Director, Construction

San Jose, CA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Director Construction

THE COMPANY:

STACK INFRASTRUCTURE (STACK) provides digital infrastructure to scale the worlds 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 POSITION:

As an essential partner to STACKs Regional Vice President the Director of Construction supports both strategic and tactical initiatives solving difficult daily challenges that threaten the budget schedule and/or safety of our projects assisting in removing roadblocks and improving communication while helping to lead the Construction Team resulting in more predictable favorable and consistent outcomes. The Director of Construction is responsible for leading construction activities for the BOD / Turnkey Program on a specific project or campus; including negotiating with contractors consultants and other vendors making sure that schedule and budget commitments are met optimizing costs through value engineering and working successfully across multiple cross-functional teams both within and outside of STACK. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience managing large complex data center construction projects and an ability to understand and align stakeholder interests.

In this role you will:

Instill a culture of safety quality collaboration and professionalism at the site
Provide direction to the GC Owner Vendors and other trade partners as required
Monitor and oversee the design permits and entitlements phase ensuring as efficient and expedient a process as possible
Review analyze and negotiate Construction Schedules from GCs and Owner-direct vendors as required
Prepare high-level overviews and Owner Schedules for reporting and/or analysis
Accountable for the Project Owner Budget including initial set-up and ongoing management through to completion. Ensure regular updates are made and high-level accuracy is consistently maintained
Provide high-level oversight of Commissioning activities and intervene as required to mitigate issues that arise
Accountable for GC Contract Negotiation and Administration including coordination with STACK Legal establishment of GMP mark-ups contingency escalation and allowances
Negotiate and secure sign-off for Change Orders schedule extensions budget increases etc.
Prepare and deliver reports analysis and presentations for other STACK teams the Senior Leadership Team the Board and other parties as required
Lead and manage Client relations including interface with STACKs funding partner and Senior Leadership Team.
Lead manage mentor and develop STACK project team(s) driving and maintaining a high-morale culture
Collaborate successfully with other STACK teams including Development Solutions Engineering EH&S Finance Capital Markets and Operations
Schedule prepare agendas and lead regular project meetings and other meetings as required
Review data provided by the team for Monthly Construction Reports quarterly Board Meeting Reports and other ad hoc meetings reports and presentations

Required Skills Education and Experience:

8-15 years in Construction (incl related fields such as Project Management Consulting; RE Development; Design/Engineering)
Data Center experience required
Extensive experience in large scale ground up core & shell sitework utility and fitout construction ($100M preferred)
Four-year degree in a related field (Construction Mgmt. Engineering Architecture) is strongly preferred but not required
Client-facing and team leadership experience strongly preferred
Advanced proficiency with the Microsoft Office Suite particularly Excel (also Word PowerPoint Outlook SharePoint OneNote Project)
Knowledge and competency with Bluebeam and BIM platforms
Experience with Procore or other PM software preferred
Well-developed Financial acumen (familiarity with NetSuite preferred but not required)
Strong leadership skills high emotional intelligence and a proven track record in leading managing and developing teams
Ability to take full ownership of large-scale projects and develop a collaborative and high-morale team culture where issues are identified early and resolved expeditiously
Mastery of the tools of the trade (AIA Contracts Construction Schedules Budgets & Schedules of Values Payment Applications Lien Releases Subcontracts Purchase Orders Invoices Vendor Agreements Construction Insurance types etc.)
Strong Data Center technical knowledge incl OFCI/CFCI equipment procurement strategies & lead times Owner-direct vendors lender requirements etc.
Rigorous attention to detail precision and accuracy particularly 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 Exec level
Ability to prioritize delegate and stay focused under pressure manage multiple competing priorities and adapt to constantly changing requirements.
Strong organizational skills are a must.
Positive can-do attitude and team player

Other Details:

Location: San Jose CA
Benefits: Healthcare Dental Care Vision Insurance Life Insurance Paid Time Off Paid Leave Programs
Onsite/WFH Expectations: Onsite at job trailer or other STACK facility 4-5 days/wk
Domestic travel occasionally required. Typical trips are 1-2 days /- 1 domestic trip/qrtr

ADDITIONAL ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

Work Authorization/Security Clearance Requirements

Must be authorized to work in the United States
Must pass comprehensive background screening

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

WHY STACK

We offer a competitive compensation package with strong benefits including medical dental and vision insurance a 401K program flexible spending accounts even a cell phone subsidy.
We foster a culture of appreciation including STACK Assembly rewards and recognition.
Fun is part of our DNA with events game nights happy hours and barbecues.
Were growing this is a great time to join and make an impact!

Application Deadline: December 5 2025

STACK is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity and expression age national origin mental or physical disability genetic information veteran status or any other status protected by federal state or local law

Note to external agencies: we are not accepting any blind submissions or resumes/cvs from recruitment agencies. Any candidates sent to stack infrastructure will not be accepted or considered as a submission without a signed agreement in place.

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Job ID: 10121

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Director ConstructionTHE COMPANY:STACK INFRASTRUCTURE (STACK) provides digital infrastructure to scale the worlds 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 o...