[Remote] Sr. Manager, Program Controls

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. STACK Infrastructure provides digital infrastructure through highly efficient wholesale, colocation, and cloud data centers. The Senior Manager, Project Controls will lead the development and governance of project controls across construction projects, overseeing cost, schedule, forecasting, reporting, risk, and performance management. The role also leads a project controls team and partners with cross-functional stakeholders to improve project visibility and delivery certainty.

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop, train, and manage a project controls team of cost managers and schedulers (both internally and through partnership with our external service providers)
• Create and deliver presentations to internal and external stakeholders, effectively communicating project delivery status and risk mitigation strategies
• Conduct regular project reviews and analysis, identifying critical path activities, potential delays, cost impacts, and opportunities for optimization
• Provide leadership, strategic direction, and decision-making across the portfolio, ensuring Project alignment with client objectives and its adherence to STACK’s operational and strategic goals
• The successful candidate should be comfortable and able to provide executive-level reports to internal and external stakeholders that include performance updates, risk identification and mitigation, and recovery plans while also contributing as the individual contributor role when needed to support individual projects
• Collaborate with Preconstruction, Construction Finance and Development teams to give feedback and deliver necessary project data to support visibility, forecasting, and baselining
• Define Key Performance Indicators, dashboards, and deep dive analyses that enable concise articulation of project and portfolio performance and decision making
• Implement strategies and policies that maintain firm grasp and real-time awareness of project and portfolio risks and exposures
• Increase adoption and consistent use throughout the Delivery portfolio of Project Controls tools through documentation, training, and follow-through support

Skills

• * Location: Remote w/travel requirements
• * Domestic travel required; 25%
• * Must be eligible to work in the United States
• * Bachelor's degree in business administration, construction management, engineering, or a related field
• * 12-15 years of progressive experience leading project or portfolio controls with a focus on multiple large-scale, complex projects
• * Experience successfully managing a cross-functional, geographically dispersed team
• * 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
• * Experience with data center or mission-critical facility construction is highly desirable

Benefits

• Healthcare
• Dental Care
• Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Leave Programs
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• A 401K program
• Flexible spending accounts
• A cell phone subsidy
• Peer-to-peer recognition and rewards programs
• Remote work

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