Commercial Real Estate Program Manager Data Center Development

Commercial Real Estate Program Manager – Data Center Development

Location: San Francisco, CA preferred | Remote flexibility available
Duration: 6-Month W2 Contract (Potential to Extend)
Pay Rate: $170–$185/hour W2
Recruiting Firm: Russell Tobin

About the Role

Russell Tobin is partnering with a leading AI technology company to hire a Commercial Real Estate Program Manager supporting large-scale data center development projects.

This role focuses on managing commercial agreements, coordinating developers and landlords, resolving complex contractual and operational challenges, and ensuring critical project commitments are executed successfully.

We're seeking professionals with experience in commercial real estate asset management, development operations, owner's representation, or commercial contract management who thrive in fast-paced, multi-stakeholder environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage commercial execution and contractual obligations across 2–5 active data center projects or agreements.
• Partner with construction leads, developers, and landlords to identify project delays, underlying causes, and potential commercial solutions.
• Support commercial negotiations by analyzing project challenges, contractual responsibilities, and opportunities to unblock progress.
• Translate negotiated agreements into detailed execution plans with assigned owners, deadlines, deliverables, and measurable completion criteria.
• Maintain comprehensive responsibility matrices, contract obligation registers, action logs, and reporting trackers.
• Coordinate weekly meetings across developers, landlords, and internal stakeholders to drive accountability and resolve outstanding commitments.
• Proactively identify missed milestones, contractual risks, and operational obstacles, escalating issues with recommended solutions.
• Track insurance certificates, lease-related obligations, counterparty deliverables, and commercial agreement requirements.
• Develop and improve escalation processes, performance scorecards, and cross-company operating procedures.
• Document successful turnaround approaches and develop repeatable playbooks for future projects.

Qualifications

• 2–5+ years of relevant experience in real estate asset management, commercial development, owner's representation, contract management, or program operations.
• Experience supporting complex commercial agreements, capital projects, or multi-party development programs.
• Strong ability to interpret contracts and translate obligations into structured action plans.
• Demonstrated success coordinating stakeholders across multiple organizations and driving progress without direct authority.
• Experience resolving project delays, commercial disputes, operational bottlenecks, or other complex business issues.
• Excellent organizational skills, including experience managing detailed trackers, deliverables, and deadlines.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to summarize complex challenges and recommend solutions.
• Proficiency with Excel, Google Sheets, and collaborative project management tools.
• Highly proactive, detail-oriented, and comfortable operating in ambiguous, fast-paced environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with data center development, industrial real estate, energy infrastructure, or other large-scale capital projects.
• Background with real estate firms such as JLL, CBRE, Prologis, or similar organizations.
• Experience in real estate asset management, lease administration, or commercial contract compliance.
• Familiarity with CoStar, Slack, and commercial real estate systems.
• Exposure to project turnaround, restructuring, operational consulting, or distressed project recovery.
• Experience building lightweight tracking systems, improving workflows, or using AI-enabled productivity tools.

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Accommodations
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