Vice President, Delivery

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 Vice President, Delivery is an essential partner to the Senior VP of Construction, helping translate STACK’s high-intensity growth strategy and commercial pipeline into coordinated, executable data center delivery plans. In addition to overseeing construction project delivery and execution, the role leads strategic and tactical initiatives spanning business operations, investor and Senior Leadership Team engagement, pre-leasing support, pipeline planning, and delivery readiness. Operating across Construction, Development, Preconstruction, Sales, Finance, Operations, and other enterprise functions, the Vice President, Delivery strengthens organizational alignment, ensures emerging opportunities are effectively evaluated, and prepares delivery teams to execute; driving accelerated, more predictable and consistent portfolio outcomes.

The ideal candidate is comfortable operating at both strategic and detailed levels, translating complex data center delivery and construction information into clear recommendations for investors and senior leaders while working directly with teams to identify risks, remove roadblocks, and establish actionable plans. Success requires exceptional and fast-paced communication and problem solving, sound business judgement, strong industry knowledge, organizational discipline, attention to details, and thorough understanding of how STACK operates as an enterprise. The Vice President, Delivery must be a highly effective connector who can influence across organizational boundaries, create clarity in ambiguous situations, and demonstrate the resilience, creativity, persistence, and relentless commitment to follow-through needed to advance STACK’s Data Center Construction portfolio.

Key Responsibilities :

- Coordinate with the SVP of Construction and internal and external recruitment staff to support the rapid growth and expansion of the Construction Team
- Lead and support a culture of safety, quality, collaboration and professionalism
- Regional Construction Project and Portfolio Responsibilities include: Own the Owner Budget(s) Template and secure approvals for regular updates and improvements. Partner with STACK IT & Preconstruction in the effort to shift from Excel-based budget spreadsheets to a more reliable software platform, such as Procore
- Maintain accountability for the Project Owner Budget(s) in the region, ensuring accurate and timely updates through to completion
- Provide high-level direction to the GC, Owner vendors and other trade partners, either directly or through regional project teams
- Lead and support project teams in leading the GC RFP process, including proposals, bidding, leveling sheets, recommendations and presentations to leadership
- Maintain accountability for design, permits and entitlements phase, ensuring the team is empowered to implement an efficient and expedient process
- Review and negotiate Construction Schedules from GCs and Owner-direct vendors, as required, and prepare/present schedule overviews
- Maintain accountability for GC Contract Negotiations and Administration, including coordination with STACK Legal

- Lead high-tempo business operations initiatives that improve delivery governance, organizational scalability, cross-functional coordination, and portfolio performance.
- Provide delivery focused input into commercial strategies, proposals, customer commitments, lease requirements, project assumptions, preliminary schedules, budgets, and execution plans
- Maintain an integrated view of STACK’s development and delivery pipeline, including anticipated project timing, sequencing, interdependencies, resource demands, and execution constraints.
- Develop scenarios and recommendations to support pipeline prioritization, resource allocation, capital planning, procurement strategy, and capacity decisions.
- Lead the consistent delivery-readiness process that evaluates scope, budget, schedule, design, permitting, contracting strategy, resource capacity, and operational requirements as projects advances towards execution
- Anticipate senior leadership and investor questions and ensure that delivery teams are prepared with the appropriate analysis, context, and recommendations
- Collaborate successfully with other STACK teams, including Strategy, Sales Engineering, EH&S, Finance and Operations
- Schedule and lead regular project and portfolio meetings, including preparing agendas and coordinating required materials
- Review and vet data provided by your team for monthly construction reports, quarterly Board Meeting Reports, and other ad hoc meetings, reports and presentations
- Prepare and deliver reports, analysis and presentations for other STACK teams, the Senior Leadership Team, the Board and other parties as required
- Manage client relationships as required, including interface with STACK’s funding partner, Senior Leadership Team, and prospective/active tenants
- Lead, manage, mentor and develop STACK project teams across the region, fostering and championing a collaborative and high-morale culture

The Details

- Location: Northern Virginia
- Onsite/WFH expectations: mix of onsite at job trailer, other STACK facility 2-5 days/week, and home office
- Travel: Domestic travel will be required. Typical trips are 2-3 days, most likely 1-3 times per month on average
- Must be eligible to work in the United States
- Must pass comprehensive background screening

Must-Have Qualifications

- Demonstrated experience leading multiple large-scale, fast-moving data center construction projects or programs across a regional or national portfolio
- Strong leadership skills, high emotional intelligence, and a proven record of leading, mentoring, and developing highly collaborative, high-performing teams
- Proven ability to identify issues early, establish accountability, and drive timely resolution across organizational boundaries
- Client-facing and team leadership experience required
- Mastery of the tools of the trade (AIA Contracts, Construction Schedules, Budgets & Schedules of Values, Payment Applications, Lien Releases, Subcontracts, Purchase Orders, Invoices, Vendor Agreements, Construction Insurance types, etc.)
- Expert-level proficiency with the Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel (also Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, SharePoint, OneNote, Project)
- Knowledge and competency with Bluebeam and BIM platforms is a plus
- Excellent financial acumen (familiarity with NetSuite preferred, but not required)
- Exceptional Data Center technical knowledge, including OFCI/CFCI equipment, procurement strategies and lead times, Owner-direct vendors, lender requirements, etc.
- Rigorous attention to detail, precision and accuracy, particularly in financial matters, budgets, cost projections, etc.
- Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills, externally with Clients and across all levels of the organization including the Executive level
- Ability to prioritize, delegate and stay focused under high levels of pressure, manage multiple competing priorities and adapt to constantly changing requirements; strong organizational skills are a must

- Positive, can-do attitude and team player
- Minimum of a bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year college or university in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, Business Management, or a related field.

Preferred Qualifications

- 15+ years in Construction of Data Centers (including related fields such as Development and Design/Engineering)
- Large-scale Turnkey Data Center experience preferred
- Extensive experience in large scale ground up, core and shell, sitework, utility and fit out construction ($1B+ 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.