Position Overview

Vantage is looking for a driven Project Manager to support the delivery of data center construction projects as part of the Construction team. This role will be based in Hong Kong and will support projects across APAC, with travel required. The role will focus on fit-out works, building modifications, customer integration, and supporting greenfield or brownfield construction activities as customers are brought into the facility.

This position is responsible for managing construction delivery activities that involve customer-facing coordination, fit-out delivery, building modifications, and integration works within live or developing data center environments. The role requires excellent communication, stakeholder management, and organizational skills to navigate changing requirements while balancing commercial, operational, technical, and schedule impacts.

Collaboration and integration across the construction lifecycle are integral to the role. Coordination and translation of requirements from Vantage’s internal subject matter experts, external consultants, contractors, suppliers, and global customers ensures long-term operational sustainability is preserved while supporting optimized construction delivery. The Project Manager will manage assigned workstreams across project planning, contractor coordination, procurement support, commercial tracking, project controls, customer-facing communication, issue resolution, and regular reporting.

This role provides the opportunity to contribute to Vantage’s project delivery standards and operational excellence while working closely with internal teams, contractors, and customers in a fast-paced data center environment across APAC.

Essential Job Functions

Project Delivery: Manage assigned construction workstreams across data center projects, with a focus on fit-out works, building modifications, customer integration, and greenfield or brownfield construction activities as customers are brought into the facility. Support delivery from planning through construction, commissioning, handover, and operational readiness while tracking budget, schedule, procurement, and construction execution requirements.
Stakeholder Management and Customer Integration: Manage stakeholder expectations and customer integration requirements across internal teams, external consultants, contractors, suppliers, and global customers. Support customer-facing activities including project updates, stakeholder engagement, issue resolution, change control communication, and reporting to ensure customer requirements are understood and incorporated into delivery plans.
Project Controls and Administration: Coordinate consulting deliverables and support alignment with project objectives, milestones, and governance requirements. Support commercial administration activities including contracts, progress claims, variation management, certificates, and related documentation. Monitor and report on project budgets, timelines, risks, forecasting, and key milestones to support successful delivery outcomes.
Contractor and Vendor Management: Coordinate contractors, consultants, suppliers, and vendors to support performance, compliance, and alignment with project objectives. Oversee logistics, procurement coordination, and site delivery activities to support project schedules and operational readiness, while helping drive accountability across external delivery partners.
Safety and Compliance: Act as a visible safety leader, fostering a culture of safety, security, and environmental responsibility across in-house teams, contractors, and delivery partners. Ensure compliance with all local authority requirements, health and safety regulations, environmental standards, and Vantage policies throughout project execution.
Cross-Functional Coordination: Coordinate across internal teams including New Site Development (NSD), Design & Engineering (D&E), Construction, Procurement, Commercial, and Critical Operations. Collaborate with regional and global stakeholders to support consistent delivery standards, operational readiness, and customer requirements in a fast-paced APAC project environment with exposure to global customers and technically complex infrastructure challenges.

Duties

Implement and standardize, as far as practically possible, Vantage’s highest standards of cost, quality, safety, and programme control throughout design, build, commissioning, handover, and transition phases.
Lead onsite safety management procedures and ensure compliance with mandatory, industry, local authority, environmental, and Vantage standards.
Support contract negotiations, procurement strategies, and commercial reviews to ensure quality, cost, schedule, and delivery objectives are achieved.
Identify, track, and pursue opportunities to innovate design, de-risk programme delivery, manage budget exposure, improve project quality, and maintain operational sustainability.
Coordinate internal teams, external consultants, contractors, vendors, and delivery partners through fit-out, building modification, greenfield construction support, commissioning, and handover activities.
Work with internal legal counsel and procurement to prepare, review, and support revisions, changes, and additions to contractual agreements with architects, consultants, clients, suppliers, and subcontractors.
Conduct regular project review meetings with consultants, contractors, customers, and internal stakeholders, both on and off site and across APAC as required, and communicate project status, risks, issues, cost, schedule, and customer-related impacts clearly.
Prepare weekly, monthly, and executive-level reports that provide accurate information on project progress, risk, cost, schedule, cash flow, change control, and delivery outcomes.
Ensure all project plans and information are properly communicated and understood by relevant Vantage teams, including costs, design schedules, procurement status, construction issues, technical data, contractor invoices and payments, funding requirements, and change order notifications.
Manage stakeholder expectations and customer integration requirements, ensuring effective change control, timely issue resolution, and clear alignment between customer needs, fit-out or modification requirements, project delivery constraints, and operational readiness.
Ensure timely resolution of issues and deficiencies and develop contingency plans to recover project cost and schedule slippage when appropriate.
Ensure proper and complete handover of completed works to Vantage operations teams and relevant customer stakeholders.
Maintain regular liaison with MEP consultants, Engineering teams, power authorities, and relevant technical stakeholders to support correct design and implementation of utility and power requirements.
Participate in a culture of teamwork, continuous improvement, accountability, and delivery excellence.

Job Requirements

Bachelor of Science degree in Construction Management, Architecture, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
5 to 8 years of experience in a project management or construction management role, with experience supporting technically complex construction projects.
Data center industry experience is preferred.
Candidates from Tier 1 or Tier 2 general contractors with proven experience supporting large-scale construction projects are highly regarded.
Candidates with large-scale consultancy experience, including mechanical, electrical, civil, or structural disciplines, and experience across complex infrastructure sectors such as hospitals, government, industrial, or mission-critical facilities are encouraged to apply.
Strong experience in CSA (Civil, Structural, Architectural) and/or MEP (Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing) construction management.
Proven experience coordinating stakeholders, contractors, consultants, vendors, and customer relationships in project delivery environments.
Excellent communication skills are essential, with the ability to clearly manage expectations, translate technical and commercial requirements, and engage confidently with internal stakeholders and hyperscaler customers.
Experience in a customer-facing project delivery role is highly preferred, particularly where the role has required direct engagement with hyperscaler customers, end users, or other external client stakeholders.
Strong commercial acumen with experience managing budgets, forecasting, contracts, procurement, change control, and project risk.
Ability to perform effectively in a fast-paced environment with regional and global stakeholder exposure, including travel across APAC as required.
Proficient in Microsoft Office and project management tools such as MS Project and Primavera P6.
Experience preparing and delivering project updates, presentations, and reporting for internal and external stakeholders.
PMP certification or equivalent project management qualification is preferred.

Vantage Data Centers jobs

Project Manager

Never Miss a New Opportunity