The focus of the Project Controls Lead will include leadership of monthly Global financial close & Meta Capacity Planning cycle, operationalizing the most critical global project controls team initiatives, and providing commercial analytics and insights for Global Cost and Schedule functions to DEC leadership and cross-functional partners. This is a critical lead role reporting directly to the Global Project Controls Manager to support the highest priority strategic and tactical functions of the global team. Excellent leadership, communication, organization, and analytical skills are a must in this highly collaborative, analytical, and strategic role. This position will work closely within the DEC Project Controls team and various internal departments including Site Project Management teams, Pre-Construction, Engineering / Capacity & Deployment Strategy, Contracts, Finance, Accounting, and Sourcing and Operations Engineering.

Project Controls Lead Responsibilities:

• Lead the strategic development and implementation of critical global project controls execution team initiatives, including operationalizing and tracking team-level goals, identifying & implementing efficiency opportunities, and fostering cross-functional partnerships.
• Lead global Project Controls deliverable efforts for Quarter-Close process, Meta Capacity Plan (MCP), Long-Range Planning, and Annual Budget establishment & reporting for the Project Controls team, including calendar/deliverable communication, cross-functional interface (SBI/Tooling, Capacity & Deployment Strategy Planning, Business Controls Operations, etc.), programmatic cash flow trends / analytics, and lead packaging of final deliverables to business partners (SP&A, Finance, Accounting).
• Provide programmatic analytics for Cost, Schedule, Change, and Risk information as well as correlation with other technical pillars, to identify insights for leadership through monthly and quarterly reporting.
• Analyze, organize, and support communication of Project Controls commercial health (financial, change, and risk) with Area Project Controls Managers, Leads, Design Engineering and Construction leadership, and business partners.
• Providing training, mentoring, and support for Project Controls team members on Project Controls processes when needed.
• Approximately 25% travel to other Data Center sites and home office

Minimum Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience in construction, Real Estate Development, or capital project consulting.
• 5+ years in construction project controls or program controls, including forecasting and financial reporting.
• Proven experience with executive level reporting and presentations including mastery in Powerpoint/Google Slides. Experience synthesizing large data sets into simple and impactful insights and information.
• Experience leading highly complex programs and initiatives within a matrixed organization from start to finish.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in business administration, finance, economics, construction, engineering, or similar.
• Management consulting experience for large corporations.
• Program Management experience at a data center developer or large technology company.

About Meta:
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