Principal, Delivery Lead, North America (Construction)

About the role

The Delivery Lead for North America is accountable for the end‑to‑end construction and delivery of Ada Infrastructure's development portfolio, overseeing all active and future U.S. campuses. In this role you will have the opportunity to provide strategic leadership, governance, and operational oversight across multiple large‑scale, capital‑intensive data center developments, ensuring projects are delivered safely, on time, within budget, and aligned with Ada's commercial, technical, and operational objectives. This role spans all North American Delivery, including campus‑based delivery teams (e.g., Virginia and other U.S. locations). You will also serve as Ada's senior construction delivery authority in the region. The position will partner closely with Development, Design, Product, Finance, Sales, Operations, EHS, ESG, and executive leadership, while representing Delivery in customer, vendor, and Board‑level discussions.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage, and develop a high performing regional delivery team, including internal leaders and augmented third party resources
• Establish and continuously refine delivery governance, processes, controls, and reporting standards to enable scalable execution across multiple markets.
• Ensure consistent application of Ada's global design standards, delivery methodologies, and risk management frameworks across all campuses
• Maintain full accountability for regional CAPEX performance, including budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and cost controls
• Provide clear, executive level reporting on portfolio status, risks, opportunities, and performance metrics including project level cost analysis, budget/estimating insight, and cost driver transparency
• Oversee regional contractor and vendor strategies, including MSAs, GPAs, SOWs, and contractor qualification
• Drive execution excellence with Design team across CSA and MEP intensive construction programs, ensuring constructability, schedule integrity, and quality outcomes
• Identify and mitigate program level risks, including schedule, supply chain, labor, permitting, and power delivery constraints
• Collaborate with the Development, Design and Project Controls teams to identify cost optimization opportunities and Incorporat

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Additional Information

Over the last 20 years, Ares' success has been driven by our people and our culture. Today, our team is guided by our core values - Collaborative, Responsible, Entrepreneurial, Self-Aware, Trustworthy - and our purpose to be a catalyst for shared prosperity and a better future. Through our recruitment, career development and employee-focused programming, we are committed to fostering a welcoming and inclusive work environment where high-performance talent of diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives can build careers within this exciting and growing industry. Job Description Ada Infrastructure is a global data center business committed to being a positive force for technology, people, and the planet. As part of the digital infrastructure platform of Ares Management Corporation (NYSE: ARES), a leading global alternative investment manager, Ada Infrastructure is positioned to be a leader in the industry in reliable, safe, secure, and sustainable digital infrastructure. With nine in-flight campuses across the US, Japan, the UK, and Brazil, we have over 850 MW of power currently available and more than 1,500 MW in our global pipeline. To learn more about Ada Infrastructure, visit www.adainfrastructure.com or to learn more about Ares Management visit www.aresmgmt.com. Why Join Us: This role is an excellent opportunity to join a deeply experienced and high-performing team with the ability to directly impact and contribute to Ada's development program. Our team combines industry-wide experience and in-country expertise across all our regions. We are committed to collaborating cross-functionally and partnering to drive efficient and effective solutions that meet the needs of our internal and external stakeholders. The Team you are joining: The Delivery team is responsible for the full construction lifecycle, following handoff from the development team who is responsible for pre-construction planning and entitlement. The delivery function manages scope, schedule, budget, and risk mitigation throughout construction, commissioning, and turnover to operations with the goal of delivering scalable future ready solutions that meet the evolving needs of our customers in line with commercial performance targets. The delivery team executes on the vision and global products generated by the Product and Innovation teams while providing cost and schedule inputs for their future outputs.

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