Vantage Data Centers · 11 hours ago
Senior Manager, Project Controls, NA
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$165K/yr - $185K/yr
8+ years expVantage Data Centers powers and connects the technology of the world’s leading hyperscalers and cloud providers. They are seeking a Senior Manager, Project Controls, NA to lead project controls functions, including scheduling, cost estimating, and change management, while driving improvements in project delivery and risk management.
Data CenterInformation TechnologyIT InfrastructureTechnical Support
Responsibilities
Create and maintain schedule database to set allowable ranges of each activity based real data; leverage cost database to do the same
Leverage data to produce real-time status, KPIs and predictive analytics systems
Propagate use of standard breakdown structures (WBS, CBS, etc.) and Schedule of Values (SOV) to ensure consistent data capture and accurate cross-referencing of budgets and actuals
Maintain program level schedule updates, prepare site specific schedules, and cost/schedule customer deliverables
Leverage leading and lagging indicators to help project teams identify impacts proactively and support development of mitigation plans
Collaborate with Innovation Engineering, Site Selection/New Site Development, and Construction teams to provide end-to-end support and feedback loop to tie actuals to future improvements
Develop dashboards with real-time telemetry at project, site, region and global levels; deliver detailed cost, schedule, risk/upside reports for the project teams and management as needed
Contribute to the month-end financial forecasting process
Ensure risk exposure is accurately extracted from the Risk/Upside Log into other reports
Provide project teams with schedule lookahead metrics
Run analyses to compare the work in place to the progress billings to report risk to budget or schedule
Establish change management workflow incorporating existing processes and improving upon them
Support the evaluation of design and construction and the associated impacts on cost and/or schedule
Support proper documentation of change approvals from design through construction
Provide overall leadership to architect and improve project controls system, processes and specifications to enable teams to leverage historical data, leverage predictive analytics, and support data-driven decision making
Partner with teams globally to harvest lessons learned and feed back to program level project controls and Innovation Engineering team
Oversee the production of project schedules throughout project lifecycle to support internal and external development teams to meet or exceed targets
Support time-impact analysis throughout development stage gates
Ensure contractors comply with cost/schedule formats and data inputs enabling efficient data management
Work with project teams and Construction Cost and Finance (CCF) to improve project estimating process at each development stage including conceptual design, SD, DD, CD
Partner with CCF to establish cost standardization, benchmarking, labor analysis/efficiency and forecasting/ variance analysis to identify risks as well as opportunities to optimize ongoing and future builds
Support project teams in the development of Schedule of Values
Review and perform health check analysis on contractor’s baseline and progress schedules
Handle additional duties as assigned by Management
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quantity Surveying or certification as Project Controls Manager or equivalent required, MBA is helpful
8 years of experience in project controls management required 10 to 12 years preferred
Global construction experience is required, and data Center experience is strongly preferred, but not required
Strong organizational and time management skills
Understanding general project controls technical skills and the integration of all of the components including organizational, planning, accounting, analysis and revision process areas
Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities
Travel required is expected to be up to 10-15% but may increase over time as the business evolves
Preferred
10 to 12 years of experience in project controls management preferred
Data Center experience is strongly preferred, but not required
Experience in P6 software and interface with accounting software like Yardi and Anaplan strongly preferred
Benefits
Medical, dental, and vision coverage
Life and AD&D
Short and long-term disability coverage
Paid time off
Employee assistance
Participation in a 401k program that includes company match
Many other additional voluntary benefits
Company
Vantage Data Centers
Vantage Data Centers designs and develops data center campuses to large cloud providers, AI enterprises, and other tech-driven businesses.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$33.61BKey Investors
La CaisseWells FargoDigitalBridge
2025-09-10Private Equity· $1.6B
2025-06-03Debt Financing· $5.82B
2024-12-16Private Equity· $1.47B
Leadership Team
Sureel Choksi
President and CEO
Corinne Chong
CFO, APAC
Recent News
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