Senior Manager, Strategic Execution (Data Centres)

Capital Executive Search; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital Executive Search seeks a Senior Manager, Strategic Execution to own the disciplined, predictable delivery of major US data centre contracts. You will oversee from construction through handover across hyperscale builds, ensuring schedule certainty and milestone achievement without direct team authority.

You will coordinate across commissioning, testing, and systems integration, run disciplined weekly reports, and manage changes’ impacts on cost and schedule, while enforcing governance and

Qualifications

• 8–15 years of experience in complex, capital-intensive delivery environments (data centres, energy, infrastructure, construction)
• Exposure to mission-critical / hyperscale-grade delivery is a strong plus
• Comfort with commissioning, utility coordination, and integrated systems testing
• Strong grip on contracts, commercial risk, and change management
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent, contract-driven workstreams without direct line authority

Responsibilities

• Own integrated delivery plans across construction/MEP, commissioning, testing, and handover
• Run execution reporting (RAID, milestones, critical path) with a disciplined cadence
• Assess cost, schedule, and contractual impact of client-driven changes
• Enforce delivery governance with stage-gates and escalation pathways

Skills

MS Project

Microsoft Office

Delivery governance

Stakeholder influence

Contract management

Tools

MS Project

Microsoft Office

Job description

A rapidly scaling, vertically integrated data centre and AI cloud infrastructure platform is hiring a Senior Manager, Strategic Execution to own the disciplined, predictable delivery of major US data centre customer contracts. This role sits above individual project delivery — you'll ensure schedule certainty, infrastructure readiness, commissioning milestones, and clean customer handover across a portfolio of hyperscale-grade builds, catching execution risk early and intervening before it becomes a delivery, quality, commercial, or reputational problem.

You'll own integrated delivery plans across construction/MEP, commissioning, integrated systems testing, and handover; run execution reporting (RAID, milestones, critical path) with a disciplined weekly cadence; assess the cost, schedule, and contractual impact of client-driven changes; and enforce delivery governance — stage-gates, escalation pathways, clear decision ownership — all without direct line authority over the teams you're coordinating.

What we're looking for:

• 8–15 years' experience in complex, capital-intensive delivery environments — data centres, energy, infrastructure, oil & gas, construction, or similar
• A track record from larger organizations, ideally with exposure to mission-critical / hyperscale-grade delivery (AI data centres a strong plus)
• Comfort with commissioning, utility coordination, and integrated systems testing
• Strong grip on contracts, commercial risk, and change management
• Someone who can operate across multiple concurrent, contract-driven workstreams — not just single-site delivery
• Based in, or willing to relocate to, the Dallas-Fort Worth area
• Advanced MS Project / Microsoft Office proficiency
• Judgment and discipline to elevate issues early, and the presence to influence senior stakeholders without formal authority

Highly competitive base salary, annual bonus, and long-term incentive package. This search is being run confidentially on a retained basis.