About Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers powers, cools, protects and connects the technology of the world’s well-known hyperscalers, cloud providers and large enterprises. Developing and operating across North America, EMEA and Asia Pacific, Vantage has evolved data center design in innovative ways to deliver dramatic gains in reliability, efficiency and sustainability in flexible environments that can scale as quickly as the market demands.

Development Department

The Development team is responsible for delivering data centers from conception through commissioning, working collaboratively with Sales, Operations, New Site Development, and Innovation and Engineering. Development team also works closely with partner contractors and consultants to come up with a vertically integrated design and manages these partners to deliver the projects on schedule and budget. Many times, a role like this at other companies is purely oversight. One thing that distinguishes Vantage is that our technical staff is given the responsibility and authority to directly drive the process with an appropriate level of autonomy. When compared to external resources, our internal team can 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 result.

Position Overview

This role will be based in Shackelford County, Texas. Re-location or significant travel may be required where applicable (see job requirements).

The Senior Vice President, Development Delivery is responsible for overseeing and managing all construction functions associated with the development of a fast track, multibillion dollar, multi building data center campus, ensuring the successful execution of all phases of construction to commissioning and closeout.

This role involves leading a team of construction VPs and Directors, and all associated team members providing overall project leadership managing capital expenditure budgets, optimizing costs, and ultimately ensuring customer satisfaction with a very demanding development. The SVP, Development Delivery will also act as a thought leader, driving coordination and integration across internal stakeholders and supporting business-level decisions through professional cost analysis and estimating capabilities. This leader must thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment with aggressive timelines and robust stakeholder management, while building and mentoring a high-performing team of construction leaders and partners.

Essential Job Functions

Development Management:

• Oversee the management and administration of construction functions for this campus

• Manage a team of construction VPs and Directors responsible for all project functions.

•  Accountable for managing overall campus CAPEX budgets and comply with financial controls, policies, and reporting expectations.

• Champion excellence across the construction lifecycle phases including pre-construction planning, competitive bidding, team and vendor selection, project execution, commissioning, and closeout.

• Ensure customers are satisfied and any issues with their services are addressed in future builds.

Leadership and Coordination:

• Act as a strategic thought leader and drive coordination and integration of internal stakeholders.

• Integrate efforts across internal stakeholders including New Site Development, EH&S, Design, Project Controls, Procurement, Site Operations, Finance, Sales, People & Culture, and Legal to ensure unified project execution and business alignment.

• Own and optimize resource planning, organizational design, and project prioritization for both full-time and third-party teams.

• Foster a positive, high-performance culture through mentorship, coaching, and structured performance development, including formal reviews and talent planning.

• Practice, influence, and set the example for a safety focused culture; without safety, nothing else matters.

• Drive a partnership and collaborative relationship between internal Construction team and external contractors/vendors.

Budget and Cost Management:

• Partner with leadership on the development and stewardship of campus-CAPEX budgets.

• Support sales and real estate teams with customer engagement, lease execution support, and ensure alignment between lease commitments and construction delivery.

• Partner with the Construction Cost team and Finance to drive forecast/variance analysis, master service agreements (MSA), and project authoriza