Delivery Contracting Program Lead

Compass Datacenters • $90K — $130K *
Dallas, TX 75217In-Person
Real Estate & Construction
5 - 7 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-8 years of experience in construction or procurement on large, complex programs, preferably high-rise projects.
  • Demonstrated expertise in construction methods and sequencing, particularly MEP/commissioning.
  • Experience presenting recommendations and executive reviews to senior leadership.
  • Proven relationship management skills with contractors and internal teams, capable of constructive pushback.

Responsibilities

  • Conduct market research on contractors and labor demand, providing actionable recommendations.
  • Manage the RFP/Contracting program phases, ensuring transparency and documentation of decisions.
  • Facilitate meetings with contractors to explain Compass's processes and partnership expectations.
  • Lead sessions that help contractors understand the benefits of Compass's prototypical design.
  • Assess contractor collaboration and culture fit during the RFP process through sharing logistics plans and schedules.
  • Support contract negotiations, balancing Compass's requirements with internal feedback on risks.

Benefits

  • Medical insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • Voluntary benefits
  • 401K plan
  • Unlimited Paid Time Off (PTO)
Full Job Description
Compass is looking for people who believe there's a different way to deliver great projects and can easily adapt to change in a quickly growing organization. We strive to create great partnerships with our contractors through transparent communications, humble and curious collaboration, and a zealous focus on consistent execution of the most important 20%.

The Delivery Contracting Program is a comprehensive, repeatable framework - rooted in Compass Culture - for identifying, qualifying, and selecting contractors on new campus developments. It begins during the Land and Power development phase and culminates when the selected bidder mobilizes on site.

Responsibilities:
  • Conduct early market research on local contractor landscape, labor demand, and market dynamics; prepare executive summaries with actionable shortlisting recommendations.
  • Shepherd the full RFP/Contracting program from the Scope Alignment Gate through Pre-Award Gate - ensuring every phase runs on cadence with documented decisions and transparent ELT updates.
  • Lead "Setting the Table" sessions with prospective contractors - explaining the Compass manufacturing approach, the program's structure, and what it means to be a Compass partner.
  • Execute Pre-Bid Page Turns and Pre-RFP meetings so that contractors discover the de-risked nature of the Compass prototypical design, reducing assumptions and driving more accurate, competitive bids.
  • Evaluate contractor collaboration and culture fit through the RFP process - including how readily and openly prospective partners share draft logistics plans and preliminary schedules.
  • Support contract negotiations - holding firm on Compass program requirements while remaining humble to internal feedback on risk identification.

Skills and Experience:
  • Demonstrated fluency in construction means and methods, MEP/commissioning sequencing, and long-lead equipment strategy.
  • Experience presenting procurement recommendations and executive gate reviews to senior leadership
  • Proven ability to work with contractors and internal cross-functional leaders - and to push back without breaking relationships.

Requirements:
  • 5-8 years of progressive experience in construction, preconstruction, and/or procurement on large, complex programs. Experience on high-rise projects is preferred. Proven technical depth to credibly lead an RFP with contractors - and excited to learn a genuinely different way of selecting contractor partners.
  • Track record of running competitive RFPs, contractor negotiations, and procurement programs on high-rise or prototypical multi-building campuses.

Location:

Based in Dallas; able to travel to campuses as needed (less than 10% travel).

Employer will not sponsor applicants for new employment visa status.

Benefits:

Medical | Dental | Vision | Voluntary | 401K | Unlimited PTO (USA)

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About Compass Datacenters

Compass, Inc. is an American licensed real estate broker that utilizes the Internet as a marketing medium with the use of real estate technology. Compass employs more than 20,000 agents who earn a percentage of the selling price and give 15 to 30 percent on each sale to Compass. Compass specializes in high-margin, luxury homes in upscale markets. Founded in 2012, the company is headquartered in New York City. The company provides software to real estate agents. Compass is the first company to have built a proprietary mobile app for real estate agents. Compass operates in 20 U.S. markets including New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Washington D.C., Dallas, South Florida, San Francisco, Chicago, Los Angeles, Aspen, The Hamptons, Santa Barbara and Newport Beach. Compass has raised a total of US$1.5 billion from investors such as Founders Fund, Wellington Management and Institutional Venture Partners, Fidelity Investments, Dragoneer Investment Group, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and SoftBank Vision Fund. Compass was named Mid-Sized Business of the Year by the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce in 2015. Compass was named to Crain's Fast 50, Inc. 5000, and Glassdoor's Best Places to Work in 2018. Compass received a Webby Award for Best Real Estate Website, and was named to Fast Company's Best Workplaces for Innovators in 2019. Compass won the 2020 Webby People’s Voice Award for Real Estate in the category Web.
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