Senior Project Manager

About Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers powers, cools, protects and connects the technology of the world’s well-known hyperscalers, cloud providers and large enterprises. Developing and operating across North America, EMEA and Asia Pacific, Vantage has evolved data center design in innovative ways to deliver dramatic gains in reliability, efficiency and sustainability in flexible environments that can scale as quickly as the market demands.

Position Overview

Vantage is looking for a driven Senior Project Manager to play a key leadership role within the Construction team, leading the delivery of large-scale data center construction projects from conception through commissioning. This role will be based in Hong Kong and will primarily support the successful close-out and delivery of the TPE11 project, alongside broader APAC regional initiatives as required.
 

This position is responsible for managing complex and highly technical construction projects, overseeing both internal and external stakeholders to ensure alignment across Sales, Operations, Development, Engineering, Procurement, Commercial, and Critical Operations teams. The role will be responsible for construction projects that involve customer integration and requires excellent communication, stakeholder management, and organizational skills to navigate changing requirements while balancing commercial, operational, and schedule impacts.
 

Collaboration and integration across the construction lifecycle are integral to the role. Coordination and translation of requirements from Vantage’s internal subject matter experts, external consultants, contractors, suppliers, and global customers ensures long-term operational sustainability is preserved while driving optimized construction delivery. The Senior Project Manager will oversee end-to-end delivery of construction and capital expenditure works, including project planning, contractor management, procurement coordination, commercial oversight, project controls, customer-facing communication, issue resolution, and executive reporting.
 

This is a high-visibility role that provides the opportunity to shape Vantage’s project delivery standards and operational excellence across the APAC region.

Essential Job Functions

• Project Delivery: Lead the successful delivery and close-out of the TPE11 data center project, ensuring all construction, commissioning, handover, and operational readiness milestones are achieved. Oversee large-scale, complex data center construction projects from conception through commissioning, including utility interfacing, budgets, schedules, procurement strategies, ECI coordination, and construction execution.
• Stakeholder Management and Customer Integration: Manage stakeholder expectations and customer integration requirements across internal leadership teams, external consultants, contractors, suppliers, and global customers. Support customer-facing activities, including project updates, stakeholder engagement, issue resolution, change control communication, and executive reporting to ensure end-user satisfaction.
• Project Controls and Administration: Manage consulting deliverables and ensure alignment with project objectives, milestones, and governance requirements. Supervise in-house Quantity Surveyors (QS) and oversee commercial administration activities including contracts, progress claims, variation management, certificates, and related documentation. Monitor and report on project budgets, timelines, risks, forecasting, and critical milestones to ensure successful delivery outcomes.
• Contractor and Vendor Management: Manage contractors, consultants, suppliers, and vendors to ensure performance, compliance, and alignment with project objectives. Oversee logistics, procurement coordination, and site delivery activities to support project schedules and operational readiness, while driving accountability across external delivery partners.
• Safety and Compliance: Act as a visible safety leader, fostering a culture of safety, security, and environmental responsibility across in-house teams, contractors, and delivery partners. Ensure compliance with all local authority requirements, health and safety regulations, environmental standards, and Vantage policies throughout project execution.
• Cross-Functional Coordination: Lead coordination and integration across internal teams including New Site Development (NSD), Design & Engineering (D&E), Construction, Procurement, Commercial, and Critical Operations. Collaborate closely with regional and global stakeholders to ensure consistent delivery standards, operational readiness, and delivery excellence in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment with exposure to global customers and technically complex infrastructure challenges.

Duties

• Implement and standardize, as far as practically possible, Vantage’s highest standards of cost, quality, safety, and programme control throughout design, build, commissioning, handover, and transition phases.
• Lead onsite safety management procedures and ensure compliance with mandatory, industry, local authority, environmental, and Vantage standards.
• Support contract negotiations, procurement strategies, and commercial reviews to ensure quality, cost, schedule, and delivery objectives are achieved.
• Identify, track, and pursue opportunities to innovate design, de-risk programme delivery, manage budget exposure, improve project quality, and maintain operational sustainability.
• Lead and coordinate internal teams, external consultants, contractors, vendors, and delivery partners through the design, construction, commissioning, and handover of data centers.
• Work with internal legal counsel and procurement to prepare, review, and support revisions, changes, and additions to contractual agreements with architects, consultants, clients, suppliers, and subcontractors.
• Conduct regular project review meetings with consultants, contractors, customers, and internal stakeholders, both on and off site, and communicate project status, risks, issues, cost, and schedule impacts clearly.
• Prepare weekly, monthly, and executive-level reports that provide accurate information on project progress, risk, cost, schedule, cash flow, change control, and delivery outcomes.
• Ensure all project plans and information are properly communicated and understood by relevant Vantage teams, including costs, design schedules, procurement status, construction issues, technical data, contractor invoices and payments, funding requirements, and change order notifications.
• Manage stakeholder expectations and customer integration requirements, ensuring effective change control, timely issue resolution, and clear alignment between customer needs, project delivery constraints, and operational readiness.
• Ensure timely resolution of issues and deficiencies and develop contingency plans to recover project cost and schedule slippage when appropriate.
• Ensure proper and complete handover of completed works to Vantage operations teams and relevant customer stakeholders.
• Maintain regular liaison with MEP consultants, Engineering teams, power authorities, and relevant technical stakeholders to support correct design and implementation of utility and power requirements.
• Participate in a culture of teamwork, continuous improvement, accountability, and delivery excellence.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in Construction Management, Architecture, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 to 10 years of experience in a senior project management or construction management role, with substantial experience delivering large-scale and technically complex projects.
• Data center industry experience is preferred.
• Candidates from Tier 1 or Tier 2 general contractors with proven experience managing projects valued at USD $500M+ are highly regarded.
• Candidates with large-scale consultancy experience, including mechanical, electrical, civil, or structural disciplines, and experience across complex infrastructure sectors such as hospitals, government, industrial, or mission-critical facilities are encouraged to apply.
• Strong experience in CSA (Civil, Structural, Architectural) and/or MEP (Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing) construction management.
• Proven experience managing stakeholders, contractors, consultants, vendors, and customer relationships in high-pressure delivery environments.
• Excellent communication skills are essential, with the ability to clearly manage expectations, translate technical and commercial requirements, and engage confidently with internal stakeholders and hyperscaler customers.
• Experience in a customer-facing project delivery role is highly preferred, particularly where the role has required direct engagement with hyperscaler customers, end users, or other external client stakeholders.
• Strong commercial acumen with experience managing budgets, forecasting, contracts, procurement, change control, and project risk.
• Ability to perform effectively in a fast-paced environment with regional and global stakeholder exposure.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and project management tools such as MS Project and Primavera P6.
• Experience preparing and delivering executive-level presentations and reporting.
• PMP certification or equivalent project management qualification is preferred.
  
   

We operate with No Ego and No Arrogance. We work to build each other up and support one another, appreciating each other’s strengths and respecting each other’s weaknesses. We find joy in our work and each other, actively seeking opportunities to inject fun into what we do. Our hard and efficient work is rewarded with an above market total compensation package. We offer a comprehensive suite of health and welfare, retirement, and paid leave benefits exceeding local expectations.

Throughout the year, the advantage of being part of the Vantage team is evident with an array of benefits, recognition, training and development, and the knowledge that your contribution adds value to the company and our community.

Don't meet all the requirements? Please still apply if you think you are the right person for the position. We are always keen to speak to people who connect with our mission and values.

Vantage Data Centers is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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