Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Cognisant is an established organisation operating within the mission-critical construction and infrastructure sector, seeking an experienced Project Executive to lead major data centre and critical infrastructure programmes across North America. This senior leadership role involves overseeing projects from initial planning through to final handover while ensuring exceptional standards of quality, safety, and commercial performance.
Responsibilities
- Lead the successful delivery of multiple large-scale data centre and critical infrastructure projects from planning through completion
- Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, consultants, contractors, utility providers and key project stakeholders
- Provide strategic leadership throughout all phases of project delivery, ensuring commercial, operational and programme objectives are achieved
- Establish project governance, reporting structures, delivery strategies and communication plans
- Support early-stage planning activities including feasibility studies, due diligence and development planning
- Manage the appointment and coordination of multidisciplinary consultant teams
- Develop project budgets, schedules, execution strategies and risk management plans
- Coordinate external stakeholders including utilities, permitting authorities and regulatory bodies
- Oversee design management, ensuring technical solutions support programme objectives and operational requirements
- Lead contractor procurement, commercial evaluations and contract administration
- Provide executive oversight of construction activities including programme management, cost control, quality assurance and change management
- Proactively identify and manage project risks while driving successful project outcomes
- Support commissioning, operational readiness and project closeout
- Mentor project teams and promote collaboration, accountability and continuous improvement
- Champion the highest standards of safety, governance and project execution
Skills
- Extensive experience leading large, multidisciplinary project teams
- Strong commercial and contractual management capability
- Excellent client-facing and stakeholder management skills
- Experience delivering technically complex construction programmes
- A thorough understanding of project controls, procurement, budgeting, scheduling and risk management
- A degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Project Management or a related discipline
- Knowledge of MEP systems and commissioning within complex facilities is advantageous
- Previous experience within consultancy, programme management, owner's representation, development or client-side environments would be beneficial
- Professional qualifications such as PMP, CCM or equivalent are desirable
Benefits
- Executive Compensation Package + Bonus + Benefits
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