Join the Future of Digital Infrastructure

Are you a passionate Vice President, Pre-Construction looking to make a meaningful impact? We're building the next generation of digital infrastructure powering hyperscalers, AI innovation, and high-performance computing across North America.

Role Summary

The Vice President, Pre-Construction architects and builds the lean function that converts authorized data center projects into executable construction plans and documented ready-to-build (R2B) handoffs. This leader integrates constructability, construction phasing, design and permit readiness, utilities, estimates, schedules, procurement and contractor scope before mobilization. The role directs pre-construction across the portfolio, supports active projects on unresolved pre-construction obligations, and builds repeatable standards, governance and team capability.

How We Work at 5C

Our core values guide how we collaborate, make decisions, support one another, and serve our customers. We're looking for people who embrace them and help us build something great.

What You Will Do

• Pre-Construction Strategy & Functional Leadership: Build the pre-construction operating model, including scope, readiness standards, work-release gates, staffing and escalation paths.
• Project Intake & Scope Definition: Receive approved project requirements and documented site, utility and approval constraints; confirm scope, assumptions and open conditions with the responsible upstream functions.
• Power, Utilities & Connectivity Readiness: Integrate documented power, water, wastewater and fiber requirements into construction sequencing, including phased service dates, interconnection work and off-site infrastructure dependencies.
• Construction Permitting & Release Conditions: Coordinate construction permit packages, submissions, approval conditions and release dates with Engineering and responsible specialists; track prerequisites for authorized work packages.
• Constructability & Technical Coordination: Collaborate in constructability reviews with Engineering, Construction and Technical Program Management.
• Pre-Construction Risk & Readiness Governance: Produce construction-release recommendations stating readiness evidence, alternatives, cost and schedule impacts, residual risks and required approvals.
• Construction Phasing, Logistics & Early Works: Develop construction phasing, early-works, site-logistics and labor strategies with Construction; align executable work packages to documented site constraints and delivery milestones.
• Estimate, Schedule & Procurement Integration: Coordinate scope-complete estimate and milestone inputs with Estimating, Cost Control and Project Controls, including assumptions, allowances, contingency and owner-direct scope.
• Design, Tender & Award Readiness: Align design-release plans, permit packages and tender scope with Engineering, Construction and Procurement; close gaps, exclusions and interface ambiguity.
• Ready-to-Build Handoff & Execution Support: Lead documented handoff of approved scope, budgets, schedules, permits, utility obligations, procurement status and remaining risks to Construction.
• Team Development & Cross-Functional Leadership: Recruit and develop pre-construction leaders; establish clear ownership, specialist coverage, review standards and succession capability.
• Lessons Learned & Continuous Improvement: Compare pre-construction assumptions with actual construction, cost, utility and commissioning outcomes; feed findings into future constructability, packaging and readiness standards.

What You Bring

15+ years of progressive pre-construction, construction management or complex capital-project leadership, including senior functional or portfolio responsibility. Demonstrated leadership of constructability, design and tender readiness, estimate and schedule integration, and construction-readiness reviews for large, multi-phase projects. Experience delivering data center or comparable mission-critical infrastructure; able to challenge technical, cost, schedule, procurement and commissioning assumptions. Track record building teams and practical processes while supporting active projects in a lean, fast-moving environment. Strong executive communication, commercial judgment and cross-functional influence; able to convert incomplete evidence into clear, qualified recommendations.

Why Join 5C Data Centers?

At 5C, we believe great people build great companies. You'll build a rewarding career while helping shape the future of digital infrastructure - one of the fastest-growing industries in the world.

• Career Growth: Build a rewarding career in one of the world's fastest-growing industries.
• Industry Leadership: Help power the infrastructure behind AI and high-performance computing.
• Entrepreneurial Culture: Your ideas matter - we empower employees to help shape our future.
• Comprehensive Rewards: Competitive pay plus meaningful, lasting impact on the work you do.

Life at 5C

We're more than a workplace - we're a team of builders, innovators, and problem-solvers united by a shared purpose: creating infrastructure that powers the technologies transforming our world. Your voice matters here, and we encourage fresh ideas at every level.

Ready to Apply?

If this opportunity sounds like the right fit for you, we'd love to hear your story. Apply today and discover what your future could look like at 5C Data Centers.

5C Data Centers is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive. 5C evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability status, or any other legally protected characteristic.