General Manager, Construction

STACK INFRASTRUCTURE (STACK) provides digital infrastructure to scale the world’s most innovative companies. We are an award-winning industry leader in building, owning, and operating highly efficient, cost-effective wholesale, colocation, and cloud data centers. Each of our national facilities meet or exceed the highest industry standards in all operational categories of availability, security, connectivity, and physical resilience. STACK offers the scale and geographic reach that rapidly growing hyperscale and enterprise companies need.

The world runs on data. Data runs on STACK.

The General Manager, Construction is responsible for leading the full scope of a multi-phase, campus-scale data center construction project including the installation of significant civil and site work infrastructure, construction of data center buildings, and coordination of delivery of supporting infrastructure. STACK seeks a candidate with senior-level experience from development to tenant delivery of multi‑billion dollar turnkey data center campuses. The successful candidate will oversee all aspects of the project, leading a team of Vice Presidents, Directors, and Senior Project Managers from planning and design through construction and close‑out.

They will negotiate with contractors, consultants, and vendors, manage schedules and budgets, optimize costs through value engineering, and collaborate with executive, client, and support teams across the North American portfolio.

• Hold primary leadership for the Project Owner Budgets across the project, ensuring accurate and timely updates through completion
• Lead and ensure a culture of safety, quality, collaboration and professionalism across the region
• Provide high-level direction to the GC, Owner vendors and other trade partners as required
• Review and negotiate construction schedules from GCs and owner‑direct vendors, and present schedule overviews as needed
• Be accountable for GC contract negotiations and administration, including coordination with STACK Legal
• Prepare and deliver reports, analysis and presentations to STACK teams, senior leadership, the Board and other parties
• Manage client relations, including interface with STACK’s funding partner and senior leadership team
• Lead, manage, mentor and develop STACK project teams dedicated to the project, fostering a collaborative high‑morale culture
• Collaborate successfully with other STACK teams, including Strategy, Sales Engineering, EH&S, Finance and Operations

• Experience leading multiple large‑scale, fast‑moving projects across a region with proven collaborative and high‑morale team culture
• Strong leadership skills, high emotional intelligence and proven track record in leading, managing and developing teams
• Client‑facing and team leadership experience required
• Knowledge and competency with Bluebeam and BIM platforms is a plus
• Excellent financial acumen (familiarity with Net Suite preferred but not required)
• Mastery of construction trade tools (AIA Contracts, construction schedules, budgets, payment applications, lien releases, subcontracts, purchase orders, invoices, vendor agreements, construction insurance types, etc.)
• Exceptional data center technical knowledge, including OFCI/CFCI equipment, procurement strategies and lead times, owner‑direct vendors, lender requirements, etc.
• Rigorous attention to detail, precision and accuracy, especially in financial matters, budgets, cost projections, etc.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills externally with clients and across all levels of the organization, including executive level
• Ability to prioritize, delegate and stay focused under high pressure, manage multiple competing priorities and adapt to constantly changing requirements; strong organizational skills are a must
• Positive, can‑do attitude and team player

• Location:
  
  Plano, TX (Remote applicants will be considered, requiring more regular travel to the site location)
• Benefits:
  Healthcare, Dental Care, Vision Insurance, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, Paid Leave Programs
• Travel:
  Domestic travel required, up to 20%
• Must be eligible to work in the…