Director of Construction
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Director of Data Center Construction leading execution of AI infrastructure projects. Managing colocation builds and ensuring speed, quality, and project delivery.
Responsibilities:
- Own end-to-end delivery of data center sites.
- Lead all aspects of data hall buildout including racks, containment, power distribution, cooling integration, and network readiness.
- Act as the primary interface with colo providers to align on base build readiness, SLAs, and integration points.
- Drive Vendors, GCs, and trade partners to execute fit-out scope on aggressive timelines.
- Establish construction standards, playbooks, and repeatable deployment models for colo-based builds.
- Ensure seamless coordination between base building and tenant improvement scopes.
- Manage cost, schedule, and quality across a portfolio of concurrent deployments.
- Identify risks early and implement mitigation strategies to avoid delays to capacity delivery.
- Lead site-level execution teams and ensure strong on-the-ground presence where required.
- Partner with procurement and supply chain to ensure timely delivery of long-lead equipment.
- Implement real-time reporting and dashboards for executive visibility.
- Drive innovation in deployment speed including modularization and prefabrication approaches.
- Establish and manage strategic relationships with colocation providers.
- Define and enforce technical and delivery requirements for base building readiness.
- Ensure clear demarcation of responsibilities between landlord and tenant scopes.
- Hold providers accountable to schedule commitments, power delivery milestones, and facility readiness.
- Resolve integration issues between colo infrastructure and Cerebras systems.
- Negotiate scope, timelines, and change orders with providers and contractors.
Requirements:
- 15+ years of experience in mission-critical construction, preferably in data centers.
- Deep experience delivering white space fit-out projects within colocation environments.
- Strong understanding of power, cooling, and rack-level infrastructure in high-density environments.
- Proven ability to manage multiple large-scale deployments simultaneously.
- Experience working with EPC firms, general contractors, and specialty trades.
- Strong commercial acumen including contract negotiation and cost control.
- Ability to operate in a fast-paced, ambiguous startup environment.
- Excellent leadership and stakeholder management skills.
Benefits:
- Job stability with startup vitality
- Non-corporate work culture that respects individual beliefs
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