Senior Project Manager – Data Centers
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About the Role
We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Project Manager – Data Centers to lead the delivery of mission-critical projects across the Middle East region. The role involves managing multidisciplinary design teams, coordinating stakeholders, and ensuring successful project delivery from concept through commissioning.
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Responsibilities
- Lead the delivery of hyperscale, colocation, enterprise, and mission critical data center projects from concept through construction support and commissioning
- Act as the primary point of contact for clients throughout the project lifecycle
- Manage multidisciplinary teams including architecture, structural, mechanical, electrical, ELV, fire, and specialist consultants
- Develop and maintain project execution plans, schedules, resource plans, and delivery strategies
- Ensure projects are delivered in accordance with scope, budget, program, quality requirements, and client expectations
- Lead design coordination meetings, technical workshops, progress reviews, and client presentations
- Monitor project commercial performance including fee management, scope control, variation management, and contract administration
- Identify and manage project risks, technical challenges, and stakeholder expectations
- Coordinate with authorities, operators, contractors, vendors, and specialist consultants
- Support business development activities, proposal preparation, and client relationship management
- Mentor project teams and support the development of junior project managers and discipline leads
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Architecture, or a related discipline
- Minimum 15 years of experience in engineering consultancy, design management, or project delivery
- Proven experience delivering large scale data center projects within a consultancy environment
- Strong understanding of mission critical infrastructure including power, cooling, telecommunications, security, and resilience requirements
- Experience managing multidisciplinary design teams and stakeholders
- Strong commercial, contractual, and project management skills
- Excellent communication, leadership, and client facing skills
Full Job Posting
Position Overview
- We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Project Manager – Data Centers to lead the delivery of mission critical projects across the Middle East region.
- The role involves managing multidisciplinary design teams, coordinating stakeholders, and ensuring successful project delivery from concept through commissioning.
Responsibilities
- Lead the delivery of hyperscale, colocation, enterprise, and mission critical data center projects from concept through construction support and commissioning.
- Act as the primary point of contact for clients throughout the project lifecycle.
- Manage multidisciplinary teams including architecture, structural, mechanical, electrical, ELV, fire, and specialist consultants.
- Develop and maintain project execution plans, schedules, resource plans, and delivery strategies.
- Ensure projects are delivered in accordance with scope, budget, program, quality requirements, and client expectations.
- Lead design coordination meetings, technical workshops, progress reviews, and client presentations.
- Monitor project commercial performance including fee management, scope control, variation management, and contract administration.
- Identify and manage project risks, technical challenges, and stakeholder expectations.
- Coordinate with authorities, operators, contractors, vendors, and specialist consultants.
- Support business development activities, proposal preparation, and client relationship management.
- Mentor project teams and support the development of junior project managers and discipline leads.
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Architecture, or a related discipline.
- Master’s degree is preferred.
- Minimum 15 years of experience in engineering consultancy, design management, or project delivery.
- Proven experience delivering large scale data center projects within a consultancy environment.
- Strong understanding of mission critical infrastructure including power, cooling, telecommunications, security, and resilience requirements.
- Experience managing multidisciplinary design teams and stakeholders.
- Strong commercial, contractual, and project management skills.
- Excellent communication, leadership, and client facing skills.
Preferred Attributes
- Experience delivering hyperscale data center campuses.
- Strong understanding of Uptime Institute Tier Standards, TIA 942, ASHRAE, and mission critical design principles.
- Experience working with major international data center operators, cloud providers, and developers.
- Experience delivering projects throughout the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and wider GCC region.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and stakeholders simultaneously while maintaining high standards of quality and client satisfaction.
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