Senior Director, Subcontracts Leadership (Hybrid)

Koch Business Solutions, LP; Scottsdale (AZ); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

DEPCOM Power, part of Koch Engineered Solutions, seeks a Senior Director Subcontracts Management to transform Subcontracts from transactional to a core capability that reliably delivers EHS, quality, cost, and schedule commitments. The role is based at our Scottsdale headquarters with a hybrid work option and a focus on EPC execution across our solar and energy storage portfolio.

You will build a high-performing team, establish standards and measures, and drive value through preferred

Qualifications

• Construction experience in civil or electrical heavy industrial or large-scale EPC environments.
• Experience managing subcontracts, including selection, negotiation, and execution of MSAs and project-level agreements.
• Experience managing field performance, change orders, and claims or dispute resolution on active construction projects.
• Experience leading and developing a team.
• Experience building preferred-partner or strategic sourcing programs with construction subcontractors.
• Experience partnering with cross functional capabilities on portfolio deal structures, standards, and execution.

Responsibilities

• Set and drive the vision. Develop and share the Subcontracts vision and the actions needed to achieve it, so your team, regional business leaders, and capability leaders engage you as a strategic partner.
• Build and lead the team. Attract, develop, and retain a high-performing subcontracts team; make sure every person understands their roles, responsibilities, and expectations (RREs) and their top development areas; give honest, timely feedback; and address performance and role fit directly and with urgency.
• Identify and close talent gaps. Identify talent and resource needs early, raise them, and build the bench and succession the capability needs to scale with the portfolio.
• Build preferred partnerships. Establish preferred partnerships with subcontractors built on mutual benefit, aligned incentives, and shared accountability that create competitive advantage through reliability and cost efficiency.
• Lead disciplined subcontractor selection. Select subcontractors based on EHS performance and the ability to deliver within cost, quality, and schedule commitments, using a disciplined levelized bid-review process and aligning final selection with regional business leaders.
• Apply construction expertise. Bring field-tested construction judgment to scope definition, means and methods, sequencing, and productivity assumptions.
• Hold subcontractors accountable. Drive accountability for subcontractor work; minimize and rigorously challenge change orders through better upfront contracting and disciplined contract documentation.
• Build knowledge and measures. Understand what "good" looks like elsewhere, create measures that tell you what is working, and use both to drive decisions.

Skills

Construction experience

Subcontracts management

Team leadership

Strategic sourcing with subs

Cross-functional collaboration

Travel up to 50%

Education

Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Procore

Textura

Vista

Job description

DEPCOM Power, part of Koch Engineered Solutions, seeks a Senior Director Subcontracts Management to transform Subcontracts from transactional to a core capability that reliably delivers EHS, quality, cost, and schedule commitments. The role is based at our Scottsdale headquarters with a hybrid work option and a focus on EPC execution across our solar and energy storage portfolio.

You will build a high-performing team, establish standards and measures, and drive value through preferred