Senior Project Manager (Data Center Construction)

NextGen | GTA: A Kelly Telecom Company; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

NextGen | GTA: A Kelly Telecom Company seeks an experienced program manager to drive contractor accountability and schedule recovery across major capital developments. You will oversee active facility infrastructure upgrades, ensuring zero disruption to live operations, and provide high-level status updates and risk briefings to executive leadership.

You will coordinate municipal plans, approvals, and inspection workflows while acting as the PMIS lead (Procore) managing budgets, changes, and

Qualifications

• 10+ years of PM experience with 5+ years in mission-critical facilities
• Proven track record leading recovery and schedule realignment on major capital builds
• Hands-on experience configuring enterprise PMIS, dashboards, and financial logs
• Strong written and verbal communication for updates and briefings
• Deep knowledge of MOP authoring, utility tie-ins, and risk protocols in critical infra

Responsibilities

• Drive contractor accountability, performance, and schedule recovery across large-scale capital developments
• Oversee facility upgrades with zero disruption to live operations
• Deliver status updates, dashboards, and risk briefings to C-suite
• Coordinate local municipal plans, approvals, and inspection workflows
• Serve as lead administrator for PMIS (Procore) tracking budgets, changes, and logs
• Enforce contract compliance, quality control, and testing protocols

Skills

PM experience

Recovery planning

Stakeholder updates

MOP authoring

Tools

Procore PMIS

Job description

• Drive contractor accountability, performance, and schedule recovery across large-scale capital developments
• Oversee active facility infrastructure upgrades, ensuring zero disruption to live operations
• Deliver high-level status updates, progress dashboards, and risk mitigation briefings to C-suite leadership
• Manage local municipal coordination, plan approvals, and inspection workflows to keep critical path timelines
• Serve as lead administrator for PMIS platform (Procore) tracking budgets, change management, and logs
• Enforce contract compliance, quality control, and rigorous multi-stage equipment testing protocols

KEY SKILLS

• At least 10 years of PM experience with 5 or more years dedicated to high-availability mission-critical, colocation, or carrier-grade facilities
• Proven track record leading recovery strategies and schedule realignment on major capital builds
• Advanced hands-on experience configuring enterprise PMIS software, dashboards, and financial logs
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for direct owner updates and high-stakes briefings
• Deep knowledge of MOP authoring, phased utility tie-ins, and risk protocols in active critical infrastructure