National Data Center Project Management Lead
 JLL | |
 United States, New York, New York | |
| 148 West 37th Street (Show on map) | |
 Sep 24, 2024 | |
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Job Summary
In this role, the individual will be responsible for the creation, adoption, and execution of Data Center Project Management's Americas business program and strategy for both Markets and Work Dynamics. A significant part of this role will be to provide subject matter expertise to develop and lead a strong Americas Data Center Practice, leveraging the overall strengths of JLL's Global Project Development Services (PDS) group to solve for the complex challenges in delivering colocation and hyperscale data center facilities. Job Responsibilities Demonstrates highly visible commitment to creating a "one-firm firm" by utilizing cross-discipline teams to meet client needs. Ensures leadership is fully and accurately informed of all project, internal and client issues affecting the perception of the local, national, and global reputation of the firm. Lead relationship manager for multiple strategic alliance clients. Provides account specific leadership and direction across client teams and geographies. In partnership with HR, directly and/or indirectly responsible for attracting, retaining, developing, succession planning and managing a team who are involved with a specific set of clients, functions, business unit or projects. Manages by influence multiple Data Center leads who have relationship management responsibility for one or more clients or consultants. Ensures training and development of JLL team members in the skills and understanding of firm procedures, methodology and practices expected for a successful project implementation. Develops and/or oversees and approves marketing strategy (including pricing) for Data Center opportunities. Has indirect P&L responsibility over Data Center and meets/exceeds proforma targets annually. Assesses profitability and/or cost effectiveness of Data Center Practice. Provides strategic direction and Data Center quality initiatives. Cultivates and maintains a positive working relationship with all client representatives and service providers. Recommends, establishes, or refines best practices of standards of excellence. Responsible for meeting target margins on a Regional and National level as determined annually in agreement with PDS National Industries Lead. Oversees the management of vendor and project team performance to ensure compliance with contractual requirements, all regulating entities and client expectations. Foster a collaborative and high performance project team environment. Any and all other assigned tasks as necessary. Job Requirements Bachelor's degree - design, engineering or construction management preferred 10-15 years as Vice President, SVP or similar role 10+ years of experience managing an Data Center or related business, including proven capabilities in sales and operational leadership. Mastery of all aspects of Data Center construction project management Strong understanding of resourcing requirements for a variety of project management assignments from one off projects to global portfolios. Demonstrated ability to partner within a matrix organization, collaboratively partnering with project managers, procurement teams, occupancy planning, workplace strategy and external stakeholders to successfully deliver our client's objectives. Experience with program development, budgeting, planning & design, milestone scheduling, services contracting of multidisciplinary project teams, conflict resolution, and implementation. Highly organized with strong analytical skills. Stellar interpersonal skills with an ability to interact with executive level external and internal clients as well as external team members. Extensive, proven positive experience effectively supervising, training, mentoring, and evaluating team members at various levels. Ability to lead individuals across a national platform to deliver superior results in client service. Extensive experience presenting in pitches, RFP's, etc. with proven winning track record. Face to face and/or remote daily interpersonal interaction with executive level talent and clients are required to perform the job. Travel as needed | |