SB Energy is looking for a Project Director to lead the delivery of hyperscale data center campuses through a collaborative, integrated approach.
Requirements
- Lead multi-GW campus delivery by aligning cross-functional teams around shared goals, milestones, and constraints
- Establish a culture of transparency, accountability, and proactive communication
- Facilitate decision-making across stakeholders, ensuring issues are surfaced early and resolved collaboratively
- Translate executive strategy into clear, executable plans across all teams
- Ensure program provides incentive structure that ensures exceptional project outcomes with respect to cost, schedule, quality and overall execution
- Act as the integration point across development, engineering, procurement, construction and operations
- Foster strong partnerships with general contractors and key trade partners, treating them as extensions of the core team
- Lead structured coordination forums (e.g., multi-GC alignment meetings, pull-planning sessions, interface workshops)
- Break down silos and ensure seamless information flow across disciplines
- Integrate the customer to the greatest extent without
- Co-develop phased deployment strategies with internal and external partners (e.g., 100MW–300MW increments)
- Align construction sequencing with utility delivery, procurement timelines, and customer commitments
- Facilitate collaborative schedule development (Last Planner System, pull planning, etc.)
- Drive shared ownership of critical path milestones
- Lead large, distributed teams by empowering field leaders while maintaining alignment to program objectives
- Promote a culture where field insights inform decision-making at all levels
- Ensure site logistics, productivity, and sequencing are collectively owned and continuously optimized
- Encourage cross-contractor collaboration rather than competition
- Structure contracts that incentivize collaboration, performance, and shared success
- Lead commercial discussions with a solutions-oriented mindset, balancing risk and partnership
- Facilitate resolution of changes, claims, and disputes through alignment and transparency
- Ensure financial decisions support long-term program success—not just short-term outcomes
- Lead integrated design and preconstruction efforts with a focus on constructability, scalability, and repeatability
- Facilitate value engineering sessions that leverage input from all stakeholders
- Ensure design decisions are informed by real-world execution constraints
- Promote standardization while allowing flexibility where needed
- Align procurement strategies with construction sequencing and program priorities
- Engage contractors and vendors early to ensure feasibility and buy-in
- Facilitate coordination across global supply chain stakeholders
- Proactively identify and mitigate procurement risks through collaboration
- Lead commissioning strategy with strong coordination between construction and operations teams
- Ensure all parties are aligned on readiness criteria and turnover expectations
- Facilitate integrated system testing and issue resolution
- Deliver facilities that are operationally ready and meet customer expectations
- Champion a shared safety culture across all contractors and teams
- Facilitate open dialogue around risks, near misses, and lessons learned
- Lead program-level risk workshops and mitigation planning
- Ensure safety and risk management are collective responsibilities
- Serve as a trusted partner to executives, customers, utilities, and regulatory agencies
- Communicate program status, risks, and opportunities with clarity and transparency
- Build long-term relationships that support future growth and collaboration
- Represent the program as a unified effort—not a collection of silos
Benefits
- 100% Company-Paid Medical, Dental & Vision (for employees and dependents)
- 401(k) with Company Match
- Generous Paid Time Off + 11 Paid Holidays
- 12 Weeks Paid Parental Leave
- Life, AD&D & Long-Term Disability Coverage
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) for Medical, Dependent Care, Transit & Parking (with company contributions)
- Mental, Physical & Social Wellness Support (with company contributions)
- Flexible Work Arrangements & Hybrid Office Setup Benefits
- Monthly Reimbursement for Phone, Internet & Data
- Optional Legal & Pet Insurance Plans
- Device Purchase Support
