Project Manager, Development in Canada

Come join our Rocket Ship and be part of Compass Datacenter’s mission to make lives better by providing the world’s technology leaders with a secure place to plug-in wherever they grow. We provide custom, move-in ready data centers from edge deployments to core facilities serving hyperscale, cloud and enterprise customers. At Compass we have our sights set on leaving a legacy imprint on the data center industry. By putting Culture first, we can show this not only produces results, but more importantly, can change lives. If you don’t believe us, just ask a fellow Compasser!

The Project Manager, Development oversees the elements of the expansion projects prior to and including handoff to Design and Construction. This will include site selection, due diligence planning, initial test-fit and preliminary design work, preliminary project schedule creation. risk assessments and sales support. The key focus of this role is to ensure that sales have all the required information to support customer projects, and that Compass can successfully execute on the projects post hand-off. Reporting directly to the President and Chief Development Officer and indirectly to the Development team, s/he works with cross functional teams to maintain and monitor all aspects of the pre-sales elements of the projects. The PM will also be tasked with developing vendor relationships in order to negotiate pricing and deliverable timelines and speak with customers regarding the status of the project, while assisting with the management and the creation of contracts with vendors and individual consultants using standard statements of work and contract conditions.

Main Responsibilities:

• Plan, coordinate and/or supervise activities of all personnel on assigned project(s) and consistently monitor project progress with available tools.

• Coordinate and track all change requests from the team and project members.

• Maintain communication internally on project progress.

• Perform additional assignments per supervisor’s direction.

• Conduct regular meetings with local staff to transfer knowledge and improve the ability of local teams to assist with future projects.

• Manage and report on related budgets.

• Lead or assist with complex bid proposals related to new business development.

• Ensuring projects adhere to frameworks and all documentation is maintained appropriately for each project.

• Assess project risks and issues and provide solutions where applicable.

• Ensure stakeholder views are managed towards the best solution.

• Chair and facilitate meetings where appropriate and distribute minutes to all project team members.

• Create a project management calendar for fulfilling each goal and objective.

• Assisting with Procurement and the associated financial work.

• Also includes working with vendors, managing the relationship with vendors.

• Compiling weekly, monthly tracking and reporting of all statistical data pertinent to the role and the overall departmental objectives.

• Interface and communicate with both external customers/vendors and internal customers in a professional and expedient manner.

Other Responsibilities:

• Support the design and construction teams as required post handoff.

• Preparation, including documentation of departmental process and procedures as required.

• Manage, lead or assist on projects outside of Corporate Development – Site Acquisition, such as projects required by the organization that can sit in any of the Compass Departments (finance, design, delivery, operations, sales, etc.).

KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS  

Management Skills

• IT skills as per Responsibilities and Experience sections.

• PC Skills – advanced knowledge of MS Word, Excel, Power Point and Project, Smartsheets and AutoCad.

• Use of PC/laptop to generate analytical and well documented analytical reports.

Project control and scheduling, agile software, scrum management, meeting facilitation, financial modelling, project risk management, performance tracking, and forecasting.

Communication skills

• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills, with a positive, professional style.

• High degree of discretion and tact in handling confidential matters.

• Ability to work across many cultural norms and expectations

Personal skills

• Ability to propel and maintain cross-functional resources/relationships to deliver and meet customer expectations.

• Ability to conduct and manage multiple projects and priorities.

• Strong team player with the ability to influence/develop/maintain relationships with internal/external contacts.

• Articulate, friendly, and diplomatic with the ability to negotiate.

• Good problem solving and decision-making skills as well as the ability to meet demanding time constraints.

• Articulate and pays rigorous attention to detail and accuracy.

• Self-motivated and independent. Excels with ambiguous situations as a chance to show leadership.

Compass is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law.

At Compass, we make lives better by providing the world’s technology leaders with a secure place to plug wherever they grow. We provide custom, move-in-ready data centers from edge deployments to core facilities serving hyper-scale, cloud, and enterprise customers.

We are a Culture First organization. With a keen focus on our culture, we genuinely provide a place where employees can do their best work and grow personally and professionally. Each day, we are accountable to live out our four Core Convictions: 1) Humility In, Pride Out, 2) Actions and Words are One, 3) Continuous Improvement of People, Processes and Systems (spoiler alert – we order People first for a reason!), and 4) We Ask Why to Understand the Needs versus the Wants.

Compass is committed to an inclusive culture, and we celebrate and value diverse insights and perspectives. To continue to soar on our rocket ship, we need talent from various background, perspectives, and abilities. We ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to successfully participate in the job application, and interview process, and in potential roles to perform crucial job functions.

That is why we are committed to our core convictions and key principles as we continue to provide companies a secure place to plug in.

Learn about us at our website – Compass Datacenters

Benefits:

Medical Dental Vision Voluntary 401K Unlimited PTO