Vice President Construction (Data Center Delivery)

This is a high-impact leadership position combining executive oversight with active involvement in execution strategy, cost optimization, contractor management, and cross-functional coordination across development, engineering, operations, and commercial teams.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and oversee all construction activities across multiple data center projects and active regions


• Direct a team of construction directors responsible for individual campuses and project portfolios


• Ensure strict governance of capital expenditure budgets, cost controls, forecasting, and financial reporting across all programs


• Oversee full lifecycle project execution including preconstruction planning, competitive bidding, contractor selection, construction delivery, commissioning, and closeout


• Drive consistent delivery of projects aligned with schedule, budget, safety, quality, and contractual requirements


• Partner with sales and commercial teams to ensure client requirements are incorporated into project execution and delivery outcomes


• Provide executive leadership in resolving complex design, construction, and delivery challenges in real time


• Lead cross-functional coordination between engineering, design, operations, procurement, and external delivery partners


• Oversee vendor and contractor management including qualification, performance evaluation, and long-term relationship development


• Support capital planning, budgeting, and financial forecasting in collaboration with finance and development leadership


• Review major bid packages, cost estimates, and contract structures to ensure value optimization and risk mitigation


• Drive continuous improvement through structured lessons-learned feedback loops across all projects and regions


• Produce and review executive-level reporting on project performance, cost, and schedule on a monthly and quarterly basis


• Manage resource planning and workforce allocation across internal teams and third-party partners


• Mentor, coach, and evaluate senior construction leadership to strengthen organizational capability


• Align construction execution with operational requirements to ensure long-term facility performance and maintainability


• Identify cost optimization opportunities, alternative design solutions, and value engineering strategies

Key Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, or related field (or equivalent experience)


• 10–15+ years of construction management experience, with 15–20 years preferred in senior leadership roles


• Proven experience delivering large-scale data center or mission-critical construction projects from inception to completion


• Strong technical knowledge across CSA (civil, structural, architectural) and MEP systems


• Demonstrated expertise in construction cost control, estimating, budgeting, and financial management


• Experience managing multi-project portfolios across geographically distributed regions


• Strong leadership experience managing senior construction teams and external delivery partners


• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and executive-level influencing skills


• Ability to operate in fast-paced, high-capital, schedule-driven environments


• Willingness to travel extensively (up to 90% or more depending on business needs)