Regional Delivery Manager (AMER)

Volta; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Retirement contributions

Health benefits

Vacation days

Competitive salary

Job summary

Volta is building a fleet of AI data centers across North America, and the Regional Delivery Manager owns how that fleet gets delivered. Reporting to the Global Delivery Manager, you will be accountable for every active project in the region – for safety, quality, schedule and cost – from early works through turn-up to live compute.

You will lead the region's Project Delivery Managers and their embedded project teams, working with Volta's functional leaders to keep standards while giving each

Qualifications

• Data center delivery experience essential.
• Experience leading PMs and large multidisciplinary construction teams.
• Experience managing general contractors and major works in live delivery environments.
• Safety-first leadership on complex construction programs.
• Strong commercial judgment across contracts, cost and change on major capital projects.
• Willingness to travel regularly across North American sites.

Responsibilities

• Own delivery of all active North American projects, accountable for safety, quality, schedule and cost.
• Lead and develop the region's Project Delivery Managers and multidisciplinary teams.
• Drive consistent execution standards with Volta's function leaders.
• Manage senior relationships with general contractors, consultants and vendors.
• Direct resource planning across concurrent builds to align capabilities and sites.
• Own regional reporting, risk management and escalation to Global Delivery Manager and exec team.
• Shape delivery strategy for new North American sites from planning to mobilization.
• Embed lessons learned across the fleet to improve speed and safety.

Skills

Data center delivery

Project management leadership

Contractor management

Safety leadership

Executive communication

Travel willingness

Job description

About Volta

Volta is the category-defining, fully vertically integrated AI infrastructure platform – from capital to clusters to software, under a founder-led enterprise. Our mission is The Utility of Compute™: AI infrastructure as dependable and available as electricity, for every organization that needs it. Launched with a $10B strategic partnership with one of the leading frontier AI labs, a Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz, and a $5B AI Infrastructure Fund, Volta is building the infrastructure layer of the AI era from the ground up. We are 100+ people across London, Palo Alto, and New York, with rapid growth expectations to hundreds.

About The Role

Volta is building a fleet of AI data centers across North America, and the Regional Delivery Manager owns how that fleet gets delivered. Reporting to the Global Delivery Manager, you will be accountable for every active project in the region – for safety, quality, schedule and cost – from early works through turn-up to live compute.

You will lead the region's Project Delivery Managers and their embedded project teams, working hand in hand with Volta's functional leaders to keep standards consistent while giving each project the pace and autonomy it needs. This is a senior leadership role in a delivery organization that is scaling quickly, with new sites entering the pipeline as Volta grows.

What You Will Be Doing

• Own delivery of all active North American projects, with accountability for safety, quality, schedule and cost across the regional portfolio

• Lead, develop and grow the region's Project Delivery Managers and their multidisciplinary project teams

• Drive consistent execution standards across projects in partnership with Volta's function leaders

• Manage senior relationships with general contractors, consultants and key vendors across the region

• Direct resource planning across concurrent builds, keeping the right capability on the right site at the right time

• Own regional reporting, risk management and escalation to the Global Delivery Manager and executive team

• Shape delivery strategy for new North American sites entering the pipeline, from front-end planning through mobilization

• Embed lessons learned across the fleet so every project builds faster and safer than the last

What You Bring

• Significant data center delivery experience is essential, including accountability for multiple concurrent projects

• A track record leading project managers and large multidisciplinary construction teams

• Deep experience managing general contractors and major works packages in live delivery environments

• A safety-first leadership record on complex construction programs

• Strong commercial judgment across contracts, cost and change on major capital projects

• Confident executive-level communication and reporting

• Willingness to travel regularly across North American sites

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What We Offer

At Volta, we believe people do their best work when they feel supported, trusted and able to grow. We're building a company where you can make an impact, keep a healthy balance between work and life, and build a career you're proud of.
As a global team, we do our best to provide great benefits wherever you're based. While some benefits vary by country due to local regulations, we believe looking after our people is simply the right thing to do.

• Competitive salary based on the work you do here, not your previous salary

• Equity in Volta, giving you the opportunity to share in the company's long-term success

• Retirement/pension contributions

• Comprehensive health, wellbeing and insurance benefits

• Generous number of vacation days each year

Additional Information

Background Checks

All offers of employment at Volta are conditional on the satisfactory completion of pre-employment screening, which includes confirmation of your right to work, verification of your employment history and a criminal record check, where this is permitted by local law. Screening is carried out by Zinc, an accredited third-party provider, after an offer is made and all information is handled confidentially and in accordance with applicable data protection law.

Equal Opportunity

Volta is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team and make employment decisions based on skills, qualifications, experience and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected characteristic.

Accessibility

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