Senior Project Manager

Patmos; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

401(k) match

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Parental and family benefits

Paid holidays

Job summary

Patmos Hosting, Inc. is seeking a Project Manager to plan and deliver capital projects across its data center facilities. You will manage the full lifecycle for infrastructure upgrades, buildouts, and retrofits, aligning with operational goals, engineering standards, and compliance.

You will serve as the primary contact for clients, vendors, and internal stakeholders, ensuring on-site implementation, meeting timelines, and maintaining robust documentation, budgets, and risk management.

Qualifications

• 10+ years as an electrical or mechanical construction foreman or a related senior supervisory role.
• 5+ years of construction management experience.
• Proven experience leading large, complex construction projects from planning through closeout.
• Strong knowledge of construction schedules, budgets, contracts, change orders, and cost controls.
• Experience managing contractors, subcontractors, vendors, and cross-functional teams.
• Ability to read and interpret construction drawings, specifications, and scopes of work.
• Strong leadership, communication, negotiation, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience managing multiple projects or workstreams simultaneously.
• Proficiency with construction/project management software.

Responsibilities

• Plan and coordinate capital infrastructure projects including facility buildouts, system upgrades, and retrofits.
• Own project timelines, milestones, dependencies, and deliverables.
• Monitor progress, mitigate risks, and adapt project plans as needed.
• Serve as the single point of contact for clients, vendors, and internal stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle.
• Enforce meeting best practices, including agenda management, punctuality, and focused discussion.
• Document and distribute meeting notes within SLA, including action items, owners, and next steps.
• Acknowledge and track client requests in line with established response expectations.
• Provide timely project updates, respond to inquiries, and coordinate stakeholder walkthroughs or approvals.
• Ensure transparency through clear, proactive communication and well-maintained documentation.
• Track all project activities in the centralized project system, including client requests, scope changes, tasks, and deliverables.

Skills

Construction management

Leadership

Communication

Scheduling & budgeting

Contract management

Reading drawings

Problem solving

Team coordination

Cross-functional collaboration

Software proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Construction Management or Engineering

Tools

Construction PM software

Job description

Travel Required: Yes – this role requires frequent on-site presence and travel between current and prospective company sites

Role Summary

The Project Manager is responsible for planning and delivering capital projects across Patmos' data center facilities. This includes managing the full project lifecycle for infrastructure upgrades, buildouts, and retrofits while ensuring alignment with operational goals, engineering standards, and compliance requirements.

They serve as the single point of contact for clients, vendors, and internal stakeholders and are accountable for end-to-end execution and delivery. This role supports on-site implementation, maintains project documentation, and ensures timelines, scope, and quality expectations are consistently met.

Core Responsibilities

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential responsibilities.

Project Planning & Delivery

• Plan and coordinate capital infrastructure projects including facility buildouts, system upgrades, and retrofits
• Own project timelines, milestones, dependencies, and deliverables
• Monitor progress, mitigate risks, and adapt project plans as needed

Client & Stakeholder Communication

• Serve as the single point of contact for clients, vendors, and internal stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle
• Enforce meeting best practices, including agenda management, punctuality, and focused discussion
• Document and distribute meeting notes within SLA, including action items, owners, and next steps
• Acknowledge and track client requests in line with established response expectations
• Provide timely project updates, respond to inquiries, and coordinate stakeholder walkthroughs or approvals
• Ensure transparency through clear, proactive communication and well-maintained documentation

Documentation, Compliance & Systems

• Track all project activities in the centralized project system, including client requests, scope changes, tasks, and deliverables
• Maintain organized and up-to-date project documentation to support internal visibility and audit readiness
• Ensure adherence to defined SOPs, project standards, and documentation protocols throughout the project lifecycle
• Manage a change log that clearly outlines timeline, budget, and resource impacts
• Maintain version control and a revision history for all key project documents

On-Site Coordination & Support

• Coordinate with internal teams, clients, and vendors to support on-site project execution
• Validate that vendor work meets defined scope, quality expectations, and safety standards
• Own site readiness activities and ensure all documentation is complete, organized, and handed off appropriately post-project

Other Duties Assigned

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of all activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years as an electrical or mechanical construction foreman, OR bachelors degree in construction management, electrical engineering or mechanical engineering.
• 5+ years of construction management experience.
• Proven experience leading large, complex construction projects from planning through closeout.
• Strong knowledge of construction schedules, budgets, contracts, change orders, and cost controls.
• Experience managing contractors, subcontractors, vendors, and cross-functional teams.
• Ability to read and interpret construction drawings, specifications, and scopes of work.
• Strong leadership, communication, negotiation, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience managing multiple projects or workstreams simultaneously.
• Proficiency with construction/project management software.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with data centers, mission-critical facilities, industrial facilities, or other highly technical construction environments.
• Experience managing projects involving electrical infrastructure, mechanical systems, HVAC, generators, UPS systems, switchgear, controls, and other critical infrastructure.
• Experience with projects requiring aggressive schedules, phased construction, or work within active/operational facilities.
• Familiarity with commissioning, turnover, punch-list management, and facility activation.
• PMP, CCM, LEED AP, OSHA 30, or other relevant construction/project management certification.
• Experience managing projects with significant capital budgets and providing project reporting to senior leadership.

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to walk through active project areas and mechanical/electrical spaces
• May require lifting up to 25 lbs and wearing PPE during site walkthroughs

About Us

Patmos Hosting, Inc. delivers Freedom as a ServiceTM, providing organizations with an independent alternative to Big Tech's commercial constraints, censorship, cancellation and deplatforming. Patmos owns and operates datacenter infrastructure with decentralized connectivity, open peering, and free Internet Exchange hosting, ensuring resilience and true independence. Its services span multi-megawatt colocation for AI and hyperscale workloads, GPU/high-performance compute, custom data centers, domains, web and cloud hosting, colocation and tailored website and application development.

Founded in 2022, Patmos is headquartered in Kansas City, MO, with teams and datacenters/locations in Kansas City, Dallas, Phoenix, Denver.

Why Join Us

Be part of a mission-driven company defending free speech and internet freedom.

At Patmos, you'll help protect online expression while ensuring legal compliance. Our team is shaping the future of digital freedom by building secure, high-performance internet infrastructure. We value privacy, innovation, and individual liberty—creating a purpose-driven, collaborative environment where your work matters.

Benefits include:

• Unlimited PTO
• 401(k) match (4%)
• Short and long term disability
• Life insurance (company paid and supplemental available)
• Generous parental leave, baby bonuses, marital bonuses, and other family‑friendly perks
• 14 observed paid holidays that include solemnities

Patmos is an equal opportunity employer and proud member of the Catholic Benefits Association offering employee benefits that promote the dignity of the human person, the dignity of work, and the common good.