Special Projects Deployment Manager

The Role: Special Projects Deployment Manager

The Special Projects Deployment Manager leads commissioning, operational readiness, turnover, and deployment activities for projects assigned to the Special Projects team. This role owns the transition from construction completion through testing, acceptance, operational handoff, and integration into the active data center environment.

You will coordinate Construction, Engineering, Operations, commissioning agents, vendors, and other project partners to ensure systems are tested, documented, and ready for long-term operation. You will also manage deployment risks, infrastructure cutovers, readiness requirements, and project closeout while minimizing impact to active operations.

This position serves as the primary connection between project delivery and operational ownership and reports to the Special Projects Senior Technical Manager.

What You’ll Do

• Lead multiple commissioning, operational readiness, turnover, and deployment projects at the same time.

• Develop and manage commissioning, readiness, turnover, and deployment plans and schedules.

• Coordinate commissioning activities across electrical, mechanical, controls, network, and critical infrastructure systems.

• Lead project turnover from construction completion through operational acceptance and fleet integration.

• Coordinate Integrated Systems Testing, Functional Performance Testing, Factory Acceptance Testing, Site Acceptance Testing, and other required commissioning activities.

• Ensure commissioning and testing activities follow approved procedures, project requirements, safety standards, and Switch protocols.

• Coordinate work across Construction, Engineering, Operations, commissioning agents, vendors, contractors, and other project stakeholders.

• Develop and maintain commissioning plans, deployment plans, turnover checklists, readiness documentation, and acceptance criteria.

• Lead readiness reviews and operational acceptance meetings throughout the project lifecycle.

• Verify systems meet design intent, operational requirements, and acceptance criteria before turnover.

• Coordinate deployment of completed projects into active operational environments while minimizing disruption.

• Ensure operating procedures, maintenance requirements, asset information, testing records, and other required documentation are complete before handoff.

• Review commissioning reports, test results, deficiency logs, and corrective action plans for completeness and accuracy.

• Track deficiencies, punch list items, and unresolved issues through final resolution.

• Coordinate equipment startup, vendor support, warranty activation, and operational handoff activities.

• Partner with Operations to confirm training, staffing, documentation, and support requirements are in place before deployment.

• Coordinate infrastructure migrations, facility upgrades, capacity deployments, and new service introductions into active environments.

• Lead operational risk assessments for deployments, migrations, commissioning activities, and infrastructure cutovers.

• Identify deployment risks early and implement mitigation plans that protect reliability, schedule, and operations.

• Coordinate outage planning, maintenance windows, and implementation activities with internal teams and external partners.

• Support emergency deployments, critical infrastructure cutovers, and after-hours implementation activities when required.

• Maintain accurate records of commissioning results, deployment milestones, turnover status, deficiencies, and operational acceptance.

• Lead lessons learned and closeout reviews and apply findings to future projects.

• Develop and improve deployment standards, procedures, and readiness practices for consistent use across projects.

• Communicate project status, risks, milestones, decisions, and operational readiness to leadership and project stakeholders.

What We’re Looking For

• You take ownership of projects from commissioning through operational acceptance.

• You communicate clearly across Construction, Engineering, Operations, vendors, and leadership.

• You identify deployment and operational risks early and develop practical mitigation plans.

• You make sound decisions when work affects critical infrastructure or active operations.

• You keep complex testing, turnover, and deployment activities organized and moving forward.

• You maintain high standards for testing, documentation, readiness, and operational handoff.

• You coordinate teams effectively without relying on formal authority.

• You remain calm and focused during cutovers, commissioning events, and other high-impact activities.

• You balance schedule requirements with safety, reliability, quality, and long-term maintainability.

• You follow issues through final resolution and use lessons learned to improve future deployments.

What You’ll Bring

Required Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.

• 5+ years of experience in commissioning, data center operations, construction project delivery, infrastructure deployment, or a related field.

• Experience coordinating commissioning, operational readiness, turnover, or deployment activities in mission-critical environments.

• Working knowledge of data center infrastructure, including electrical distribution, UPS systems, generators, switchgear, cooling systems, controls, and network infrastructure.

• Understanding of the project lifecycle from design and construction through commissioning, turnover, and operational acceptance.

• Experience coordinating systems testing, startup, performance verification, or integrated systems testing.

• Experience developing or managing commissioning plans, turnover documentation, readiness checklists, or deployment schedules.

• Experience coordinating third-party commissioning agents, vendors, consultants, contractors, and internal technical teams.

• Ability to identify deployment risks and manage corrective actions through resolution.

• Strong project management, organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

• Clear written and verbal communication skills.

• Experience with project schedules, issue tracking, document management, or commissioning platforms.

• Ability to support nights, weekends, holidays, maintenance windows, and extended shifts when required by commissioning or deployment activities.

• Ability to work in active construction and operational environments and wear required Personal Protective Equipment.

• Ability to occasionally lift or carry up to 30 pounds and navigate active construction areas, with or without reasonable accommodation.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field.

• Experience supporting data center operations or other mission-critical infrastructure.

• Experience with Integrated Systems Testing, Functional Performance Testing, Factory Acceptance Testing, and Site Acceptance Testing.

• Experience with operational readiness, infrastructure migrations, or critical cutovers.

• Experience with AutoCAD, Revit, Bluebeam, BIM platforms, Microsoft Project, Primavera P6, Procore, or similar tools.

• Experience supporting equipment startup, warranty activation, and transition to long-term operations.

We recognize that qualified candidates may not meet every preferred qualification. If your experience aligns with the core responsibilities of the role, we encourage you to apply.