Senior Project Manager, Data Center Development

About the job

Careers at Keel

Keel Infrastructure is a publicly traded energy and digital infrastructure company that develops and owns data centers and power assets across North America.

At Keel, you’re not just joining a company, you’re helping build the infrastructure behind the future of compute.

Why Keel

We’re at the intersection of energy and technology, two industries transforming in real time.

The work is complex. The pace is fast. The impact is real.

You’ll be part of a team that values:

• Ownership — we take responsibility and follow through

• Collaboration — we work across teams, functions, and borders

• Curiosity — we ask questions and keep learning

• Endurance — we build for the long term

What It Feels Like to Work Here

• Fast-moving, high-growth, and hands-on

• Smart, driven people solving real challenges together

• Work that directly supports AI and next-generation infrastructure

• Room to grow, stretch, and take on more

What We Offer

• Competitive salary, bonus and equity opportunities

• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits

• Retirement savings with company contribution

• Employee referral program

We are currently looking for a Senior Project Manager, Data Center Development to join our team

Job Description

Role Summary

The Senior Project Manager, Data Center Development is the accountable day-to-day leader responsible for end-to-end delivery of Keel’s data center campus in Lehigh Valley, PA. Reporting to the SVP, Construction, this role owns project execution from pre-construction through commissioning — driving schedule, budget, quality, and safety outcomes through a combination of direct oversight and close collaboration with an existing owner’s representative team, as well as the management of external consultants, contractors, and vendors.

This is a hands-on position suited to a construction professional with a proven track record delivering complex, large-scale infrastructure on time and on budget. The ideal candidate combines strong cost management discipline with the technical judgment to both produce and critically review project deliverables — budgets, schedules, risk registers, and contractor work products — whether generated internally or by an owner’s rep partner. The role requires someone equally comfortable building a schedule from scratch and pressure-testing one built by others.

This role is on-site at the Lehigh Valley project site a minimum of four (4) days per week.

Key Responsibilities

Project Delivery & Execution

• Single point of accountability for the data center campus, from design development through construction, commissioning, and turnover

• Manage and coordinate A&E firms, General Contractors, commissioning agents, and other third-party consultants and vendors

Cost & Budget Management

• Own the project budget end-to-end, including cost tracking, forecasting, variance analysis, and change order control

• Review and validate contractor pay applications, cost reports, and financial deliverables

Safety & Quality

• Establish and enforce project safety standards across all contractor and vendor teams on site

• Ensure all work meets or exceeds applicable building codes and industry best practices for critical infrastructure

Stakeholder & Regulatory Coordination

• Primary project-level interface between the development and internal cross-functional teams, with regular status reporting to the SVP, Construction

• Coordinate permitting strategies and maintain relationships with municipal authorities, utility partners, and regulatory agencies

Qualifications

Required

• Minimum 8 years of infrastructure project management experience, including at least 4 years in data center development or large-scale utility interconnection projects

• Demonstrated success delivering complex construction projects ($50M+) involving multiple contractors, with strong cost tracking and change order management experience

• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, or a related field

• Working knowledge of data center design/construction, power distribution systems, and construction contract structures (GMP, lump sum, design-build, CM at-risk)

Preferred

• Experience with data center, mission-critical facility, or heavy industrial/power infrastructure construction

• HPC or hyperscale data center pre-construction planning and post-contract delivery experience

• Professional certification such as PMP or P.Eng.; MBA or equivalent advanced credential a plus

Other

• This role is onsite at our project site in Lehigh Valley, PA, in person 5 days per week.

• Compensation includes a base salary, year-end bonus target, and yearly equity grant.