Project Controls Manager

STACK Infrastructure; Culpeper (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Paid Time Off

401K program

Flexible Spending Accounts

Cell phone subsidy

Job summary

STACK Infrastructure in Culpeper, VA seeks a Project Controls Manager to lead the Delivery PMO, managing cost, schedule, and performance data across construction projects. You will establish standards, budgets, forecasts, and governance to support informed decision-making and successful project execution.

You will collaborate with Preconstruction, Construction Finance, and Development teams to provide visibility, forecast accuracy, and baselining.

Qualifications

• 8–10 years leading project or portfolio controls on large, complex projects.
• Experience managing a cross-functional, geographically dispersed team.
• Experience with data center or mission-critical facility construction desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop, train, and manage a project controls team.
• Create and deliver presentations to internal and external stakeholders.
• Conduct regular project reviews and analysis, identifying critical path, delays, cost impacts, and optimization opportunities.
• Provide leadership, strategic direction, and decision-making across the portfolio.
• Present executive-level reports with performance updates, risk identification and mitigation, and recovery plans.
• Collaborate with Preconstruction, Construction Finance and Development teams to deliver project data for visibility and baselining.
• Define KPIs, dashboards, and deep-dive analyses for portfolio performance and decision-making.
• Implement strategies and policies for real-time awareness of project risks and exposures.
• Increase adoption of Project Controls tools through training and support.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Analytics

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

The Company

STACK INFRASTRUCTURE (STACK) provides digital infrastructure to scale the world’s most innovative companies. We are an award-winning industry leader in building, owning, and operating highly efficient, cost-effective wholesale, colocation, and cloud data centers. Each of our national facilities meets or exceeds the highest industry standards in all operational categories of availability, security, connectivity, and physical resilience.

The Position

STACK is seeking an experienced Project Controls Manager to develop the Delivery Project Management Office (PMO) Controls objective. The Project Controls Manager provides leadership and oversight of Project-level controls, ensuring consistent, accurate, and timely management of cost, schedule, and performance data across construction Projects. This role partners with Preconstruction, Construction leadership, project teams and Construction Finance to establish, maintain, and govern Project controls that support informed decision-making and successful project execution. Key responsibilities include developing and managing Project budgets, schedules, and forecasting processes, establishing cost and schedule control standards, and overseeing Project-level reporting, variance analysis, and performance metrics.

Responsibilities

The Project Controls Manager works closely with the Cost Manager to integrate cost data, support funding and governance reviews, and ensure alignment between budgets, forecasts, and approved baselines. The role also includes oversight of schedule management, change management, risk and contingency tracking, and EML reporting, as well as administration and continuous improvement of Project controls systems and processes. The Project Controls Manager plays a critical role in maintaining data integrity, identifying trends and risks, and ensuring that Project execution adheres to established controls, governance requirements, and reporting standards. This role will support STACK’s full construction portfolio encompassing multiple product and delivery types. This role will continually assess project and portfolio delivery performance to define, implement, adopt, and audit controls (cost, schedule, & quality) and reporting that enable extreme visibility into project performance while enhancing certainty in delivery outcome.

• Lead, develop, train, and manage a project controls team of cost managers and schedulers (both internally and through partnership with our external service providers).
• Create and deliver presentations to internal and external stakeholders, effectively communicating project delivery status and risk mitigation strategies.
• Conduct regular project reviews and analysis, identifying critical path activities, potential delays, cost impacts, and opportunities for optimization.
• Provide leadership, strategic direction, and decision-making across the portfolio, ensuring Project alignment with client objectives and its adherence to STACK’s operational and strategic goals.
• The successful candidate should be comfortable and able to provide executive-level reports to internal and external stakeholders that include performance updates, risk identification and mitigation, and recovery plans while also contributing as the individual contributor role when needed to support individual projects.
• Collaborate with Preconstruction, Construction Finance and Development teams to give feedback and deliver necessary project data to support visibility, forecasting, and baselining.
• Define Key Performance Indicators, dashboards, and deep dive analyses that enable concise articulation of project and portfolio performance and decision making.
• Implement strategies and policies that maintain firm grasp and real-time awareness of project and portfolio risks and exposures.
• Increase adoption and consistent use throughout the Delivery portfolio of Project Controls tools through documentation, training, and follow-through support.

The Details

• Location: Culpepper, VA
• Domestic travel required; 25%
• Benefits: Healthcare, Dental Care, Vision Insurance, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, and Paid Leave Programs
• Must be eligible to work in the United States
• Must pass comprehensive background and drug screening

Must-have Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, construction management, engineering, or a related field.
• 8-10 years of progressive experience leading project or portfolio controls with a focus on multiple large-scale, complex projects.
• Experience successfully managing a cross-functional, geographically dispersed team
• Experience with data center or mission-critical facility construction is highly desirable.

This Might Be Right For You If

• You are a strong communicator, you are persuasive and clear, blending analytics with experience in decision-making.
• You do not get flustered easily. You can juggle multiple priorities while balancing urgent requests with shifting timelines and deliverables.
• You are a team builder. You take the time to understand and develop the strengths of your resources while formulating long-term plans for the growth and success of the team.
• You are naturally curious and driven toward continual improvement. While you celebrate your successes, you take time to review and analyze campaigns for future learning.

WHY STACK?

• We offer a competitive compensation package with strong benefits, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401K program, flexible spending accounts - even a cell phone subsidy.
• We foster a culture of appreciation, including peer-to-peer recognition and rewards programs.
• Fun is part of our DNA, with events, game nights, happy hours, and barbecues.
• We're growing – this is a great time to join and make an impact!

STACK is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, national origin, mental or physical disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law