Project Manager, Construction - Data Centers

Iron Mountain; Trenton, Northern (NJ, KY); Hybrid; USD 108,000 - 143,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Flexible work arrangements

Health & retirement plans

Professional growth opportunities

Job summary

Iron Mountain is seeking a Data Center Project Manager to deliver construction projects for the Data Center business. You will lead an inter-disciplinary team, develop budgets, and ensure safe, on-time project delivery with 99.999% uptime.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in project delivery, strong experience with critical infrastructure, and travel up to 20%. This role offers competitive compensation, generous PTO, health plans, and opportunities for leadership and growth within Iron Mountain.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years delivering construction projects in corporate real estate or military settings.
• Experience with critical infrastructure design, operation, or construction.
• Strong negotiation, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead inter-disciplinary project team and run design/construction meetings with external professionals, internal staff, and clients.
• Develop and manage detailed schedules and capital budgets; drive procurement strategies and manage bids, changes, and payments.
• Oversee commissioning and testing of complex mechanical, electrical, and IT systems; develop SOPs and MOPs.
• Audit installed components to verify vendor scope, validate designs, and ensure compliance with codes and NFPA standards.

Skills

Project leadership

Budgeting

Vendor oversight

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, or Business/Finance

Job description

US | NJ | Remote

Full time

At Iron Mountain we know that work, when done well, makes a positive impact for our customers, our employees, and our planet. That’s why we need smart, committed people to join us. Whether you’re looking to start your career or make a change, talk to us and see how you can elevate the power of your work at Iron Mountain.

We provide expert, sustainable solutions in records and information management, digital transformation services, data centers, asset lifecycle management, and fine art storage, handling, and logistics. We proudly partner every day with our 225,000 customers around the world to preserve their invaluable artifacts, extract more from their inventory, and protect their data privacy in innovative and socially responsible ways.

Are you curious about being part of our growth story while evolving your skills in a culture that will welcome your unique contributions? If so, let's start the conversation.

Data Center Project Manager

Iron Mountain is seeking a skilled Data Center Project Manager to join our Data Center team. In this role, you will be responsible for the successful delivery of construction projects for the Iron Mountain Data Center business. You will lead an inter-disciplinary team of construction managers and contractors, assisting in the development of and adherence to annual capital budgets and aggressive timelines to ensure a safe work environment and 99.999% product uptime.

What You’ll Do (Responsibilities)

In this role, you will:

• Lead Team & Execution: Manage and supervise an inter-disciplinary project team while conducting design and construction meetings with external professionals, internal employees, and clients.

• Drive Budgeting & Procurement: Develop and manage detailed schedules and capital budgets in cooperation with business clients, Real Estate, and Finance, while deploying procurement strategies to manage bid processes, change orders, and payments.

• Manage Infrastructure Systems: Oversee the commissioning and integrated testing of complex mechanical, electrical, and IT systems, while developing and reviewing Methods of Procedures (MOPs) and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).

• Audit & Verify Quality: Conduct audits of installed data center components to verify vendor job scope completion, validate design documentation, and ensure adherence to building codes and NFPA standards.

What You’ll Bring (Skills & Qualifications)

The ideal candidate will have:

• Core Experience: A minimum of 5 years in the delivery of construction projects and client-facing positions within a corporate real estate or military setting.

• Technical & Contractual Expertise: Deep design, operation, or construction experience with critical infrastructure alongside demonstrated proficiency in real estate budgeting, accounting, contract management, and vendor oversight.

• Strong Leadership & Soft Skills: Exceptional negotiation, conflict resolution, and communication skills used to influence stakeholders, manage multiple deadlines, and build trusting client relationships.

• Education & Travel Requirements: A Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, or Business/Finance (Advanced degree strongly preferred) and the ability to travel up to 20%.

What We Offer (Benefits)

• Compensation: Competitive compensation and total rewards packages aligned with your experience level.

• Work-Life Balance: Generous paid time off, holiday schedules, and flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance.

• Health & Well-being: Comprehensive health, wellness, and retirement plans.

• Growth: Meaningful opportunities for continuous learning, technical leadership, and professional career growth within Iron Mountain.

Reasonably expected salary range: $107,500.00 - $143,300.00

Please note that an employee's starting salary may vary based on a variety of factors. Where State, Municipal, Provincial, Territorial or other legal minimum wages exceed the federal minimum wage, employees are entitled to the higher rate.

Category: Real Estate & Facilities

Iron Mountain is a global leader in storage and information management services trusted by more than 225,000 organizations in 60 countries. We safeguard billions of our customers’ assets, including critical business information, highly sensitive data, and invaluable cultural and historic artifacts. Take a look at our history here .

Iron Mountain helps lower cost and risk, comply with regulations, recover from disaster, and enable digital and sustainable solutions, whether in information management, digital transformation, secure storage and destruction, data center operations, cloud services, or art storage and logistics. Please see our Values and Code of Ethics for a look at our principles and aspirations in elevating the power of our work together.

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Iron Mountain is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity. We recruit and hire applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, disability, age, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, gender identity, gender expression, or any other factor prohibited by law.

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