Salary
💰 $95,000 - $108,000 per year
About the role
- The Project Manager is responsible for the timeliness, accuracy, and customer satisfaction related to customer deployments and expansions within identified geographic markets.
- Lead and coordinate inter-departmental activities to ensure accurate and timely deployments.
- Coordinate customer business requirements with Sales Engineering and Data Center Operations, and will interact regularly with Sales and Marketing.
- Support Sales in pre-sales demonstrations and is responsible for ensuring a smooth and successful customer experience.
- Responsible for the overall planning, planning, implementation/management and close-out of customer move-in, expansion and migration projects.
- Coordinate with other Project Manager to complete multi-market customer deployments; may be responsible for entire multi-market deployment
- Work with customers, Sales Engineering, Data Center Operations, and Sales to develop project scope of work documents, define project deliverables and project plans, and ensure quality delivery and customer delight
- Serve as project manager for customer interaction in market, including the overall planning, management, vendor management and completion of customer deployments and customer projects in a timely manner as identified against project-specific readiness metrics
- Verify accuracy of customer implementations against Master Service Agreement/Order Forms and other approved customer requests, including adherence to contractual Service Level Agreements
- Accurately and timely processing of all customer orders (Power, Cross Connection, cage/cabinet builds, and package deliveries); manage support resources to ensure accurate work orders
- Ensure excellent customer service throughout the project lifecycle by anticipating customer needs and through pro-active communication with customers and other internal departments
- Collaborate with internal business units to evaluate, identify, and resolve risks to projects
- Pro-actively identify areas for internal process improvement across all areas of the organization to ensure project excellence; collaborate with business units to implement such improvements
- First line of contact for pre/post sales implementation in geographic market
- Participate on weekly Market calls
- Promote and demonstrate the behaviors consistent with CoreSite’s culture and 8 Guiding Principles
- Pro-actively identify project improvement opportunities
- Respond to email and phone inquiries
- Other projects and duties as assigned
Requirements
- Responsible for the overall planning, planning, implementation/management and close-out of customer move-in, expansion and migration projects.
- Coordinate with other Project Manager to complete multi-market customer deployments; may be responsible for entire multi-market deployment
- Work with customers, Sales Engineering, Data Center Operations, and Sales to develop project scope of work documents, define project deliverables and project plans, and ensure quality delivery and customer delight
- Serve as project manager for customer interaction in market, including the overall planning, management, vendor management and completion of customer deployments and customer projects in a timely manner as identified against project-specific readiness metrics
- Verify accuracy of customer implementations against Master Service Agreement/Order Forms and other approved customer requests, including adherence to contractual Service Level Agreements
- Accurately and timely processing of all customer orders (Power, Cross Connection, cage/cabinet builds, and package deliveries); manage support resources to ensure accurate work orders
- Ensure excellent customer service throughout the project lifecycle by anticipating customer needs and through pro-active communication with customers and other internal departments
- Collaborate with internal business units to evaluate, identify, and resolve risks to projects
- Pro-actively identify areas for internal process improvement across all areas of the organization to ensure project excellence; collaborate with business units to implement such improvements
- First line of contact for pre/post sales implementation in geographic market
- Participate on weekly Market calls
- Promote and demonstrate the behaviors consistent with CoreSite’s culture and 8 Guiding Principles
- Pro-actively identify project improvement opportunities
- Respond to email and phone inquiries
- Other projects and duties as assigned
- Extreme attention to detail is mandatory
- Passionate drive to deliver world-class customer service
- Strong interpersonal skills are required
- Superior project management skills
- Innovative and influential, with the ability to drive stakeholders to meet defined timelines and deliverables
- Strong understanding of electrical and mechanical systems in use in a data center environment
- Relevant knowledge of data center IT infrastructure
- Positive, energetic work approach and flexible in support of a high-growth, highly dynamic work environment.
- Telecommunications, construction, critical facility build and/or hardware deployment experience a bonus
- Consistent exercise of independent judgment and discretion in matters of significance
- Regular, consistent and punctual attendance. Must be able to work nights and weekends, variable schedule(s) and overtime as necessary
- Strong understanding of business process analysis, with experience identifying opportunities for improvement and recommending solutions
- Excels in a team-oriented work environment
- Ability to work well under pressure and meet deadlines
- Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills
- Exhibits a strong work ethic and accountability to deadlines
- Advanced computer skills (primarily Excel and Microsoft Project)
- Flexibility and creativity to meet customer needs
- Excellent organizational skills
- Ability to work independently while understanding the necessity for communicating and coordinating work efforts with other employees and organizations
- This is a mission critical position that requires 80% onsite work. (i.e. The selected candidate will report to CoreSite’s data center campus for onsite work, customer meetings, and team collaboration 4 days per week.)
- Travel is expected at a minimum of 15% of the time and will be driven by customer needs
- Bachelor’s Degree preferred or equivalent years of experience
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience in customer service
- Co-location data center or telecommunications experience preferred
- Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification is required
- Salesforce experience a plus
- Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. The employer will not sponsor applicants for work visas.
- All offers of employment are contingent upon the successful completion of a background check and, where permitted by law, a 5-panel drug test