Strategic Programs Lead: Data Center Delivery

KELE; Memphis (TN); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

HSA

FSA

401(k)

Disability insurance

Life insurance

PTO

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

KELE in Memphis, TN seeks a Strategic Program Manager to own complex customer programs from planning through delivery. You will map the end-to-end strategy, create detailed program plans, and drive cross-functional execution across sales, engineering, procurement, manufacturers, panel builds, and customer approvals.

The role requires a track record of delivering programs on time, strong organization, and credible customer-facing presence to communicate progress and risks.

Qualifications

• Roughly 8+ years in construction project management, leading large commercial, institutional, or mission-critical projects end to end.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, business administration, supply chain management, project management, or a related field required.
• Demonstrated track record of driving complex projects to completion on deadline.
• Strong planning and execution skills, with the ability to build a plan from ambiguity and then drive it.
• Proven ability to hold people accountable and drive cross-functional teams and outside parties without direct authority.
• Highly detail oriented, with disciplined documentation, scope control, and follow-through.
• Proficiency with Jira or equivalent software tool for project and program management.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Map out the strategy for Kele's data center programs end to end: what has to happen, in what order, and where the critical path and the real risks sit across the delivery chain.
• Partner with the commercial owners of the end-user relationships to define what Kele commits to, bringing the execution and deliverability lens so commitments are grounded and achievable.
• Be in the room when programs get scoped, testing whether commitments are feasible as they are made rather than reacting to them later.
• Build and own the program plan: sequenced work, named owners, real dates, and mapped dependencies. The plan is the single source of truth for what happens when.
• Drive execution of the plan across cross-functional teams, organizing the work, clearing blockers, and keeping momentum on the critical path.
• Hold owners accountable to their commitments and timelines through consistent follow-through and clear visibility, escalating to leadership when execution risk cannot be resolved at the working level.
• Manage dependencies and change proactively, catching slippage weeks early and bringing a recommended path forward rather than just a flag.
• Maintain program documentation, including the plan, decision and commitment records, and status, so each program is protected in scope and timeline disputes and can run without verbal handoffs.
• Keep the commercial owners informed on anything that touches their end-user relationships, supporting rather than replacing their ownership of the account.
• Represent execution status credibly in read-outs with end users, walking the customer through what is on track, what is at risk, and the plan to address it.
• Provide regular, clear updates to Kele leadership on program status, milestones, risks, and outcomes.

Skills

Strategic planning

Cross-functional leadership

Risk management

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering / construction management / business administration

Tools

Jira

Job description

KELE in Memphis, TN seeks a Strategic Program Manager to own complex customer programs from planning through delivery. You will map the end-to-end strategy, create detailed program plans, and drive cross-functional execution across sales, engineering, procurement, manufacturers, panel builds, and customer approvals.

The role requires a track record of delivering programs on time, strong organization, and credible customer-facing presence to communicate progress and risks.