Senior Director, Integrated Business Planning
QTS Data Centers
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Duluth • Virginia • United States
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About the role
- Own the enterprise Integrated Business Planning operating model, including governance, decision rights, planning cadence, and executive forums.
- Design and facilitate executive planning rhythms that reconcile demand, capacity, capital, and delivery constraints.
- Establish IBP as a core management system governing growth, timing, and capital allocation—not a functional planning exercise.
- Integrate the end-to-end real estate pipeline into the enterprise plan.
- Enable disciplined sequencing and pacing of site development based on demand signals, power availability, entitlement readiness, and capital constraints.
- Surface risks related to power timing, availability, cost, and reliability for executive decision-making.
- Incorporate entitlement status, permitting timelines, zoning requirements, and jurisdictional risks into planning assumptions.
- Integrate multi-year capital plans across land acquisition, utility infrastructure, shell, and phased capacity build-out.
- Integrate supply chain constraints, long-lead equipment, and vendor capacity into development and construction plans.
- Informs Sales and Leasing decisions related to market availability, MW capacity, delivery timing, and expansion optionality.
- Define and own IBP-related KPIs tied to capacity delivery, capital efficiency, service readiness, schedule confidence, and risk exposure.
- Lead and develop IBP and enterprise planning talent aligned to institutional standards.
Requirements
- 11+ years of progressive leadership experience in integrated planning, development, supply chain, capital planning, or enterprise operations.
- Demonstrated success leading IBP, portfolio planning, or enterprise governance in a capital-intensive environment.
- Proven ability to operate at the executive level and facilitate senior decision forums.
- Strong systems thinker with the ability to synthesize complex, multi-constraint inputs into actionable recommendations.
- Track record of influencing across functions without direct authority.
- 12+ years of progressive leadership experience in integrated planning, development, supply chain, capital planning, or enterprise operations (Nice to Have).
- Experience in data center development, infrastructure, real estate development, energy, or similarly asset-intensive industries (Nice to Have).
- Familiarity with land acquisition, entitlement processes, power procurement, and utility coordination (Nice to Have).
- Experience integrating long-range capacity planning with capital and execution realities (Nice to Have).
Benefits
- Roth and Traditional 401(k) matching contributions with immediate vesting
- Every employee is bonus or commission eligible
- Generous PTO, Paid Volunteer Days Plus Floating Holidays
- Stock Purchase Plan (SPP)
- 11 paid Holidays Annually/Holiday compensation when worked
- Pet and Legal Insurance
- Q-Rest Sabbatical Program
- Q-Anniversary Service Award Program
- Parental Leave for primary and secondary caregivers
- Military Benefits Package
- QTS Charitable Matching Gift Program
- QTS Scholarship for Employee Dependents
- QTS Crisis Fund
- Wellness Program
- Tuition Reimbursement Program
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
Integrated Business Planningcapital planningsupply chain managementportfolio planningrisk managementcapacity planningdata analysisproject managementexecutive decision-makingKPI development
Soft Skills
leadershipstrategic thinkinginfluencingcommunicationcollaborationproblem-solvingfacilitationsynthesis of complex informationdecision-makingtalent development