VP/SVP, Project Manager(Data Centre), Technology Group (2-Year Contract)
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 15, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 15, 2026.
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Technology Group
We experiment, design, and lead a 24×7 global business where we support core capabilities in asset management, trading, investment operations, and risk management. We deliver secure, reliable, and integrated solutions, and provide insights on new, and emerging technologies.
What will you do as a Data Centre Project Manager?
We are seeking a seasoned Project Manager to lead and execute enterprise-wide infrastructure initiatives, with a primary mandate to deliver a new Data Centre (DC) Build-Out in Singapore. The incumbent will own the full lifecycle of the programme, from initiation and design through construction, migration, and steady-state handover.
The successful candidate will bring a proven track record of directing large-scale, multi-year technology programmes, including greenfield and colocation data centre delivery and vendor and partner management. This role is accountable not only for hands-on programme execution but also for setting delivery governance, managing multi-million-dollar budgets, and serving as an interface to executive leadership and steering committees on programme status and risk.
This role demands deep command of data centre infrastructure (power, cooling, space, network, and physical security), systems and networking technologies, migration strategy, capital project delivery, and enterprise risk management, combined with the executive presence to influence senior stakeholders and align technical delivery with the organisation's strategic and commercial objectives.
Key Responsibilities
1. Programme Leadership and Strategy
Responsible for delivery of the enterprise Data Centre Build-Out programme and related infrastructure initiatives, ensuring alignment with the organisation's technology strategy, growth plans, and risk appetite.
Lead the development of Data Centre programme management framework, operating model, and governance structures (steering committees, working groups, RACI, and stage-gate controls) across concurrent workstreams and vendors. Ensure alignment to TG project governance and new ways of working.
Establish and manage the programme's integrated master schedule, interdependencies, critical path, and resourcing across construction, IT infrastructure, applications, security, and operations teams.
Serve as the senior escalation point for programme outcomes, driving decisions across competing priorities, constraints, and stakeholder interests.
Build, lead, and mentor a matrixed delivery organisation of programme managers, project managers, and technical leads.
2. Data Centre Build-Out and Delivery
Develop and implement comprehensive build-out and migration strategies, ensuring alignment with organisational goals, timelines, resiliency targets (for example Tier III/IV, N+1 / 2N redundancy), and risk tolerance.
Oversee capacity planning and design across power (kW per rack density), cooling, white space, structured cabling, and network topology to meet current and projected demand.
Govern the planning, scheduling, and execution of migration activities, including asset relocation, network cutovers, migration waves, and infrastructure validation against defined entry/exit criteria.
Conduct detailed assessments of current-state environments and target-state requirements; lead work breakdowns, dependency mapping, and resource allocation for smooth execution.
Ensure adherence to sustainability and efficiency objectives (for example PUE targets, energy efficiency, and applicable green data centre standards).
Coordinate physical security, resiliency, business continuity, and disaster recovery design into the build-out.
Manage cross-team dependencies across facilities, network, compute/storage, security, vendor, and operations teams, resolving conflicts and sequencing hand-offs to protect the critical path.
Deliver a modular data centre approach that allows racks and capacity to expand and contract with demand, and that accommodates future-state options spanning on-premises footprint and cloud-adjacent models such as AWS Outposts.
3. Vendor Management for Project Execution and Delivery
Drive vendor execution through a structured delivery cadence: kickoffs, stage-gate reviews, milestone acceptance, progress reporting, and issue/risk escalation, holding vendors accountable for on-time, on-budget, and to-specification delivery.
Define and enforce delivery acceptance criteria, quality standards, and definition-of-done for vendor work packages; review and sign off deliverables, and commissioning/handover documentation before acceptance.
Monitor vendor performance against SLAs and KPIs during execution, conduct performance reviews, and manage remediation or escalation for underperformance.
Track vendor procurement, installation, and commissioning against the approved plan and budget, escalating variances early.
Coordinate vendor onboarding, offboarding, and knowledge transfer, ensuring operational readiness and a clean transition of vendor-delivered infrastructure into steady-state operations and support.
Drive operational acceptance and readiness reviews, and manage the transition of the completed facility and infrastructure into BAU support.
4. Risk, Governance and Stakeholder Management
Responsible for the programme-level risk framework: identify, assess, and mitigate risks to minimise downtime and business disruption during build-out and migration.
Coordinate governance approvals, risk assessments, rollback strategies, and regulatory engagement as required.
Maintain a structured communication cadence with senior stakeholders, including executive reporting, steering committee updates, and cross-functional coordination.
Own the integrated build schedule, milestones, and RAID (risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies) log, and provide regular status reporting into programme governance forums.
Foster collaboration across technical and business teams, ensuring alignment between delivery and strategic objectives, and manage stakeholder expectations at the executive level.
5. Financial and Commercial Management
Responsible for the programme budget (capital and operating), including business case development, funding approvals, and financial governance across a multi-million-dollar portfolio.
Drive budgeting, forecasting, and cost optimisation across the build-out, migration, and contract lifecycle; ensure transparency in financial reporting and adherence to approved budgets.
6. Monitoring, Reporting and Continuous Improvement
Establish centralised programme reporting through dashboards and KPIs to track delivery progress, vendor performance, financials, and contractual compliance.
Provide regular, executive-grade updates to leadership on milestones, financials, and risk status.
Capture lessons learned and embed continuous improvement into future data centre and infrastructure initiatives; strengthen delivery capability and standards over time.
What qualifications or skills should you possess in this role?
We recommend a minimum of 15 years of relevant experience, including at least 8 to 10 years leading large-scale technology or capital infrastructure programmes, and demonstrable ownership of at least one full data centre build-out or major migration programme from initiation to handover. Prior experience leading and developing programme/project management teams at scale is expected.
Education and Certifications
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; a Master's degree or MBA is advantageous.
- PMP, PgMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent programme/project management certification strongly preferred.
- Relevant credentials in data centre design/operations (for example Uptime Institute ATD/ATS, CDCP/CDCE) and/or Agile/SAFe are a plus.
Experience
- Minimum of 15 years of programme/project management experience in data centre delivery, migration, infrastructure transformation, or colocation management.
- Proven track record directing multi-year, multi-vendor programmes with full accountability for budget, schedule, scope, and risk.
- Strong background in IT infrastructure (servers, storage, networking, and cloud/hybrid integration) and in data centre facilities (power, cooling, physical security).
- Direct experience governing MSP or vendor-delivered project management at scale, including blended team leadership across permanent staff and vendor resources.
- Experience presenting to and influencing executive leadership and steering committees.
Technical Skills
- Proficiency with programme/project management tools (for example MS Project, JIRA, ServiceNow) and portfolio reporting.
- Working knowledge of data centre operations, network architecture, MEP systems, and power/cooling design.
- Familiarity with regulatory and compliance frameworks (for example ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, and applicable local data/privacy regulations).
Leadership and Soft Skills
- Executive presence with excellent communication, negotiation, and senior stakeholder management skills.
- Strong strategic thinking, analytical, and problem-solving abilities with a proactive approach to risk management.
- Proven ability to build, lead, and mentor high-performing cross-functional teams and manage multiple priorities under tight deadlines.
Work at the Point of Impact
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Flexibility at GIC
At GIC, our offices are vibrant hubs for ideation, professional growth, and interpersonal connection. At the same time, we believe that flexibility allows us to do our best work and be our best selves. Thus, our teams come into the office four days per week to harness the benefits of in-person collaboration, but have the flexibility to choose which days they work from home and adjust this arrangement as situational needs arise.
GIC is an equal opportunity employer
GIC is an equal opportunity employer, and we value diversity. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.
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