Vice President, Development Delivery, EMEA

at  Vantage Data Centers

À PROPOS DE VANTAGE DATA CENTERS

Vantage s’engage à être un lieu de travail d’inclusion, d’équité, de respect et d’acceptation. Nous célébrons la diversité et cherchons intentionnellement des occasions d’apprendre des expériences de chacun.
Vantage Data Centers alimente, refroidit, protège et connecte la technologie des plus grands joueurs hyperscale, des fournisseurs de solutions infonuagiques et des grandes entreprises. Présente dans six marchés en Amérique du Nord et six en Europe, Vantage innove dans la conception des centres de données pour offrir des gains spectaculaires en termes de fiabilité, d’efficacité et de durabilité ainsi que des environnements flexibles qui peuvent évoluer aussi vite que le marché l’exige. Vantage connaît une croissance exponentielle grâce à ses installations nouvelles jumelées à ses acquisitions à travers l’Amérique du Nord et l’Europe.
About Vantage Data Centers
Vantage is committed to being a workplace of inclusion, equity, respect and acceptance.
We celebrate diversity and intentionally seek out opportunities to learn from one another’s experience.
Vantage Data Centers is a leading global wholesale data center provider. Founded in 2010, Vantage has an unceasing commitment to provide major hyperscale, cloud and enterprise companies with reliable, efficient data center environments with outstanding service to help them achieve their business goals. We own and operate some of the most scalable data centers in the world with a meticulous focus on efficiency, operational excellence, reliability and sustainability.
Vantage was founded on the principle that modern-day data center design should evolve in innovative ways that lead to dramatic gains in energy efficiency. Years later, we’re still leading that charge.
Development Department
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. This approach empowers each member of the team to drive high- impact decisions and even more impactful results.
Position Description
Vantage is looking for looking for a proven leader to grow and scale the construction division within Vantage. The team consists of construction professionals at varying experience levels at each of our campuses. The successful candidate will manage existing and build additional talented teams that have an exceptional construction capability and strong reputation within the industry with both customer and contractor communities. As Vice President of Construction, your responsibilities will include construction operations oversight and delivering data center projects of increasing size and complexity. Collaboration and integration in the sales lifecycle process including client interface is integral to the role. As Vantage continues to expand you will peer with the D&E and Finance teams focused on cost and schedule reduction to integrate change management and product optimization into new and ongoing projects, while providing lessons learned into the overall feedback loop for analysis and modification.

Essential Job Functions

• Oversee the management and administration of construction functions across all active markets
• Manage a team of construction directors responsible for each campus
• Hold teams accountable to manage overall campus CAPEX budgets and ensure all regions comply with financial controls and policies
• Drive teams to execute all phases of construction including pre-construction, competitive bidding, team selection, construction, commissioning, and project closeout
• Ensure customers are satisfied and any issues with their services are remediated in future builds
• Act as thought leader and drive coordination and integration of internal stakeholders across all regions

Duties

• Drive teams who manage execution of development projects from planning through commissioning and close out / turnover to operations
• Drive output of various reports on a monthly and/or quarterly basis for review at leadership level
• Own resource allocation and project work flow for direct reports and third-party project management continent workforce
• Encourage and foster a team-oriented environment through positive feedback
• Evaluate and manage performance reviews for your team. Seek out input from others and provide feedback and coaching to manage individuals as well as the team.
• Working with management, assist with creation of campus and project CAPEX budgets
• Support sales in customer engagement and fulfilment of requirements as tied to leases and manage delivery in accordance with leases
• Partner with Construction Cost team, Finance to drive forecast/variance analysis, master service agreements (MSA) and project authorizations for new & existing contractors and vendors are executed
• Vendor/Contractor management including qualification and relationship building/maintenance
• Ensure lessons learned are held and placed in the feedback loop to drive continuous improvement
• Work closely with the Operations to coordinate design criteria and construction with ongoing maintenance and operation of existing facilities

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, or similar field, or equivalent experience
• 10-15 years of experience in management role required, 15 to 20 years preferred
• Data Center experience is required
• English is required, German is a plus
• Experience in CSA (civil, structural, architectural) and MEP (mechanical, electrical, plumbing) construction management is a requirement
• Travel required is expected to be 50-75%.

Vous ne remplissez pas toutes les exigences ? Veuillez tout de même poser votre candidature si vous pensez être la bonne personne pour le poste. Nous sommes toujours prêts à discuter avec des gens qui adhèrent à notre mission et à nos valeurs.
Nous travaillons dans un environnement sans orgueil et sans arrogance. Nous mettons tout en œuvre pour nous construire et nous soutenir l’un l’autre, en appréciant les forces de chacun et en respectant les faiblesses d’autrui. Travailler ensemble est un plaisir, et nous cherchons toujours le moyen de rendre le travail encore plus agréable. Notre dur labeur et notre efficacité sont récompensés par une rémunération globale supérieure à ce qu’offre le marché. Nous proposons un régime de soins médicaux et d’assistance, un régime de retraite et des congés payés au-delà des attentes du marché.
La sécurité est toujours une priorité. Pendant la COVID, tout le personnel qui le peut, travaille à distance et des mesures appropriées ont été prises pour assurer la sécurité des employés occupant un poste essentiel sur place. Peu importe votre lieu de travail, nous vous fournissons la technologie nécessaire avant ou le jour même de votre entrée en poste.
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• Drive teams who manage execution of development projects from planning through commissioning and close out / turnover to operations
• Drive output of various reports on a monthly and/or quarterly basis for review at leadership level
• Own resource allocation and project work flow for direct reports and third-party project management continent workforce
• Encourage and foster a team-oriented environment through positive feedback
• Evaluate and manage performance reviews for your team. Seek out input from others and provide feedback and coaching to manage individuals as well as the team.
• Working with management, assist with creation of campus and project CAPEX budgets
• Support sales in customer engagement and fulfilment of requirements as tied to leases and manage delivery in accordance with leases
• Partner with Construction Cost team, Finance to drive forecast/variance analysis, master service agreements (MSA) and project authorizations for new & existing contractors and vendors are executed
• Vendor/Contractor management including qualification and relationship building/maintenance
• Ensure lessons learned are held and placed in the feedback loop to drive continuous improvement
• Work closely with the Operations to coordinate design criteria and construction with ongoing maintenance and operation of existing facilitie