Data Center Build-Out Project Manager (TPM)

Position: Data Center Build-Out Project Manager (TPM)

Location: Columbus, OH

Duration: Long term

Job Summary

We are seeking a Technical Project Manager to manage data center build-outs, expansions, and infrastructure deployments from planning through operational handoff. The role involves coordinating technical teams, contractors, vendors, and customers to ensure successful delivery of data center facilities, servers, storage, networking, and GPU infrastructure. The ideal candidate will manage project schedules, budgets, risks, hardware procurement, and site readiness while ensuring infrastructure meets power, cooling, connectivity, security, and operational requirements.

Must-Have Skills

• Experience in project management, implementation, infrastructure operations, facilities coordination, construction coordination, cloud delivery, telecom, managed services, or enterprise IT.
• Experience coordinating data center infrastructure projects involving facilities, hardware, networking, cloud, systems, power, cabling, telecommunications, or security infrastructure.
• Strong vendor, contractor, equipment provider, customer, and technical team coordination.
• Knowledge of servers, racks, storage, network connectivity, power, cooling, security, and cloud services.
• Strong project planning, scheduling, milestone tracking, budget management, risk management, and dependency tracking.
• Experience managing project documentation, action logs, decision logs, and status reporting.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including executive and customer reporting.
• Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, proactive problem-solving, and ability to manage multiple workstreams.
• Willingness to travel locally or nationally to data center sites as required.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end data center build-out, expansion, and infrastructure deployment projects through operational handoff.
• Coordinate site readiness activities, including space planning, rack layouts, power, cooling, cabling, connectivity, and equipment installation.
• Oversee deployment of servers, storage, networking equipment, GPU systems, and supporting infrastructure.
• Manage contractors, colocation providers, hardware vendors, network carriers, and internal technical teams.
• Track project schedules, budgets, procurement, hardware deliveries, risks, dependencies, and vendor commitments.
• Coordinate acceptance testing, commissioning, issue resolution, documentation, and operational handover while providing regular project updates to stakeholders.