Senior Project Manager

Iron Systems, Inc; Pleasanton (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Iron Systems, Inc is seeking a Senior Delivery Leader to drive end-to-end data center projects in Pleasanton, CA. You will manage scope, schedule, budget, and change control while maintaining client confidence and clean turnover across one or more live facilities.

Responsibilities include leading cross‑functional teams, coordinating with engineering, field operations, logistics, and vendors, and delivering disciplined documentation, turnover packages, and lessons learned to scale the service

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related field.
• Experience delivering data center or mission‑critical infra programs with live facilities.
• Hands-on project controls: schedule, budget, change control, vendor coordination, and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Lead full project execution across one or multiple concurrent data center builds, controlling scope, schedule, budget, forecasting, staffing, and client commitments.
• Establish and maintain the integrated execution plan for phased build-outs in live facilities, including milestone logic, access windows, MOP and SOW discipline, and commissioning readiness.
• Own commercial and contractual management: purchase orders, change orders, vendor and GC coordination, cost-to-complete, invoicing support, and variance recovery actions.
• Run project governance cadence, including status reporting, risk and issue management, action logs, submittal and RFI tracking, and decision escalation to client and executive stakeholders.
• Coordinate cross-functional delivery between engineering, field operations, logistics, testing, network teams, vendors, and site leadership to remove blockers and protect the critical path.
• Ensure handover quality through disciplined document control, as-built completeness, test package review, training records, punch-list closure, and final turnover / commissioning documentation.
• Drive lessons learned, resource planning, and standardized delivery practices as the service line scales across multiple accounts or campuses.

Skills

Project leadership

Schedule management

Budget forecasting

Change control

Vendor coordination

Executive reporting

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Negotiation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Construction Management

Job description

Role Summary

Senior delivery leader responsible for executing low-voltage / fiber projects on time and on budget while maintaining change control, client confidence, and clean turnover.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead full project execution across one or multiple concurrent data center builds, controlling scope, schedule, budget, forecasting, staffing, and client commitments.
• Establish and maintain the integrated execution plan for phased build-outs in live facilities, including milestone logic, access windows, MOP and SOW discipline, and commissioning readiness.
• Own commercial and contractual management: purchase orders, change orders, vendor and GC coordination, cost-to-complete, invoicing support, and variance recovery actions.
• Run project governance cadence, including status reporting, risk and issue management, action logs, submittal and RFI tracking, and decision escalation to client and executive stakeholders.
• Coordinate cross-functional delivery between engineering, field operations, logistics, testing, network teams, vendors, and site leadership to remove blockers and protect the critical path.
• Ensure handover quality through disciplined document control, as-built completeness, test package review, training records, punch-list closure, and final turnover / commissioning documentation.
• Drive lessons learned, resource planning, and standardized delivery practices as the service line scales across multiple accounts or campuses.

Required Skills and Knowledge

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field.
• Strong project leadership record delivering data center or other mission-critical infrastructure programs with live-facility constraints.
• Hands-on command of project controls, schedule management, budget forecasting, change control, vendor coordination, and executive reporting.
• Working knowledge of low-voltage and fiber build scope, including phased cutovers, testing and certification, labeling and documentation, and turnover requirements.
• Ability to enforce MOP and SOW discipline, manage competing priorities across concurrent jobs, and lead recovery plans when conditions change.
• Excellent stakeholder management, negotiation, and communication skills with clients, general contractors, subcontractors, and internal delivery teams.

Certifications / Training

• Required: PMP or equivalent project management credential.
• Preferred: BICSI RTPM and / or additional data center commissioning, safety, or mission-critical delivery training.