General Manager, Construction

General Manager, Construction

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 meet or exceed 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:

The General Manager, Construction is responsible for leading the full scope of a multi-phase, campus-scale data center construction project including the installation of significant civil and site work infrastructure, construction of data center buildings, and the coordination of delivery of supporting infrastructure. STACK is seeking a candidate with senior-level experience from development to tenant delivery of multi-billion dollar turnkey data center campuses.

The successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of the full project, including leading project teams including Vice Presidents, Directors, and Sr. Project Managers from initial planning and design to construction and close-out. This role requires the ability to lead internally and externally, communicate effectively at all levels of design and construction, and a thorough understanding of construction processes. Effective collaboration with Executives, Directors, clients, and support teams executing all phases of the project and related scopes of work will be of paramount importance.

A successful candidate will have experience in negotiating with contractors, consultants, and other vendors, managing schedules and budgets, optimizing costs through value engineering, and working effectively with design, strategy and client teams across the entire North American portfolio. The candidate will have senior level experience in influencing positive business outcomes in challenging situations where direct control is shared both internally and externally. The General Manager, Construction assumes key responsibility for leading the cross-functional, dedicated client team for a large-scale global tenant. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience leading and directing large, complex construction projects and an ability to understand and align stakeholder interests.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Hold primary leadership for the Project Owner Budgets across the project, ensuring accurate and timely updates through to completion
• Lead and ensure a culture of safety, quality, collaboration and professionalism across the region
• Provide high-level direction to the GC, Owner vendors and other trade partners as required
• Review and negotiate Construction Schedules from GCs and Owner-direct vendors as required and prepare/present schedule overviews as required
• Be accountable for GC Contract Negotiations and Administration, including coordination with STACK Legal
• Prepare and deliver reports, analysis and presentations for other STACK teams, the Senior Leadership Team, the Board and other parties as required
• Manage Client relations as required, including interface with STACK's funding partner and Senior Leadership Team
• Lead, manage, mentor and develop STACK project teams dedicated to the project, fostering and championing a collaborative and high-morale culture
• Collaborate successfully with other STACK teams, including Strategy, Sales Engineering, EH&S, Finance and Operations

REQUIRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE:

• Experience leading multiple large-scale, fast-moving projects across a region and a proven track-record of developing a collaborative and high-morale team culture
• Strong leadership skills, high emotional intelligence, and a proven track record in leading, managing and developing teams
• Client-facing and team leadership experience required
• Knowledge and competency with Bluebeam and BIM platforms is a plus
• Excellent financial acumen (familiarity with NetSuite preferred, but not required)
• Mastery of the tools of the trade (AIA Contracts, Construction Schedules, Budgets & Schedules of Values, Payment Applications, Lien Releases, Subcontracts, Purchase Orders, Invoices, Vendor Agreements, Construction Insurance types, etc.)
• Exceptional Data Center technical knowledge, including OFCI/CFCI equipment, procurement strategies and lead times, Owner-direct vendors, lender requirements, etc.
• Rigorous attention to detail, precision and accuracy, particularly in financial matters, budgets, cost projections, etc.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills, externally with Clients and across all levels of the organization including the Executive level
• Ability to prioritize, delegate and stay focused under high levels of pressure, manage multiple competing priorities and adapt to constantly changing requirements; strong organizational skills are a must
• Positive, can-do attitude and team player

THE DETAILS:

• Location: El Paso, TX (Remote applicants will be considered, requiring more regular travel to the site location)
• Travel: Domestic travel required, up to 20%
• Must be eligible to work in the United States
• Must pass comprehensive background screening

MUST-HAVE QUALIFICATIONS:

• 15+ years in Construction of Data Centers (including related fields such as Re-Development and Design/Engineering)
• Large-scale Turnkey Data Center experience required
• Extensive experience in large scale ground up, core and shell, sitework, utility and fit out construction ($1B+ preferred)
• Four-year degree in a related field (Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, Business Management)
• Expert-level proficiency with the Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel (also Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, SharePoint, OneNote, Project)
• Client-facing and team leadership experience required

THIS MIGHT BE RIGHT FOR YOU IF:

• You're a strong communicator, equally comfortable in the boardroom as the data center hall. You're persuasive and clear, blending analytics with experience in decision-making.
• You don't get flustered easily. You can juggle multiple priorities while balancing urgent requests with shifting timelines and deliverables.
• You're a teambuilder. 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're 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 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 will not be accepted or considered as a submission without a signed agreement in place.

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Job ID: 10109