Vice President, Construction

Vice President, Construction

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:

The Vice President is an essential partner to both the Regional VP and Senior VP of Construction in driving the direction of the business, supporting both strategic and tactical initiatives, and solving difficult daily challenges to remove roadblocks, improve communications and overall to help lead the program towards more predictable, favorable and consistent outcomes.

To be successful in this role, your essential skill will be expert problem-solving, utilizing creativity, understanding of the industry and how STACK operates, along with a relentless approach to follow through. You will need to be a skillful internal operator and use your ability to influence others to help remove roadblocks and drive towards successful outcomes. You will be tasked with both strategic and tactical challenges, and you will need to rely on exceptional communication skills both up and down the STACK hierarchy. As a successful Vice President, you will build strong cross-group working relationships and demonstrate exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail. Our ideal candidate can thrive in a fast-paced, multi-tasking environment where clear and unambiguous direction is sometimes lacking. Your ability to be resilient, creative and persistent will be key contributors to your success.

In this role you will:

Coordinate with the Regional VP of Construction and internal and external recruitment staff to support the rapid growth and expansion of the Construction Team

Take ownership of the Owner Budget Template and secure approvals for regular updates and improvements. In parallel, you will engage with STACK IT & Precon on the effort to shift from Excel-based budget spreadsheets to a more reliable software platform (such as Procore)

Accountability for the Project Owner Budgets in the region, ensuring accurate and timely updates through to completion

Support and lead 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

Be accountable for the design, permits and entitlements phase, ensuring the team is empowered to implement an efficient and expedient process

Review and negotiate Construction Schedules from GCs and Owner-direct vendors as required and prepare/present schedule overviews as required

Lead the GC RFP process, including proposals, bidding, leveling sheets, recommendations and presentations to leadership

Accountable for GC Contract Negotiations and Administration, including coordination with STACK Legal

Prepare and deliver reports, analysis and presentations for other STACK teams, the Senior Leadership Team, the Board and other parties as required

Manage Client relations as required, including interface with STACK’s funding partner and Senior Leadership Team

Lead, manage, mentor and develop STACK project teams across the region, fostering and championing a collaborative and high-morale culture

Collaborate successfully with other STACK teams, including Strategy, Sales Engineering, EH&S, Finance and Operations

Schedule, prepare agendas and lead regular project meetings and other meetings as required.

Review and vet data provided by your team for Monthly Construction Reports, quarterly Board Meeting Reports, and other ad hoc meetings, reports and presentations

Required Skills and Experience:

Client-facing and team leadership experience required

Expert-level proficiency with the Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel (also Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, SharePoint, OneNote, Project)

Knowledge and competency with Bluebeam and BIM platforms is a plus

Excellent financial acumen (familiarity with NetSuite preferred, but not required)

Experience with multiple large-scale, fast-moving projects across a region and a proven track-record of developing a collaborative and high-morale team culture

Strong leadership skills, high emotional intelligence, and a proven track record in leading, managing and developing teams

Ownership of multiple large-scale, fast-moving projects across a region 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.)

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, 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 the Executive level

Ability to prioritize, delegate and stay focused under high levels of pressure, manage multiple competing priorities and adapt to constantly changing requirements; strong organizational skills are a must

Positive, can-do attitude and team player

THE DETAILS:

Location: Manassas/Leesburg, Northern Virginia (NVA). Onsite/WFH expectations: onsite at job trailer or other STACK facility 2-5 days/week

Travel: Domestic travel will be required. Typical trips are 2-3 days, most likely 1-3 times per month on average.

Compensation: TBD

Must be eligible to work in the United States

Must pass comprehensive background screening

MUST-HAVE QUALIFICATIONS:

Proficient in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint (Procore is a plus)

10-15 years in Construction of Data Centers (including related fields such as Project Management Consulting, Re-Development and Design/Engineering)

Data Center experience required

Extensive experience in large scale ground up, core and shell, sitework, utility and fitout construction ($100M preferred)

Four-year degree in a related field (Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture) is strongly preferred, but not required

Client-facing and team leadership experience required

THIS MIGHT BE RIGHT FOR YOU IF:

You’re a strong communicator, equally comfortable in the boardroom as the data center hall. You’re persuasive and clear, blending analytics with experience in decision-making.

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.

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.