Senior Construction Manager (Data Centers) (m/f/d)

Digital Realty Trust, L.P.; Germany (OH); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Open culture

Onboarding plan

Personal development

Flexible hours

Meal vouchers

Bike leasing

Pension plan

Team events

Drinks & fruit

Job summary

Digital Realty seeks a Senior Construction Manager to lead mission-critical data center projects from concept through completion. You will drive safety, schedule, budget, and quality while coordinating with internal teams, contractors, consultants, and customers.

You will oversee budgets, timelines, risk management, and on-site activities, delivering large-scale facilities with a disciplined approach to governance and reporting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management or related field.
• 10+ years in construction project management, preferably data centers.
• Experience managing budgets, schedules, risk, and project controls.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning, coordination, and delivery of data center construction from inception to completion.
• Develop and manage budgets, schedules, forecasts, and project controls.
• Oversee on-site construction activities ensuring safety, quality and regulatory compliance.
• Manage contractors, consultants, subcontractors and vendors to meet objectives.
• Monitor performance, identify risks, and implement mitigation plans for predictable delivery.
• Review change requests, documentation, payments, and invoices.
• Drive cost management and value engineering opportunities.
• Serve as primary contact for stakeholders with regular updates and reporting.
• Establish governance, communication and reporting structures.
• Foster collaboration, accountability and continuous improvement.

Skills

Construction PM

Data center exp

Stakeholder mgmt

MEP knowledge

Risk management

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in CM/Engineering

Job description

Your Role

As a Senior Construction Manager at Digital Realty, you will lead the successful delivery of mission-critical data center construction projects across the full project lifecycle. From new builds and fit-outs to infrastructure upgrades and campus expansions, you will ensure projects are delivered safely, on schedule, within budget, and to the highest quality standards.

Working closely with internal stakeholders, contractors, consultants, and customers, you will drive project execution while maintaining strong governance, risk management, and operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, coordination, and delivery of data center construction projects from inception through completion.
• Develop and manage project budgets, schedules, forecasts, and project controls.
• Oversee all construction activities on-site, ensuring compliance with safety, quality, and regulatory standards.
• Manage contractors, consultants, subcontractors, and vendors to achieve project objectives.
• Monitor project performance, identify risks, and implement mitigation plans to ensure predictable delivery.
• Review and approve change requests, project documentation, payment applications, and invoices.
• Drive cost management initiatives and identify opportunities for savings and value engineering.
• Act as the primary point of contact for key stakeholders, providing regular project updates and reporting.
• Establish and maintain effective governance, communication, and reporting structures.
• Promote a culture of collaboration, accountability, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.

What You Bring

• 10+ years of experience in construction project management, ideally within data centers, mission-critical facilities, or complex infrastructure projects.
• Proven track record of delivering large-scale construction projects safely, on time, and within budget.
• Strong understanding of construction methodologies, project controls, contract management, and risk management.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary teams, contractors, and external stakeholders.
• Knowledge of MEP systems and building services infrastructure.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, leadership, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong analytical mindset with attention to detail and a focus on delivering high-quality results.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, multicultural environment and manage multiple priorities.
• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or a related discipline (or equivalent experience).
• Fluent English communication skills; an additional European language is highly desirable.

Join Digital Realty and help build the infrastructure that powers the digital world.

What We Offer:

• Open door culture with short communications paths and flat hierarchies
• Personalized onboarding plan (buddy system), education programs
• Personal development options in a fast-growing environment
• Extensive social benefits (Flexible working hours, digital meal vouchers, bike leasing, pension plan, etc.)
• Many extras like free drinks, fresh fruit, or cool team events

A bit about us

Digital Realty is the leading provider of carrier and cloud neutral data centre services by delivering the full spectrum of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions. PlatformDIGITAL®, the company’s global data center platform, provides customers with a secure data meeting place and a proven Pervasive Datacenter Architecture (PDx™) solution methodology for powering innovation and efficiently managing Data Gravity challenges. Digital Realty gives its customers access to the connected data communities that matter to them with a global data center footprint of 300+ facilities in50+ metros across28 countries on6 continents. We've3,500+ colleagues around the world who work together, come up with life-changing solutions and create connections that matter every day.

What we can offer you

Our rapidly evolving business sector offers the opportunity to be part of a courageous and passionate team who work together to understand and meet the changing needs of our global customers. Join us and you’ll be part of a supportive and inclusive environment where you can bring your whole self to work. As part of our team, you’ll get to work with people from different business areas, challenge the way we do things and put your ideas into action. We’ll also give you plenty of development opportunities so you can build a rewarding and successful career with us. This is an exciting time to join our business so make your mark on our future.