Senior Vice President, Global Joint Venture Operations & Delivery

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Role Summary

This role is a senior operational and delivery leader for xScale, the joint venture for our hyperscale clients, reporting directly to the EVP, Global Operations.

The S/VP serves as the central interface between the xScale organization and Global Operations, and will collaborate across extended xScale leadership, enhancing the engagement with xScale JV partners, driving focus to meet xScale/JV commitments, and provide thought partnership to improve Design and Construction, Procurement and (Field) Operations team delivery.

In close partnership with the SVP of Global Design and Construction (GDC), the Global Head of Procurement, and the SVP Global Energy (Power), this leader ensures seamless alignment across planning, execution, delivery, and xScale operations. The S/VP is instrumental in building trust with key stakeholders—including customers, joint venture partners, and investors—while driving speed, scale, and quality in a dynamic and fast-evolving business environment.

Responsibilities 

Understand and Distill JV Interests

Track JV commitments and asks: 

• Maintain a thorough understanding of Global Design & Construction (GDC)'s, Procurement’s and Power’s (P/Ps) contractual obligations to the JV

• Identify any non-contractual asks expressed by JV partners

• Engage GDC-P/P and Operations leadership to determine how best to address these, driving strong partnership

Distill and share requirements to GDC-P/P and Operations:

• Drive alignment to JV needs by distilling key requirements and communicating them to the relevant GDC-P/P and Operations teams

• Provide context, clarify potential consequences of unmet obligations, and support progress tracking

Ensure two-way alignment on new commitments: Collaborate with the central xScale team to ensure GDC-P/P and Operations leaders are formally consulted before defining and adding new commitments before adding to plan of record.

Orchestration of Global Design, Construction, Procurement, Power (GDC-P/P) & Operations role in JV Engagement

• JV Reporting: Leads team to develop standard reports (both regular and ad hoc) summarizing GDC-P/P’s progress and contributions to xScale outcomes

• Storytelling: Craft the broader narrative, aligned with GDC-P/P and Operations leadership, to JV and partners highlighting successes and opportunities, prioritizing ones which may require intervention or should be amplified to drive a proactive and balanced approach to communications

• Manage information flow across key audiences: Collaborate with leaders to strategically determine what internal thinking and decision-making should be shared with JV partners and internal audiences, ensuring needed context is paired with information and insights

• Lead JV interactions: The team will represent GDC-P/P and Operations in JV engagements and ensure appropriate GDC-P/P and Operations subject matter experts and leaders are involved when needed

• Foster high quality strategic and working relationships with JV partners and GDC-P/P and Ops

Program Management and Execution Oversight

• Drive central xScale team to maintain the plan of record. Partner with central xScale team, who maintains the plan of record, to ensure it is current and enables the GDC-P/P and Operations teams to drive the right outcomes, including accurate volume and timing d