Data Centre Project Manager
Trident Consulting is seeking a " Data Centre Project Manager” for one of our clients, A global leader in cybersecurity platform. Project Manager -Deployments Location: Remote Schedule: 8:00am -5:00pm EST Type: Contract Pay : $38/hr on W2 Duties and Responsibilities: - Project Lifecycle Management: Drive all phases of critical infrastructure hardware deployment projects—including initiation, design, procurement, execution, testing, and commissioning—to ensure flawless, on-time delivery. - Resource Allocation: manage resource availability to minimize costs and scope creep. - Stakeholder Management: Coordinate internal cross-functional teams (e.g., IT, facilities, network operations) to align deliverables with strategic business goals. - Compliance & Risk Management: Evaluate and mitigate project risks. Ensure adherence to policies and procedures. Prepare and host a daily standup report and call. - Manage deployments and demonstrate understanding of the design, build & delivery of data center critical infrastructure & network capacity. - Provide final review of project plans before implementation. - Review all documentation to ensure consistency and accuracy. - Work effectively and professionally with multiple engineering teams across internal organizations and worldwide. - Perform a hardware availability analysis on data center deployments prior to initialization. - Conduct periodic project meetings with core teams to manage progress, provide feedback and assist in addressing concerns, removing roadblocks and mitigating issues through communication and information sharing. - Periodically provide reports on projects based on documented schedules. - Be proficient in Technical writing to support the documentation of all our existing as well as developing processes - Develop or improve processes and documentation to support the lifecycle of projects. - Make recommendations for improvements and upgrades and assist in the development and documentation of technical standards. - Manage, schedule, perform and coordinate physical audits of assets to ensure compliance and accuracy. - Develop, manage, review and research complex multi-faceted hardware deployment projects as well as larger scale construction project plans, and operational challenges that require in-depth evaluation of multiple factors including intangibles or unprecedented challenges. Required Skills: - 1-2+ years of project management or program management experience working in a professional data center focused technical environment. - Experience with technical products as they relate to data centers. - Fluency in English with excellent written and verbal communication skills. - Strong cross-group collaboration and interpersonal communication skills working with a variety of roles including, but not limited to: engineering, product management, and finance. - Must exhibit meticulous attention to detail, and have the ability to make good, timely decisions. - Demonstrate self-learning capabilities, taking initiative in a fast pace/quickly changing environment. - Ability to work with teams in multiple time zones as well as independently. - Manage completion of assigned complex and/or long-term projects within budget and schedule guidelines. - Capable of working on multiple complex projects at a time and prioritizing appropriately. - Demonstrated outstanding team building skills with the ability to improve interaction and efficiency as well as the ability to break down barriers / silos. - Must be willing to work hours that take advantage of US time zones as much as possible Preferred Skills: - Advanced problem-solving skills. - Ability to work with limited supervision. - Customer focused attitude. - Exposure to/experience with data center hardware deployments as well as cybersecurity and intelligence. - Experience in working in or with teams supporting a data center environment - Experience with Jira, Microsoft and Google office tools. - Automation development experience a plus