Director, scheduling

Description

Job Type: Full-Time | Location: Texas | Department: Data Center Delivery | Reporting to: SVP, Data Center Delivery | Work Location Type: #hybrid

IREN is a vertically integrated AI Cloud provider, delivering large-scale data centers and GPU clusters for AI training and inference. IREN’s platform is underpinned by its expansive portfolio of grid-connected land and power in renewable-rich regions across North America, Europe and APAC.

The Director, Data Center Scheduling is a strategic leadership role responsible for orchestrating the end-to-end delivery of IREN’s data center infrastructure across West Texas and Oklahoma. This leader owns the integrated master schedule (IMS) across all active and pipeline projects – from Childress and the Sweetwater hub through to our Woods County, Oklahoma development – ensuring seamless cross-functional alignment and proactive risk mitigation.

With 100% renewable energy, we build, own and operate our data centers and take pride in being at the forefront of sustainable solutions for the ever-evolving applications of high-performance compute. We believe that human progress is invaluable, but it should be done in the right way – responsibly, sustainably and having a positive impact on the communities we operate in.

Requirements

• Post secondary education in a relevant field such as Engineering, Construction Management, Supply Chain, Operations Research or a related discipline; a Master’s degree and/or PMP, PMI-SP, AACE PSP or CCP certification is preferred
• 10+ years of progressive experience in program/project management, with a heavy emphasis on complex mission-critical facilities, hyperscale data centers, or large-scale construction, energy or industrial engineering programs
• Demonstrated ownership of an integrated master schedule across multiple concurrent projects with a combined capital value of $100M+, ideally at gigawatt-scale campuses
• Mastery of advanced scheduling tools – Primavera P6 and/or MS Project – including WBS design, resource and cost loading, critical path and float management, and schedule risk analysis (including Monte Carlo)
• Working knowledge of data center delivery sequencing, including utility interconnection and energization, MEP long-lead procurement, commissioning levels (L1–L5) and integrated systems testing, and how each drives capacity availability dates
• Proven ability to build and interpret complex data analytics dashboards, capacity heat maps and scenario-planning models (Power BI, Tableau, Smartsheet or similar; SQL or Python an advantage)
• Experience with enterprise capacity planning frameworks and demand versus supply forecasting
• Demonstrated success leading high-performing, cross-functional teams in a fast-paced, high-stakes technical environment, including influencing senior stakeholders without direct authority
• Highly proficient in MS Office specifically; Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, SharePoint, and Outlook
• Strong written and oral communication skills and the ability to interact effectively with executive leadership, service providers and potentially members of the community
• Thorough research and problem-solving skills, with the confidence to operate where information is incomplete
• Superior time management and multitasking skills with a strong sense of urgency
• Passionate and confident individual with demonstrated organization, prioritization and critical thinking skills
• Experience with problem solving in complex projects that have a company-wide impact
• Willingness to be based within commutable distance of our West Texas operations and to travel regularly between the Texas and Oklahoma sites