Director, Development

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THE COMPANY:

My client are a prominent data center developer, specializing in providing digital infrastructure solutions to facilitate the growth of the world's most innovative companies. They have earned acclaim as an industry leader for their expertise in constructing, owning, and operating highly efficient and cost-effective wholesale, colocation, and cloud data centers. Each of their nationwide facilities not only meets but exceeds the most stringent industry standards in terms of availability, security, connectivity, and physical resilience. Their extensive scale and broad geographic coverage are tailored to cater to the needs of rapidly expanding hyperscale and enterprise businesses.

THE ROLE The Director, Development is primarily responsible for leading and managing the design, preconstruction and construction activities for Dallas region. Identifying, developing, growing, and maintaining relationships with key internal and external stakeholders to include Facilities, Contractors, Designers, Engineers, Commissioning Agents, Vendors, and Data Center Operations staff is critical to the success of this position. Drive work with internal stakeholders, design, and construction teams to create master development programs for our largest sites and Greenfield projects. Implement and maintain cost control best practices within site development projects. Develop and maintain relationships with some of our largest and most influential customers. Implement and manage site development plans to achieve time, budget, and quality standards in a predictable fashion. Create and communicate updates on development program & project status on a monthly basis suitable for executive level reviews. Write scopes of work for design, construction, commissioning services & participate in procurement and project cost estimates. Evaluate and level pricing proposals for design, construction, equipment supply and commissioning services. Monitor & create project budget / cost-to-date against overall project budget • Establish project schedules and manage teams to on-time completion. Review and approve monthly pay applications from the contractors. Review change order requests from contractors and negotiate pricing. Establish site construction security procedures in conjunction with site security team. Ensure appropriate submittals are coordinated with site stakeholders. Develop plans for product deployment and review / communicate plans with the staff involved. Represent our Interests as leader in OAC meetings. Create & build relationships that enhance our ability to be leader in creating the World’s Most Valuable Data Center Real Estate. Work with the internal team to enhance project management processes and protocols.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Electrical/Mechanical/Architectural Engineering, related field or equivalent professional experience. Fifteen or more years of experience with delivery of mission critical data center facilities. Ten or more years of experience with management of MEP trades. Five or more years of rapid construction development and deployment experience. Five or more years of professional experience in commercial construction practices and procedures, including management of Lump Sum, CM@Risk, and Design Build project delivery methods from conceptual development through procurement to close out. Five or more years of professional experience leading teams. Thorough understanding of Cash Flow Management Related to Large Capital Projects/ Campuses. 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.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS MBA, Masters in Engineering Management, or related field desirable. Electrical Systems Training-External Board Certifications. OSHA Related Experience Related to Safe Operation related to Live Systems. Detailed Knowledge of Detailed Components related to Data Center Power Equipment.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to interface with all levels of the organization. Must be a capable, proven team player that both fosters and operates well within internal and external team environments. Strong planning skills along with the ability to lead through influence and to be a proactive partner. Able to solve problems at a tactical and functional level.