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Site Project Manager

Buffalo, NY · Abernathy, TXOnsite

About Fluidstack

Technology is the most important tool humans have found for improving the human condition, but it is not a default good. It is a lever for ideology.

Today the most powerful technology in history is being built: machines that solve problems better than humans can. The most important mission of our generation is to imbue AI with democratic values: error-correcting institutions, freedom of speech, individual liberties. AI trains and runs on massive compute clusters. Whichever ideology builds the infrastructure the fastest is the ideology that will endure. Democracy is delicate and won't survive this technology by default.

We hire people who care deeply about this problem space. If that is you, please apply!

How We Operate

  • Be a barrel. Full autonomy. Own things end to end, take on scope without being asked, no permission required to operate outside your core role.

  • Insane urgency. We drive everything forward as fast as possible.

  • Reason from first principles. Challenge every assumption. Zero analogy thinking, no egos, the best idea wins.

  • Love of the game. The frontier of AI is the most interesting problem of our time. We put in long hours at high intensity to push the frontier forward.

  • Build something that actually matters. If you're going to spend your time, spend it on something that matters to the world.

Site Project Manager

About the Role

The Site Project Manager is the permanent, on-site owner of project delivery at one of Fluidstack's data centers. Once a site is live, you own the projects that keep it running and improving — retrofits, upgrades, expansions, equipment refreshes, and the cross-functional coordination operations depends on. You are the single point of accountability for getting site projects done safely, on schedule, and with minimal disruption to live operations.

You'll own projects end to end — scope, schedule, vendors, and budget — partnering closely with operations and facilities, engineering, and outside contractors.

Responsibilities

  • Own end-to-end delivery of on-site projects — deployments, retrofits, upgrades, expansions, equipment refresh, and decommissions

  • Plan and manage scope, schedule, budget, and vendors for each site project, keeping work on track within live-operations constraints

  • Partner with operations and facilities teams to sequence work around uptime, maintenance windows, and change-control requirements

  • Manage and hold accountable contractors, vendors, and service providers on site across the full project lifecycle

  • Own project risk: identify issues early, drive mitigations, and make the on-the-ground calls that keep projects moving

  • Coordinate with engineering and SMEs to validate scope and execution for technical site projects

  • Maintain project artifacts: schedules, budgets, risk and issue logs, change records, and as-built/closeout documentation

  • Provide clear status, risk, and milestone reporting to site leadership and program stakeholders

  • Drive site-level process improvements, runbooks, and standards that make recurring projects faster and safer

Basic Qualifications

  • 3–5 years deploying and managing infrastructure, construction, facilities, or data center projects end to end

  • Site-based: able to be on site at a data center full time

  • Demonstrated ownership of project scope, schedule, budget, and vendors with minimal oversight

  • Working understanding of data center or critical-facilities environments and how to execute projects without disrupting live operations

  • Experience managing contractors and vendors on active sites

  • Strong organization, communication, and stakeholder-management skills

  • Comfortable making decisions and owning outcomes in a fast-moving environment

  • Proficiency with project tracking and scheduling tools (Smartsheet, Jira, MS Project, or similar)

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with new deployments, retrofits, upgrades, or capital projects in live data centers or critical facilities

  • Familiarity with commissioning, MEP, power and cooling, or structured cabling

  • Background bridging construction/deployment handover into operations

  • Experience having delivered a data center deployment or build

  • PMP or CAPM, DCD, CDCP, BICSI, ITIL Foundation

  • Lean or Six Sigma, or SOP / process-development experience

Salary & Benefits

  • Competitive total compensation package (salary + equity).

  • Retirement or pension plan, in line with local norms.

  • Health, dental, and vision insurance.

  • Generous PTO policy, in line with local norms.

Total compensation may also include equity in the form of restricted stock units.

We are committed to pay equity and transparency.

Fluidstack is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Fluidstack will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to applicable law.

You will receive a confirmation email once your application has successfully been accepted. If there is an error with your submission and you did not receive a confirmation email, please email careers@fluidstack.io with your resume/CV, the role you've applied for, and the date you submitted your application-- someone from our recruiting team will be in touch.

Compensation

$202K – $232K • Offers Equity

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