What are the responsibilities and job description for the BTS Director, Construction position at STACK Infrastructure?
Director of Construction – Build to Suit Program
THE COMPANY:
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 POSITION:
At STACK, the Director of Construction - Build to Suit, is responsible for leading construction activities for the Build to Suit program, including negotiating with contractors, consultants, and other vendors, managing schedules and budgets, optimizing costs through value engineering, and working with design, strategy and client teams, across the entire North American portfolio. The Director of Construction, Build to Suit, is also responsible for supporting the cross-functional, dedicated client team for the Build to Suit tenant. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience managing large, complex Build to Suit construction projects and an ability to understand and align stakeholder interests.
In this role, you will:
• Lead Build to Suit construction efforts, including preliminary budgeting and scheduling, contractor and consultant selection, design management, construction phase budget and schedule management, financing coordination, and project completion and delivery
• Participate in leading client interactions, including acting as an escalation point for client issues, and developing proposals for new projects
• Interface with internal and external partners, including finance, strategy, design and engineering, sales, legal, tax, and consultative resources
• Manage a team of project management resources, with on the jobsite responsibilities
• Maintain strategic relationships with in-region stakeholders
Required Skills, Education, and Experience:
• Four-year degree in a related field (Construction Mgmt, Engineering, Architecture) strongly preferred, but not required
• Minimum of 5-7 years’ experience in a construction related field
• Computer savvy and aptitude to learn programs and platforms (NetSuite, DocuSign, MS Project, PowerBI, Procore, etc.)
• Professional-level proficiency with the Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel (also Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, SharePoint, OneNote, Project) • Minimum of 5-7 years’ experience in a construction related field
This position might be right for you if:
• You’re an experienced communicator across industries and seniority, comfortable representing business interests to internal and external senior leadership, utility partners, government officials, and other stakeholders in a fast-paced, growth-oriented environment
• You have strong attention to detail. You catch minute points across large-scale projects with demanding timelines.
• You bring both creative and analytical approaches to presentations. You can clearly and effectively communicate complex commercial and market information and analysis at all organizational levels.
• You don’t get flustered easily. You can manage multiple projects while collaborating with internal staff, external consultants, vendors, and other stakeholders.
• You don’t get flustered easily. You can juggle multiple priorities while balancing urgent requests with shifting timelines and deliverables.
• You’re a teambuilder. You take the time to understand and develop the strengths of your resources while formulating long-term plans for the growth and success of the team.
• You’re naturally curious and driven toward continual improvement. While you celebrate your successes, you take time to review and analyze campaigns for future learning.
Other Details:
• Location: one of our major markets (NVA, POR, SVY, PHX, DFW, TOR, CHI); reasonable driving distance to the site.
• Onsite/WFH Expectations: onsite at job trailer or other STACK facility 2-3 days/wk, depending on business needs
• Domestic travel required; averaging 25%, but fluctuating on business requirements.
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 peer-to-peer recognition programs.
• Fun is part of our DNA, with events, game nights, happy hours, and barbecues.
• We’re growing – this is a great time to join and make an impact!
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.
