Job Title:  Deputy Manager | Data Center | Bengaluru | Internal audit

The team

Our Real Estate and Infrastructure team works with leading developers, investors, occupiers, and infrastructure organizations to provide project management and advisory services across complex capital projects. The team supports clients in establishing robust project governance, monitoring project performance, identifying risks, and enabling timely management decisions across the project lifecycle.

For Data Centre projects, the team works closely with client leadership, project managers, consultants, contractors, and other stakeholders to monitor and coordinate project delivery across design, procurement, construction, MEP, testing and commissioning, cost, schedule, and overall project governance.

Your work profile

• Support and manage the Overall PMO function for a Data Centre project, providing integrated oversight across project schedule, cost, design, procurement, construction, testing and commissioning, and project governance
• Develop, review, and monitor the integrated project master schedule, key milestones, critical path, look-ahead plans, dependencies, and recovery actions in coordination with project stakeholders
• Monitor overall project progress against approved baselines and identify schedule slippages, bottlenecks, interface issues, and potential delays
• Track project budgets, commitments, actual expenditure, forecasts, variations, and potential cost overruns in coordination with the client, cost consultant, and project teams
• Monitor design development, design deliverables, approvals, and design coordination, including interfaces between architectural, structural, civil, MEP, electrical, mechanical, ICT/security, and specialist Data Centre systems
• Monitor procurement of long-lead and critical equipment/packages, including transformers, switchgear, UPS systems, generators, chillers/cooling systems, and other critical MEP infrastructure
• Review progress of civil, structural, architectural, MEP, and specialist works and track the readiness of individual work fronts against the overall project programme
• Coordinate with client teams, PMC, design consultants, contractors, vendors, and other stakeholders to track open issues, dependencies, decisions, approvals, and action items
• Establish and maintain project-level risk, issue, action, and decision registers, including identification of emerging risks and follow-up on mitigation measures
• Monitor change management and variation control, including potential schedule and cost implications of changes
• Support monitoring of quality, EHS, statutory approvals, testing and commissioning, integrated systems testing, and handover readiness from an overall project governance perspective
• Conduct periodic site reviews and validate reported project progress against actual site conditions and agreed milestones
• Prepare and review weekly and monthly project dashboards, progress reports, management presentations, executive summaries, and exception reports
• Develop clear management insights highlighting key project concerns, critical decisions required, emerging risks, and recommended corrective actions
• Facilitate project review meetings, prepare meeting agendas and presentations, record key decisions and action items, and drive closure of agreed actions
• Maintain effective governance mechanisms including RACI matrices, reporting calendars, escalation protocols, responsibility trackers, and management review frameworks
• Support senior leadership in client discussions and present project status, critical risks, delays, cost concerns, and mitigation measures to relevant stakeholders
• Coordinate and guide junior team members involved in project monitoring, data analysis, dashboard preparation, and management reporting

Key skills required

• Education: B.E./B.Tech in Civil, Mechanical, or Electrical Engineering with relevant experience in project management, project monitoring, construction management, or PMO roles
• Relevant experience in Data Centres, mission-critical facilities, industrial projects, large commercial developments, or other complex MEP-intensive projects would be preferred
• Strong understanding of project planning and scheduling, cost monitoring, procurement tracking, contract administration, risk management, change management, and project governance
• Good understanding of Data Centre project delivery, particularly the interfaces between civil/structural works, MEP systems, electrical infrastructure, cooling systems, controls, ICT/security systems, and testing & commissioning
• Ability to review and challenge project schedules, progress reports, cost reports, procurement trackers, risk registers, and other key project controls documentation
• Working knowledge of Primavera P6 and/or MS Project and strong proficiency in MS Excel and PowerPoint
• Experience in preparing project dashboards, MIS reports, executive presentations, risk reports, and management-level project updates
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with the ability to identify dependencies, assess project risks, and translate project data into actionable management insights
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, report-writing, and presentation skills
• Ability to work in a site-based, multidisciplinary project environment and coordinate effectively with clients, PMCs, consultants, contractors, OEMs, and vendors
• PMP, RICS, PMI-SP, or equivalent project management/project controls certification would be an added advantage

Leadership capabilities

• Demonstrates strong ownership and accountability for overall PMO deliverables and project outcomes
• Independently manages multiple project workstreams and drives coordination across diverse stakeholders
• Identifies project risks and emerging issues proactively and drives timely escalation and resolution
• Challenges project information constructively and provides fact-based, management-oriented insights
• Builds effective working relationships with client leadership, consultants, contractors, and internal stakeholders
• Guides junior team members and ensures accuracy, consistency, and quality of project monitoring and reporting
• Demonstrates sound commercial awareness, professional judgment, and decision-making capabilities
• Drives structured governance, continuous improvement, and delivery excellence across the assignment