakeholders to deliver ready-for-service facilities across multiple sites.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, Operations, Business, or a related field.
• 8+ years of progressive experience delivering complex capital projects, preferably within data centers, mission-critical facilities, power infrastructure, or similar environments.
• Experience managing large and complex capital projects, preferably in the $50M+ range.
• Strong knowledge of project controls, scheduling, budgeting, procurement, risk management, contract administration, and change management.
• Demonstrated ability to manage contractors, engineers, consultants, utilities, equipment vendors, and commissioning providers.
• Strong working knowledge of mission-critical electrical and mechanical infrastructure.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, construction documents, schedules, contracts, budgets, and technical specifications.
• Strong commercial judgment and financial discipline.
• Exceptional leadership, communication, negotiation, stakeholder-management, and problem-solving capabilities.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities across different geographic markets.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end project delivery from site handoff through commissioning and turnover.
• Develop and manage the overall project execution plan, including schedule, budget, milestones, resources, risks, and critical dependencies.
• Lead and coordinate cross-functional teams across Engineering, Construction, Energy/Power, Procurement, Finance, Legal, Operations, and external consultants.
• Oversee contractors, consultants, and major vendors to ensure projects remain aligned with technical, schedule, budget, quality, and safety requirements.
• Drive resolution of project issues and risks, including schedule delays, cost variances, design conflicts, utility dependencies, and scope changes.
• Manage project financial performance and controls, including budgets, forecasts, committed costs, contingency, and cost-to-complete.
• Maintain the integrated project schedule, with particular focus on utilities, long-lead equipment, energization, construction completion, and commissioning.
• Lead commissioning and operational readiness, ensuring the facility is fully tested, documented, and ready for acceptance.
• Serve as the senior delivery interface with customers, contractors, utilities, and key project stakeholders.
• Provide executive reporting on project status, schedule, budget, risks, and Ready-for-Service dates.
• Build scalable project delivery processes and teams as the company’s development pipeline grows.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Budgeting

Scheduling

Risk management

Contracts

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Primavera P6

Procore

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Power BI

ERP systems

Job description

We are seeking a Project Delivery Director to lead data center projects from formal handoff by the Site Origination team through construction, commissioning, customer acceptance, and turnover to Operations.

The Project Delivery Director is the single point of accountability for delivering a fully operational, customer-ready data center safely, on schedule, within approved budget, and in accordance with the company’s technical, commercial, and operational requirements.

The role begins once a site has passed the company’s origination and investment criteria and has been approved to move into active development. From that point forward, the Project Delivery Director owns the integrated delivery of the project across design, engineering, utilities, permitting, procurement, construction, commissioning, customer coordination, and operational turnover.

This is a hands-on leadership role requiring both strategic oversight and the ability to drive execution across multiple projects, consultants, contractors, utilities, vendors, and internal teams.

Projects will typically range from 25 MW to 100+ MW, including AI/HPC, high-density compute, and mission-critical data center infrastructure.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Own end-to-end project delivery from Site Origination handoff through commissioning and turnover to Operations.
• Develop and manage the overall project execution plan, including schedule, budget, milestones, resources, risks, and critical dependencies.
• Lead and coordinate cross-functional teams across Engineering, Construction, Energy/Power, Procurement, Finance, Legal, Operations, and external consultants.
• Oversee contractors, consultants, and major vendors to ensure projects remain aligned with technical, schedule, budget, quality, and safety requirements.
• Drive resolution of project issues and risks, including schedule delays, cost variances, design conflicts, utility dependencies, and scope changes.
• Manage project financial performance and controls, including budgets, forecasts, committed costs, contingency, and cost-to-complete.
• Maintain the integrated project schedule, with particular focus on utilities, long-lead equipment, energization, construction completion, and commissioning.
• Lead commissioning and operational readiness, ensuring the facility is fully tested, documented, and ready for acceptance.
• Serve as the senior delivery interface with customers, contractors, utilities, and key project stakeholders.
• Provide executive reporting on project status, schedule, budget, risks, and Ready-for-Service dates.
• Build scalable project delivery processes and teams as the company’s development pipeline grows.

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT & DESIGN MANAGEMENT

• Lead design and development from site handoff through construction-ready documentation, ensuring technical, customer, and operational requirements are met.

UTILITY & INFRASTRUCTURE COORDINATION

• Coordinate power, water, fiber, and site infrastructure to support project schedule, energization, and Ready-for-Service milestones.

CONSTRUCTION & PROCUREMENT OVERSIGHT

• Oversee contractors, vendors, construction execution, and long-lead procurement with focus on safety, quality, cost, and schedule.

PROJECT CONTROL AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

• Manage project budget, schedule, risk, forecasts, and change control, and drive corrective action where required.

COMMISSIONING & OPERATIONAL READINESS

• Lead commissioning, testing, documentation, and final turnover to ensure the facility is ready for customer and Operations acceptance.

CUSTOMER & STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT

• Serve as the senior project-delivery interface for customers and key stakeholders. Lead major project reviews, communicate schedule, budget, risks, technical decisions, and required actions, and ensure customer commitments are translated into executable project requirements.

TEAM LEADERSHIP

• Lead the project delivery team, establish accountability and standards, and build scalable delivery processes as the portfolio grows.

PROJECT DELIVERY SYSTEMS & REPORTING

Establish standardized project-management systems and reporting across the portfolio.

Expected familiarity with platforms such as:

• Autodesk Construction Cloud / BIM 360

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

Performance will be evaluated against measurable delivery outcomes including:

• Budget and forecast accuracy
• Change-order and contingency management
• Safety and quality performance
• Documentation and punch-list closure
• Customer and Operations acceptance

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, Operations, Business, or a related field.
• 8+ years of progressive experience delivering complex capital projects, preferably within data centers, mission-critical facilities, power infrastructure, or similar environments.
• Demonstrated responsibility for projects from design and development through construction and commissioning.
• Experience managing large and complex capital projects, preferably in the $50M+ range.
• Strong knowledge of project controls, scheduling, budgeting, procurement, risk management, contract administration, and change management.
• Demonstrated ability to manage contractors, engineers, consultants, utilities, equipment vendors, and commissioning providers.
• Strong working knowledge of mission-critical electrical and mechanical infrastructure.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, construction documents, schedules, contracts, budgets, and technical specifications.
• Strong commercial judgment and financial discipline.
• Exceptional leadership, communication, negotiation, stakeholder-management, and problem-solving capabilities.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities across different geographic markets.

PREFERRED

• Experience delivering hyperscale, colocation, AI, HPC, or other mission‑critical data center infrastructure.
• Experience with high‑density GPU deployments and liquid‑cooled environments.
• Experience with utility substations and high-voltage power infrastructure.
• PMP, PgMP, PE, or equivalent professional qualification.
• Experience with Primavera P6, Procore, Autodesk Construction Cloud, Power BI, and project-accounting/ERP systems.
• Experience building project-delivery teams and processes within a rapidly scaling organization.

IDEAL CANDIDATE

The ideal candidate combines the discipline of an experienced data center developer with the execution mindset of a construction and project-delivery leader. Deliver a safe, reliable, fully commissioned data center that Operations and the customer are ready to accept.