Senior Project Manager – R&D and Data Center Projects

Senior Project Manager – Mission-Critical R&D & Data Center Projects

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, CA

Schedule: On-site, 5 days per week

Compensation: $170,000–$220,000

Employment Type: Full-Time

Hiring Priority: Urgent

We are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead highly complex capital projects and buildouts within confidential R&D, laboratory, and mission-critical environments in the San Francisco Bay Area.

This role is ideal for a senior-level project manager who has successfully delivered technically demanding buildouts where MEP systems, infrastructure, equipment integration, and operational requirements are central to the project. Relevant experience may include data centers, R&D laboratories, hardware labs, advanced technology facilities, or similarly complex technical environments.

The Senior Project Manager will oversee projects and buildouts from planning and design through construction, commissioning, and turnover, working closely with internal stakeholders, design teams, contractors, engineers, and specialty consultants.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead complex R&D, laboratory, data center, and technical facility projects and buildouts from early planning through final delivery
• Manage projects with significant mechanical, electrical, plumbing (MEP), controls, and infrastructure scope
• Oversee technically complex buildouts involving specialized equipment, infrastructure, and operational requirements
• Coordinate architects, engineers, general contractors, specialty trades, vendors, and internal stakeholders
• Oversee project budgets, schedules, procurement, risk, change management, and overall execution
• Drive coordination between base-building infrastructure, specialized equipment, and end-user requirements
• Manage technically challenging construction and buildout activities while maintaining schedule, budget, quality, and operational objectives
• Identify and resolve design, constructability, sequencing, and MEP coordination issues
• Support commissioning, testing, turnover, and closeout of complex building systems
• Provide clear project reporting and communicate risks, decisions, and critical milestones to senior stakeholders
• Maintain a high level of discretion while working within confidential project environments

What We’re Looking Fo r

• Minimum of 7 years of project management experience , including responsibility for complex capital projects, construction, and/or technical facility buildouts
• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, Project Management, or a related field
• Demonstrated experience delivering complex R&D labs, data centers, mission-critical facilities, or advanced technology environments
• Demonstrated experience managing complex facility buildouts , ideally within R&D, laboratory, hardware, data center, or other highly technical environments
• Strong understanding of MEP systems and MEP-intensive construction
• Experience managing buildouts involving specialized infrastructure, equipment, and technically demanding building systems
• Experience with R&D labs, hardware labs, data centers, or highly specialized technical environments strongly preferred
• Ability to effectively manage design, construction, commissioning, and stakeholder coordination
• Strong understanding of project cost, schedule, risk, procurement, and change management
• Proven ability to work with technical teams, engineers, contractors, and executive-level stakeholders
• Experience operating in fast-paced environments where priorities and project requirements can evolve quickly
• Excellent communication, organization, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
• Ability to work on-site in the San Francisco Bay Area five days per week

This is an urgent hire for a highly visible and technically complex project environment. Candidates with deep experience managing MEP-heavy R&D, hardware laboratory, data center, mission-critical projects, and complex technical buildouts are strongly encouraged to apply.