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QTS Data Centers · 3 hours ago

Senior Development Program Manager (Data Center Design)

Duluth, GA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

8+ years exp

QTS Data Centers is seeking a Senior Development Program Manager specializing in Data Center Design. This role involves leading a team of project managers and engineers, ensuring adherence to design standards, and collaborating with various stakeholders to manage multiple design and engineering aspects across projects.

Cloud ComputingCloud InfrastructureData CenterWeb Hosting

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Manage a group of project managers and designer to review drawing packages for adherence to design standards

Manage multiple design and engineering aspects of the business across multiple projects across the country

Create and communicate updates on development design program and status of individual design milestones on a monthly basis suitable for executive level reviews. Effectively present information in a manner to support efficient decision making

Collaborate with internal and external design teams to evaluate designs to ensure they meet the established design standards, local code requirements, and requirements of the local AHJs

Partner with internal and external stakeholders to define project scope requirements, deviations from the standards, and communicating requirements with the design team

Work with construction, commissioning, and risk management teams to support project managers and project engineers on the correct answers to requests for information and value engineering queries

Collaborate with the procurement team to review OFCI equipment submittals for compliance with the standard design criteria

Support direct reports and project teams in resolving design issues discovered during construction and commissioning phases

Work with consultants to develop and review architectural, civil, or structural calculations for adherence to the design standards

Manage the standards process including design drawings, specifications, BOD's, SOO's, BIM models, etc

Qualification

Data Center DesignArchitectural StandardsProject ManagementMicrosoft Office SuiteMission Critical DesignCommunication SkillsTeam LeadershipProblem Solving

Required

Bachelor's degree in Science or Engineering or equivalent professional experience

Eight or more years of professional experience in design architecture, engineering, or the construction industry, related to all aspects project design

Six of more years of experience with management of mission critical design, implementation and project management

Desire to pursue career in property design / engineering / development / construction

Experience with Microsoft Office suite, specifically PowerPoint for use in communicating program updates to executive level, and Excel to create and maintain site program & individual project budgets

Be able to travel up to 25% of the time. Average travel anticipated to be every month for 2-3 days

US Citizenship for this position is required by law due to federal customer contracts

Preferred

Six or more years' experience designing architectural, civil, or structural systems for Data Centers, construction, operations, and/or facility maintenance

Project Management or Project Lead experience in large-scale projects

Direct experience in the construction of data centers, critical medical, industrial, construction, oil and gas, or large-scale systems

Expert Level knowledge of Architectural, Civil, or Structural industry standards, procedures, and methodologies

Experience with performance-based alternatives to prescriptive architectural, civil, or structural designs

Expert knowledge of architectural, civil, or structural systems and their integration into mission-critical environments

Advanced multidisciplinary knowledge of mission critical systems, design process, pre-construction requirements, and the construction process

Proven ability to communicate complex technical issues to senior leadership or non-engineers

Architectural license or Professional Engineering license preferred, not required

MBA, Masters in Engineering, Management, or related field desirable

Experience with delivery of mission critical data center facilities

Extensive experience with management of MEP trades