Director, Preconstruction Scheduling, NA

Job description

About Vantage Data Centers Vantage Data Centers powers, cools, protects and connects the technology of the world’s well-known hyperscalers, cloud providers and large enterprises. Developing and operating across North America, EMEA and Asia Pacific, Vantage has evolved data center design in innovative ways to deliver dramatic gains in reliability, efficiency and sustainability in flexible environments that can scale as quickly as the market demands. Position Overview This role can be based in any of our US locations: Denver, CO; Phoenix, AZ; Santa Clara, CA; or Ashburn, VA. The Director of Preconstruction Scheduling is responsible for developing, governing, and continuously improving the scheduling frameworks that support Vantage’s hyperscale and AI‑driven data center construction projects. This role ensures that all preconstruction schedules—site feasibility, design development, procurement, contractor onboarding, and general preparation for executive review and decision making and execution—are accurate, realistic, and grounded in market conditions, labor availability, and take into account historical trends. This leader translates enterprise‑level strategy into detailed, repeatable scheduling processes that drive speed‑to‑market, cost certainty, and execution discipline across a rapidly expanding portfolio. The Director partners closely with project controls, design, development, energy management and construction teams to ensure schedule alignment from concept through handoff. Essential Job Functions Develop and maintain standardized preconstruction scheduling templates, logic, and governance for hyperscale and AI-ready developments. Translate VP-level preconstruction strategy into actionable scheduling workflows that support rapid, multi-phase campus delivery, including modularization, prefabrication, and accelerated deployment. Build and maintain early-stage schedules for site validation, due diligence, and market feasibility assessments, incorporating labor market intelligence, contractor availability, permitting timelines, and regional construction dynamics. Support site selection by identifying schedule risks tied to workforce depth, permitting requirements, market constraints, and contractor capacity. Develop and manage design schedules from concept through IFC, ensuring alignment with construction sequencing, execution strategy, constructability, phasing, and logistics considerations. Coordinate with design partners, engineers, and internal stakeholders to ensure schedule realism and early identification of bottlenecks. Build schedules that support contractor onboarding, bid cycles, GMP development, and early procurement planning. Validate contractor schedule inputs, productivity assumptions, staffing plans, readiness, and capacity to meet schedule demands across multiple concurrent projects. Partner with project controls to ensure preconstruction schedules align with cost baselines, forecasting models, governance frameworks, and execution tracking to minimize variance. Support development of schedule risk analyses and scenario planning to improve decision-making and execution certainty. Deliver fully coordinated preconstruction schedules to construction teams, ensuring clarity of scope, sequencing, critical path, procurement milestones, and mobilization plans. Maintain continuity with construction teams to ensure preconstruction assumptions carry through into execution. Serve as the scheduling liaison across development, design, power, project controls, and construction to ensure stakeholders operate from a unified schedule baseline and understand key milestones and dependencies. Drive alignment around execution realism, schedule discipline, and repeatable scheduling methodologies. Advance scheduling methodologies that support modularization, prefabrication, labor-efficient delivery, stronger handoffs between preconstruction and project controls, and improved governance. Implement lessons learned from execution teams to refine future schedules, templates, and scheduling standards. Additional duties as assigned by Management. Job Requirements Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Project Controls, or related field. 10+ years of experience in scheduling, project controls, or preconstruction for large-scale or hyperscale developments. Deep expertise in critical path method (CPM) scheduling, design and preconstruction workflows, power-related scheduling considerations, labor productivity, and market dynamics. Experience evaluating contractor capability, schedule inputs, productivity assumptions, staffing plans, and readiness to support concurrent large-scale projects. Strong understanding of schedule risk analysis, forecasting, scenario planning, and alignment between schedule, cost, and project controls governance. Proficiency with enterprise scheduling tools, including Primavera P6 or similar platforms. Experience supporting high-density or AI-ready infrastructure preferred. Strong analytical, communication, and cross-functional leadership skills. Travel required is expected to be up to 25% but may increase over time as the business evolves. Physical Demands and Special Requirements The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to handle, or feel objects; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop or kneel; talk and hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Additional Details Salary Range: $200,000-230,000 Base + Bonus (this range is based on Colorado market data and may vary in other locations) This position is eligible for company benefits including but not limited to medical, dental, and vision coverage, life and AD&D, short and long-term disability coverage, paid time off, employee assistance, participation in a 401k program that includes company match, and many other additional voluntary benefits. Compensation for the role will depend on a number of factors, including your qualifications, skills, competencies, and experience and may fall outside of the range shown. #LI-RS1 #LI-Hybrid We operate with No Ego and No Arrogance. We work to build each other up and support one another, appreciating each other’s strengths and respecting each other’s weaknesses. We find joy in our work and each other, actively seeking opportunities to inject fun into what we do. Our hard and efficient work is rewarded with an above market total compensation package. We offer a comprehensive suite of health and welfare, retirement, and paid leave benefits exceeding local expectations. Throughout the year, the advantage of being part of the Vantage team is evident with an array of benefits, recognition, training and development, and the knowledge that your contribution adds value to the company and our community. Don't meet all the requirements? Please still apply if you think you are the right person for the position. We are always keen to speak to people who connect with our mission and values. Vantage Data Centers is an Equal Opportunity Employer Vantage Data Centers does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firm agencies. Fees will not be paid in the event a candidate submitted by a recruiter without an agreement in place is hired; such resumes will be deemed the sole property of Vantage Data Centers. We’ll be accepting applications for at least one week from the date this role is posted. If you're interested, we encourage you to apply soon—we’re excited to find the right person and will keep the role open until we do!