Director of Development Delivery

2 weeks ago

United Kingdom Vantage Data Centers Full time

Director Development Delivery, EMEA

The Development team is responsible for the entire process flow of delivering the physical data centers from shovel ready state through commissioning, working with Sales, Operations, and management along the way. The team also manages Vantage’s build partners to success through technical feedback and review, and actively participating in review of schedule and budget. Many times, a role like this at other companies is purely oversight. One thing that distinguishes Vantage is that our Development Teams are given the responsibility and authority to directly drive the process. When compared to external resources, our internal team can ensure the key stakeholders are engaged in the decision-making process to align long-term operational sustainability with value engineering and cost metrics to deliver products aligned with corporate goals.

Position Description

Vantage is looking for a driven Director, Development Delivery to provide overall leadership for our growing project management team and key internal stakeholders as we expand the company. This position will oversee the requisite entitlement/permitting, and all aspects of construction. As a leader, you will be responsible for managing multiple projects and teams as well as ensuring all projects are in alignment with strategic corporate objectives. Collaboration and integration in the sales lifecycle process including client interface is integral to the role. Coordination and translation of requirements from Vantage’s internal subject matter experts ensures long term operational sustainability is preserved while driving towards optimized construction delivery.

Essential Job Functions

Development, standardization, and management of the overall construction program to ensure that projects are delivered the same way every time (drive for standardization that reduces cycle time and cost)

Development of project tools, processes, & procedures that ensure the “perfect project” is launched every time (execute, refine, repeat)

Define and develop key business engagement process that enables the leadership team to make quicker decisions (present things in a way so that all leadership has to say is “yes”)

Develop Comprehensive QA/QC program that prevents problems from occurring, and also identifies risks early in the project life cycle (prevent problems and catch problems sooner)

Actively engage with all peer level team members to develop and partner with the development of the 4 bullet points above (includes Operations, Operations Engineering, Procurement, Engineering, Finance, and Execs)

Lead, through delegation to the team, all aspects of construction including pre-construction, design, permitting, entitlements, competitive bidding, team selection, construction, commissioning, and project closeout

Hold the project team accountable to Create and manage project budgets and establish monthly forecasts including variances

Lead by example to ensure that the project team drives coordination and integration of internal stakeholders within the project

Duties – Hold the project team accountable for the following:

Manage campus wide execution of development projects from concept through commissioning and prepare various reports on a monthly and/or quarterly basis

Own resource allocation and project work flow for direct reports and third-party continent workforce

Drive day to day construction decisions to conclusion

QA/QC work products of direct reports and confirm accuracy. Manage inputs and delivery of work products from internal team members to ensure that new data center spaces comply with all applicable requirements (BOD, specifications, code, lease, etc.)

RFP creation and management for capital projects and customer builds

Establish project budgets and submit approval packages to executive team

Support sales in customer engagement and fulfillment of requirements as tied to leases and manage delivery in accordance with leases

Partner with Director of Construction Cost, Finance to produce monthly project forecasts including variance analyses as well as execution of master service agreements (MSA) and project authorizations for new and existing contractors and vendors

Vendor/Contractor management including qualification and relationship building/maintenance

Review monthly billing with direct reports, confirm substantiation and audit vs budget

Ensure lessons learned are held and placed in the feedback loop to drive continuous improvement

Ensure project team complies with VDC project turnover documentation requirements to operations

Work closely with the Operations to coordinate design criteria and construction with ongoing maintenance and operation of existing facilities

Job Requirements

Bachelor degree in construction management, or similar field, or equivalent experience

7-10 years of experience in management role preferred

Data Center Experience

Experience in CSA (civil, structural, architectural) and MEP (mechanical, electrical, plumbing) construction management is a requirement

Proficient in Microsoft Office and project management tools like MS Project or P6

Travel is expected and may increase over time as the business evolves

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