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Senior Program Manager, Data Center Delivery & Site Readiness

Cloudflare· Infrastructure
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Austin, TX, San Francisco, CA, New York, NYfull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Senior Program Manager responsible for data center delivery and site readiness, from vendor selection and contracts through construction, commissioning, and handover to operations in a hybrid work environment.

Responsibilities

  • Represent Cloudflare across new builds and expansions, managing data center providers, general contractors, design consultants, commissioning agents, and compute integration partners.
  • Coordinate mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) installation, white space fit-out, rack-level power, structured cabling, equipment staging and validation, and commissioning through operational acceptance.
  • Maintain a delivery schedule that connects construction milestones, equipment arrivals, service activation, and deployment dependencies. Resolve field issues and drive recovery plans when commitments slip.
  • Assess vendor and partner readiness before deployment, and coordinate handover with operations so acceptance criteria, documentation, and support responsibilities are clear.
  • Own sourcing for the services each site needs to open and operate, including temporary power and water, security, waste management, and facilities support.
  • Translate construction and operational requirements into scopes of work, supplier selections, and service start dates. Identify gaps early enough to prevent delays to site work.
  • Negotiate regional and multi-site agreements, rate cards, service-level commitments, and change orders that new sites can use without restarting procurement.
  • Hold suppliers accountable for delivery, service quality, and commercial commitments, coordinating utility and service-provider dependencies with construction and operations.
  • Track budgets, forecasts, scope changes, and risks across concurrent projects. Give leadership concise updates on progress, tradeoffs, and decisions needed.
  • Build repeatable site-readiness and delivery playbooks, including sourcing checklists, vendor qualification, milestone tracking, and handover requirements. Apply lessons from each build to the next.
  • Ensure deployment activities meet applicable codes, safety standards, and security requirements in partnership with the responsible technical teams.

Qualifications

  • 7+ years in technical program management, construction management, or infrastructure delivery, including at least 5 years working on data center or high-density infrastructure projects.
  • Direct experience managing data center providers or general contractors on behalf of an owner, including contract administration, schedule oversight, and scope changes.
  • Hands-on sourcing experience for site services or indirect categories in multi-site industrial environments, including standing up services for a new site.
  • Experience negotiating supplier agreements and rate cards across locations, with a practical understanding of how procurement lead times affect construction and operations.
  • Working knowledge of data center MEP systems, white space delivery, structured cabling, rack-level power distribution, and compute staging and integration.
  • Experience managing substantial infrastructure budgets and competing dependencies across multiple projects.
  • Clear written and verbal communication, including the ability to explain technical delivery issues and commercial tradeoffs to senior leadership.
  • A bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, architecture, business, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Skills

Required:Technical program managementContract negotiationSourcing and vendor management
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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