Senior Director, Integrated Business Planning

QTS Data Centers

Senior Director of Integrated Business Planning leading integrated strategy for data centers. Overseeing enterprise governance and cross-functional alignment across development, power, and supply chain.

Posted 4/16/2026full-timeDuluth • Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

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

What you’ll need

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

Comp & perks

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

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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