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 meets or exceeds 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 Director, Construction plays a critical role in delivering large-scale, complex data center projects on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards. Reporting to the Sr. Vice President, Construction, this role will oversee day-to-day project execution, provide leadership to project teams, and ensure alignment with STACK’s operational and strategic objectives.
The ideal candidate has significant experience leading multi-million to billion-dollar ground-up construction projects, including turnkey data center campuses, and thrives in fast-paced environments. The Director will serve as a key interface between general contractors, vendors, and internal stakeholders, ensuring project success through collaboration, communication, and proactive problem-solving. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Project Leadership: Direct and manage construction projects across the region, ensuring accountability for budgets, schedules, quality, and safety.
- Client & Stakeholder Engagement: Act as a primary contact with general contractors, owner-direct vendors, and internal teams, ensuring clear communication and strong relationships.
- Budget & Schedule Oversight: Review, track, and forecast project budgets, cost reports, and schedules; identify risks and mitigation strategies.
- Team Development: Lead, mentor, and develop regional project management staff, fostering a collaborative, high-performance culture.
- Collaboration: Partner with cross-functional STACK teams (Engineering, EH&S, Finance, Operations) to ensure alignment and delivery excellence.
- Risk & Issue Management: Proactively identify and resolve project challenges to maintain delivery commitments.
- Reporting: Prepare and present reports, updates, and analyses for senior leadership, clients, and partners as required.
- Culture & Standards: Champion a culture of safety, quality, professionalism, and innovation across all projects.
THE DETAILS:
- Location: Lancaster, TX
- Travel: Domestic travel required, up to 20%
- Benefits: Healthcare, Dental Care, Vision Insurance, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, and Paid Leave Programs
- Must be eligible to work in the United States
- Must pass comprehensive background and drug screening
MUST-HAVE QUALIFICATIONS:
- 10+ years of construction management experience, including delivery of large-scale data centers or comparable complex, fast-track projects.
- Proven success in managing ground-up, core and shell, utility, sitework, and fit-out projects ($500M+ preferred).
- Strong client-facing experience with the ability to influence outcomes and build lasting relationships.
- Deep knowledge of construction management tools and practices (contracts, schedules, budgets, payment applications, risk management, etc.).
- Familiarity with Procore, Bluebeam, and BIM platforms (preferred).
- Excellent financial acumen with the ability to manage cost controls and reporting.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills; comfortable presenting to clients and senior leadership.
- Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, or related field (advanced degree preferred).
THIS MIGHT BE RIGHT FOR YOU IF:
You are a strong communicator, you are persuasive and clear, blending analytics with experience in decision-making.
You do not get flustered easily. You can juggle multiple priorities while balancing urgent requests with shifting timelines and deliverables.
You are a team builder. 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 are 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 and rewards 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, Inc. will not be accepted or considered as a submission without a signed agreement in place. 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 STACK Infrastructure, Inc.
