DCE Design & Construction Program Manager

Mission:

Serve as the central point of control linking core construction operations with critical internal business units, infrastructure verticals, and corporate real estate.

Core Focus:

Drive technical real estate due diligence, eliminate scope gaps across specialized internal teams (IT, Network, Security, Interiors, Sales Engineering), govern long-lead procurement vendor status cadences, and deliver corporate-wide portfolio schedule/budget data aggregation.

Scope:

Portfolio-wide oversight spanning multi-site deployments, regional campuses, new data center builds, custom customer expansions, and large operational retrofits.

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Key Responsibilities and Essential Job Functions

Cross-Functional Coordination & Design Intake

• Serve as primary contact for Enterprise IT, Network Engineering, Physical Security, and Global Workplace to embed requirements into structural/MEP drawings before groundbreaking. • Partner with internal Design Engineers to track, integrate, and enforce design direction across all contractor packages and custom customer deployments. • Facilitate structured communication between site Construction Managers (CMs) and Design Engineering when field conditions require design adjustments. • Coordinate with Sales Engineers to evaluate layout and capacity feasibility of large or non-standard custom customer designs.

Real Estate Technical Due Diligence & Permitting

• Lead technical due diligence during site selection, coordinating structural, utility, and environmental audits with third-party consultants. • Synthesize technical risk profiles, utility availability, and path-to-power timelines into executive reports for leadership go/no-go decisions. • Track end-to-end permitting workflows handled by external design firms and General Contractors (GCs) to ensure zero schedule disruption. • Coordinate internal document inputs, corporate signatures, and financial authorizations required to complete external permit packages.

Long-Lead Procurement & Vendor Governance

• Maintain the master tracking matrix for all Owner-Furnished Equipment (OFE) and long-lead infrastructure assets. • Lead regular production status meetings with equipment manufacturers, supply chain partners, and internal procurement teams. • Enforce look-ahead production updates from vendors, tracking factory progress, component sourcing pipelines, and sub-assembly timelines. • Monitor factory acceptance testing (FAT), shipping logistics, and site delivery windows against the master schedule to mitigate critical-path risks.