Senior Resource Management Analyst
ArcTouch
Senior Construction Contracts Manager, Data Center Lease
Turner & Townsend
full-time
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Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States • Pennsylvania
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Senior
About the role
- Turner & Townsend is seeking a highly skilled Senior Construction Contract Manager – Data Center Lease to serve as a strategic in the lease review process for data center projects.
- Responsibilities: Supporting the development and implementation of contracting strategies for major construction projects using a range of privately funded delivery models.
- Support the provision of specialist contracts and related procurement advice to private sector clients across a variety of healthcare construction contracts.
- Drafting Requests for Proposals (RFPs), evaluation scorecards and contracts and supporting the process for procuring vendors.
- Developing contract structures for the main delivery strategies, including multi-packaging scenarios on complex projects with multiple contract interfaces.
- Supporting end-to-end procurement services on major construction and construction-services-related projects.
- Building positive relationships within the project team and with Client personnel and their key advisors.
- Managing and updating internal contract team trackers, reviewing SOW’s and MPA’s proposal documentation and the work winning capability of the contract services division.
- Supporting the delivery of both team and wider business targets.
- SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.
- Project Specifications: Review lease agreements with a focus on construction scope, tenant obligations, and risk exposure.
- Identify missing or unclear terms that could impact project cost or schedule.
- Act as a tenant advocate during lease review, ensuring our position is clearly represented and protected.
- Provide examples and documentation of recurring issues to drive process improvements.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align lease terms with project delivery requirements and timelines.
- Support transaction management and site selection strategy by ensuring lease terms are operationally and financially optimal.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in business administration or related field
- A minimum of 5 years of applicable experience in contract administration in a data center or colocation environments
- Strong understanding of construction processes and lease structures specific to data centers
- Ability to read and interpret complex lease agreements and identify tenant risks
- Working knowledge and experience of various forms of contracts for the delivery of construction projects
- Experience working with internal teams across legal, engineering, and site acquisition
- Experience of working in a multi-contract environment
- Experience in implementing contracting strategies, including risk identification, quantification, and allocation
- Proven ability to liaise with and coordinate multiple stakeholders to develop robust contract documents
- Excellent communication skills
- Preferred Skills: Familiarity with colocation leasing, contract and lease negotiation
- Understanding of site selection, network design, and fiber availability studies
- Experience with risk mitigation, project acceleration, and scope validation in lease execution
