Program Manager

Overview

As a Program Manager – Data Centre Leasing, you will lead the delivery of leased data centre projects, acting as the key interface between internal engineering teams and external delivery partners. You will ensure alignment between technical requirements and lessor proposals, driving programme governance, resolving risks, and supporting successful delivery from design through to handover. This role sits within a complex, fast-paced environment where technical expertise, stakeholder management, and programme leadership are critical.

This role is offered on an initial 6 month contract, operating on a remote/hybrid basis, with a strong likelihood of extension.

The Opportunity

In this role you will:

• Provide programme leadership and governance across leased data centre projects, ensuring delivery aligns with scope, schedule, and contractual commitments

• Act as the primary point of contact between internal teams and external lessors, managing technical alignment and resolving escalations

• Evaluate lessor design proposals against technical requirements, identifying gaps and driving compliant technical or commercial solutions

• Lead technical due diligence, assessing feasibility, cost, scheduling, risks, and site constraints

• Partner with engineering, operations, integration, security, and energy teams to resolve issues through construction to handover

• Drive partner accountability against contractual milestones and delivery commitments

• Own programme tracking, including risk identification, mitigation planning, and progress reporting

• Conduct cost impact analysis for design changes or non-compliance, escalating key cost drivers

• Proactively identify and resolve blockers to maintain programme timelines

• Utilise tools such as Power BI and Office 365 to support reporting and stakeholder communication

We would love to hear from you if you:

• Have strong programme or project management experience within data centre, construction, or critical infrastructure environments

• Possess solid technical knowledge of data centre design, engineering, and operations

• Have experience working with external partners, lessors, or in a client-side/PMC environment

• Are confident managing multiple stakeholders across technical and commercial functions

• Demonstrate strong risk management, problem-solving, and decision-making skills

• Are comfortable working independently in a fast-paced, complex environment

• Have experience managing schedules, cost impacts, and delivery metrics on large-scale projects

• Communicate clearly and effectively, with strong organisational and reporting skills

About us

Since 1974, we’ve been providing a construction consultancy service that keeps clients coming back. And for that we have our people to thank. It takes a special kind of togetherness to create our thriving, authentic culture. We overcome challenges together, delivering better projects and leveraging innovation. We see the potential in our people and we empower them. We’re a business on a journey – an agile business that is proud to be different. We are Linesight. Dynamic. Driven. Different.