Senior Director, Construction, EMEA

<h1>About Vantage Data Centers</h1><p><br/>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.</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>About Vantage Data Centers</p><p></p><p>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 six markets in North America and five markets in Europe, 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.</p><p></p><p>Construction Department</p><p></p><p>The Construction team is responsible for the management of delivering data centers from conception through commissioning, working with Sales, Operations, Development, and Engineering along the way.  Construction also works closely with partner contractors 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.  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 results.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Position Description</p><p></p><p></p><p>Vantage is looking for a driven Senior Director, Construction to provide overall leadership for our growing project management team and key internal stakeholders as we expand the company.  This position will oversee the requisite entitlement/permitting, and all aspects of construction.  As a leader, you will be responsible for managing multiple projects and teams as well as ensuring all projects are in alignment with strategic corporate objectives.  Collaboration and integration in the sales lifecycle process including client interface is integral to the role.  Coordination and translation of requirements from Vantage’s internal subject matter experts ensures long term operational sustainability is preserved while driving towards optimized construction delivery. The role is based in Berlin.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Essential Job Functions</p><p></p><p></p><ul><li><p>Development, standardization, and management of the overall construction program to ensure that projects are delivered the same way every time (drive for standardization that reduces cycle time and cost)</p></li><li><p>Development of project tools, processes, &amp; procedures that ensure the “perfect project” is launched every time (execute, refine, repeat)</p></li><li><p>Define and develop key business engagement process that enables the leadership team to make quicker decisions (present things in a way so that all leadership has to say is “yes”)</p></li><li><p>Develop Comprehensive QA/QC program that prevents problems from occurring, and also identifies risks early in the project life cycle (prevent problems and catch problems sooner)</p></li><li><p>Actively engage with all peer level team members to develop and partner with the development of the 4 bullet points above (includes Operations, Operations Engineering, Procurement, Engineering, Finance, and Execs)</p></li><li><p>Lead, through delegation to the team, all aspects of construction including pre-construction, design, permitting, entitlements, competitive bidding, team selection, construction, commissioning, and project closeout</p></li><li><p>Hold the project team accountable to Create and manage project budgets and establish monthly forecasts including variances</p></li><li><p>Lead by example to ensure that the project team drives coordination and integration of internal stakeholders within the project</p></li></ul><p></p><p>Duties – <u>Hold the project team accountable for the following:</u></p><p></p><ul><li><p>Manage campus wide execution of development projects from concept through commissioning and prepare various reports on a monthly and/or quarterly basis</p></li><li><p>Own resource allocation and project work flow for direct reports and third-party continent workforce</p></li><li><p>Drive day to day construction decisions to conclusion</p></li><li><