Senior Data Center Construction Lead — Remote

Cerebras; Finland (MN); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Cerebras Systems is seeking a Senior Data Center Construction Manager to lead white-space fit-out projects in colocation environments and keep construction schedules on track for high‑density AI infrastructure. You will partner with colo providers, contractors, and internal teams to deploy capacity quickly and reliably, while upholding safety, quality, and cost discipline in a fast-paced startup setting.

This hands-on role requires deep coordination, strong ownership, and a bias for action to

Qualifications

• 5–7 years of mission-critical construction experience
• Deep experience delivering white-space fit-out projects in colocation environments
• Strong understanding of power, cooling, controls, and rack-level infrastructure
• Proven ability to manage multiple complex construction projects or workstreams
• Experience working with EPC firms, general contractors, and colocation providers
• Strong project controls and commercial skills: schedule management, change-order review, cost control
• Demonstrated ability to review detailed construction schedules and develop recovery plans
• Working knowledge of commissioning, quality control, safety, and turnover processes
• Ability to operate in a fast-paced startup environment
• Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder-management skills
• Ability to work independently and make timely field-level decisions
• Proficiency with construction-management, scheduling, and reporting tools
• Ability to travel regularly to project sites

Responsibilities

• Manage the end-to-end delivery of assigned data center construction projects from planning through commissioning and turnover.
• Lead all aspects of data hall buildout, including racks, containment, power distribution, cooling integration, and network readiness.
• Act as day-to-day site interface with colo providers to align on base-build readiness, SLAs, milestones, and integration points.
• Drive vendors, general contractors, and trade partners to execute fit-out on aggressive timelines.
• Implement and maintain Cerebras construction standards, playbooks, and repeatable deployment processes for colo-based builds.
• Ensure seamless coordination between base-building and tenant-improvement scopes.
• Manage cost, schedule, quality, and safety across assigned projects and workstreams.
• Develop, maintain, and challenge detailed construction schedules, including critical-path activities, dependencies, resource requirements, and recovery plans.
• Identify risks early, develop mitigation strategies, and elevate material issues to the Director with clear recommendations.
• Lead site-level execution teams and maintain a strong on-the-ground presence as required.
• Partner with procurement and supply chain to track and support the timely delivery of long-lead equipment.
• Maintain real-time project reporting, dashboards, look-ahead schedules, and executive-ready status updates.
• Support deployment improvements, including modularization, prefabrication, and lessons learned from completed projects.
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with colocation providers and their site-level teams.
• Implement and verify compliance with technical and delivery requirements for base-building readiness.
• Ensure clear demarcation of responsibilities between landlord and tenant scopes.
• Hold providers, contractors, and vendors accountable for schedule commitments, power-delivery milestones, quality requirements, and facility readiness.
• Resolve integration issues between colo infrastructure and Cerebras systems, coordinating with internal engineering stakeholders as needed.
• Review scope, schedule impacts, pricing, and change orders; negotiate within delegated authority and provide recommendations to the Director for approval when required.
• Lead regular project meetings, document decisions and action items, and ensure timely closure of outstanding issues.
• Verify construction progress through site walks, field observations, schedule reviews, and validation of contractor-reported progress.
• Support commissioning, punch-list completion, turnover documentation, and operational handoff.

Skills

Construction in data centers

White-space fit-out

Power & cooling infra

Multi-project leadership

Colocation providers

Cost control & scheduling

Critical-path risk mgmt

Commissioning knowledge

Startup environment

Leadership & comms

Independent decision making

PM tools & reporting

Travel readiness

Job description

Cerebras Systems is seeking a Senior Data Center Construction Manager to lead white-space fit-out projects in colocation environments and keep construction schedules on track for high‑density AI infrastructure. You will partner with colo providers, contractors, and internal teams to deploy capacity quickly and reliably, while upholding safety, quality, and cost discipline in a fast-paced startup setting.

This hands-on role requires deep coordination, strong ownership, and a bias for action to