Senior Contracts Manager - Hyperscale Data Center Projects

Vantage Data Centers; Port Washington (WI); On-site; USD 165,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

401k with company match

Paid time off

Life and AD&D

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Vantage Data Centers is seeking a Senior Contracts Manager for the WI1 Project Lighthouse in Port Washington, WI. You will lead contract administration, change management, and commercial risk across multiple hyperscale data center builds, partnering with Legal, Procurement, and Finance to protect contractual interests and enable timely project delivery.

The role requires a minimum of 10 years in construction contract management, experience with large-scale projects over $100M, and proficiency

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Business, Law, Quantity Surveying, or a related field.
• Minimum of 10 years of construction contract management experience.
• Experience supporting large-scale mission critical, industrial, infrastructure, semiconductor, energy, or hyperscale data center projects.
• Experience managing contracts supporting projects exceeding $100M in value.
• Proficiency with Procore, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Power BI, SharePoint, and contract management systems.
• Primavera P6 experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Administer project contracts including General Contractor Agreements, Master Construction Agreements, Professional Services Agreements, Supplier Agreements, Utility Agreements, and OFCI contracts.
• Lead administration of project change management processes.
• Review and evaluate change order requests for entitlement and compliance.
• Coordinate change review activities with Construction, Legal, Finance, Project Controls, and Customer stakeholders.
• Maintain change order logs and approval workflows.
• Track pending, approved, and disputed change orders.
• Support customer-facing change order negotiations.
• Identify contractual and commercial risks across the project portfolio.
• Maintain project issues and claims registers.
• Prepare entitlement analyses and supporting documentation.
• Coordinate dispute resolution activities and negotiations.
• Support equitable adjustment negotiations and contract interpretation efforts.
• Partner with Legal to develop claims strategies and commercial risk mitigation plans.
• Review contractor pricing submissions and cost proposals.
• Support project budget forecasting related to change activity.
• Validate contractor compliance with contract pricing requirements.
• Assist in developing commercial reporting packages for project and executive leadership.
• Ensure contractor adherence to contract requirements and obligations.
• Review schedule, cost, and performance commitments for compliance.
• Verify contractual documentation remains complete, accurate, and current.
• Monitor compliance with customer lease obligations and project authorizations.
• Conduct periodic contract audits and compliance reviews.
• Serve as the primary contractual advisor to project leadership.
• Facilitate contract review meetings with internal and external stakeholders.
• Coordinate closely with Construction Delivery, Project Controls, Finance, Procurement, Legal, Operations, Customer Representatives, General Contractors, and Design Consultants.
• Provide guidance and recommendations to support informed commercial decision making.
• Develop executive-level contract status reports and commercial summaries.
• Track change order value, pending exposure, claims status, risk events, notice activity, and contract compliance metrics.
• Present contractual risks, commercial exposure, and mitigation plans to project leadership.
• Support transparency and visibility across all WI1 project construction activities.

Skills

Contract management

Stakeholder management

Negotiation

Change management

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Business, Law, Quantity Surveying, or related field

Tools

Procore

Excel

Power BI

SharePoint

Contract management systems

Job description

Vantage Data Centers is seeking a Senior Contracts Manager for the WI1 Project Lighthouse in Port Washington, WI. You will lead contract administration, change management, and commercial risk across multiple hyperscale data center builds, partnering with Legal, Procurement, and Finance to protect contractual interests and enable timely project delivery.

The role requires a minimum of 10 years in construction contract management, experience with large-scale projects over $100M, and proficiency