Sr. Director, Preconstruction

THE COMPANY:

STACK INFRASTRUCTURE (STACK) provides digital infrastructure to scale the world’s most innovative companies. We are an award-winning industry leader in building, owning, and operating highly efficient, cost-effective wholesale, colocation, and cloud data centers. Each of our national facilities meets or exceeds the highest industry standards in all operational categories of availability, security, connectivity, and physical resilience.

STACK offers the scale and geographic reach that rapidly growing hyperscale and enterprise companies need. The world runs on data. Data runs on STACK.

THE POSITION:

STACK is seeking a Senior Director, Preconstruction to provide strategic leadership across preconstruction, early-stage development, and project execution planning. This role is accountable not only for cost, schedule, and scope, but also for leading high-performing teams, shaping portfolio-level project and product strategy, and supporting commercial negotiations with tenants.

The Senior Director will partner closely with Development, Design, Construction, Finance, Sales, and Leadership to translate market and tenant requirements into scalable, repeatable, and financially optimized data center solutions. This role balances hands-on technical expertise with executive-level leadership, decision-making, and stakeholder influence. Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Project, Portfolio & Product Strategy

• Manage preconstruction strategy across STACK’s development pipeline, ensuring alignment with corporate growth objectives and market demand

• Guide site-specific and portfolio-level decisions related to scope, phasing, cost, schedule, and delivery strategy

• Partner with Development and Design teams to influence standardization, modularization, and productized data center solutions

• Evaluate alternative delivery methods, construction sequencing, and design approaches to optimize speed-to-market and capital efficiency

• Lead risk identification and mitigation planning during early project stages

Preconstruction & Technical Oversight

• Oversee development of early-stage budgets and schedules

• Ensure consistent estimating methodology, assumptions, benchmarks, and contingency strategies

• Analyze variance as designs evolve and clearly communicate cost and schedule drivers to senior leadership

• Provide technical and constructability input during site selection, feasibility studies, and entitlement phases

Commercial & Tenant Negotiation Support

• Support Commercial and Development teams during tenant pursuits, providing cost, schedule, and scope clarity

• Translate tenant technical requirements into executable project strategies and pricing inputs

• Assist in evaluating deal levers, trade-offs, and optionality to support informed commercial decisions

• Participate directly in tenant meetings as a technical and delivery subject-matter expert

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with Finance on financial modeling, capital planning, and investment committee materials

• Collaborate with Design & Construction to ensure seamless handoff from preconstruction through execution

• Build and maintain senior-level relationships with general contractors, design partners, consultants, and key vendors

Process Improvement

• Establish and refine preconstruction processes, tools, controls, and reporting standards.

• Drive adoption of best practices, technology, and data-driven decision-making.

• Ensure quality control and consistency across regions and projects.

THE DETAILS:

• Location: Denver, Colorado. Will also consider candidates in the Bay Area and Northern Virginia

• Travel: Domestic and International travel required; 20-30% at times

• Benefits: Healthcare, Dental Care, Vision Insurance, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, and Paid Leave Programs

• Must be eligible to work in the United States

• Must pass comprehensive background and drug screening

MUST-HAVE QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s or associate’s degree in construction, business or technical discipline OR commensurate work experience

• 10+ years of prior experience in Preconstruction and data centers

• Significant experience leading multiple projects simultaneously through the preconstruction phase

• Highly proficient in MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, and industry standard estimating and scheduling software

Compensation Range:

THIS MIGHT BE RIGHT FOR YOU IF:

• You are a strong communicator, you are persuasive and clear, blending analytics with experience in decision-making.

• You do not get flustered easily. You can juggle multiple priorities while balancing urgent requests with shifting timelines and deliverables.

• You are a team builder. You take the time to understand and develop the strengths of your resources while formulating long-term plans for the growth and success of the team.

• You are naturally curious and driven toward continual improvement. While you celebrate your successes, you take time to review and analyze campaigns for future learning.

WHY STACK?

• We offer a competitive compensation package with strong benefits, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401K program, flexible spending accounts – even a cell phone subsidy.

• We foster a culture of appreciation, including peer-to-peer recognition and rewards programs.

• Fun is part of our DNA, with events, game nights, happy hours, and barbecues.

• We’re growing – this is a great time to join and make an impact!

STACK is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, national origin, mental or physical disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law 

Note to external agencies: We are not accepting any blind submissions or resumes/cvs from recruitment agencies. Any candidates sent to STACK Infrastructure, Inc. will not be accepted or considered as a submission without a signed agreement in place. Fees will not be paid in the event a candidate submitted by a recruiter without an agreement in place is hired; such resumes will be deemed the sole property of STACK Infrastructure, Inc.