Senior Technical Program Manager, Data Center Construction & Delivery - Digital Infrastructure

invenergyllc; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Invenergy is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager, Data Center Construction & Delivery to lead owner-side construction and delivery for complex data center projects. You will drive execution from preconstruction through turnover, coordinating with external AEC firms, general contractors, and equipment manufacturers.

You will ensure schedule, cost, quality and risk are managed, translate technical requirements into delivery plans, and collaborate across design, engineering, and customer

Qualifications

• Significant direct data center delivery experience.
• Strong working knowledge of mechanical, electrical, controls, utility, fire/life-safety, and commissioning systems.
• Ability to challenge project teams and drive informed decisions.
• Experience coordinating with external AEC firms, general contractors, and equipment manufacturers.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the owner-side construction and delivery lead for data center projects from preconstruction through turnover and closeout.
• Lead external AEC firms, general contractors, commissioning providers, equipment manufacturers, specialty contractors, and consultants.
• Drive preconstruction planning, contracting, packaging strategy, and procurement.
• Manage integrated owner schedule across design, permitting, procurement, utilities, construction, energization, commissioning, and turnover.
• Maintain site presence to assess progress, quality, staffing, sequencing, and milestones.

Skills

Data center delivery

Construction program management

Cross-functional leadership

Contracting & scheduling

Job description

Invenergy is North America's largest privately held developer, owner, and operator of power infrastructure. With 25 years of trusted execution, we deliver reliable, affordable energy through a diverse portfolio that includes natural gas, solar, land-based wind, energy storage, transmission, and domestic manufacturing. Headquartered in Chicago, we develop, own, and operate large scale projects that power communities and support the energy future.

Invenergy follows a hybrid schedule, working in office Monday through Thursday and remotely on Fridays if work permits.

This position will be open for application for at least 3 calendar days from the posting date. This position will remain open for application based on business need, which may be before or after the 3-day posting window.

Job Description

Position Overview

Invenergy is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager, Data Center Construction & Delivery to join its Digital Infrastructure business line. This individual will serve as Invenergy's primary owner-side construction and delivery representative for assigned data center projects, responsible for driving execution from preconstruction through construction, commissioning, turnover, and closeout. Invenergy will primarily deliver these projects through external architects and engineers, general contractors, commissioning providers, equipment manufacturers, and specialty partners. This is not a self-perform design or construction role. The Senior Technical Program Manager will lead and hold these partners accountable on behalf of Invenergy, with significant responsibility for construction strategy, partner performance, schedule, cost, quality, risk, commissioning, and successful project turnover. The role will support projects ranging from individual data center facilities to multi-building campuses, including greenfield and adaptive-reuse developments. Projects may range from tens of megawatts to campuses representing hundreds of megawatts of capacity.

The successful candidate will bring significant direct data center delivery experience and strong working knowledge of mechanical, electrical, controls, utility, fire/life-safety, and commissioning systems. This individual must be able to challenge project teams, understand critical interfaces and sequencing, identify execution risks early, and drive informed decisions.

The role will work cross-functionally across Invenergy and directly with customers to translate technical, energization, commissioning, and turnover requirements into executable delivery plans.

This is an opportunity to help build Invenergy's data center delivery platform at an early stage-shaping how projects are contracted, managed, commissioned, and delivered as the Digital Infrastructure portfolio scales.

Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as the owner-side construction and delivery lead for assigned data center projects from preconstruction through commissioning, turnover, and closeout.
• Lead and manage external AEC firms, general contractors, commissioning providers, equipment manufacturers, specialty contractors, and consultants, establishing clear expectations, responsibilities, milestones, and accountability.
• Lead preconstruction and execution planning, including contracting and packaging strategy, constructability, logistics, phasing, procurement, baseline schedule validation, long‑lead equipment strategy, commissioning planning, and construction readiness.
• Drive the integrated owner schedule across design, permitting, procurement, utilities, construction, energization, commissioning, and turnover; challenge contractor schedules, identify critical-path risks, and drive mitigation and recovery plans when required.
• Maintain owner-side accountability for project cost performance, working with Project Controls, Finance, Supply Chain, and Legal on budgets, forecasts, contingency, change control, claims, contractor performance, and commercial exposure.
• Apply strong working knowledge of data center electrical, mechanical, controls, utility, fire/life-safety, and commissioning systems to understand sequencing, identify critical interfaces, challenge project teams, and recognize when specialized engineering review is required.
• Coordinate closely with Data Center Design & Engineering to ensure construction remains aligned with approved design intent, Basis of Design requirements, technical standards, and customer requirements.
• Lead integration across design, procurement, utilities, construction, controls, commissioning, operations, and customer teams, resolving gaps or ambiguities in scope, responsibility, sequencing, or milestones before they affect delivery.
• Coordinate long‑lead equipment and infrastructure milestones, including fabrication, factory testing, delivery, installation, permanent power, startup, and commissioning, with the overall project schedule.
• Maintain sufficient site presence to independently assess actual progress, construction quality, staffing, sequencing, coo