QTS Realty Trust

Financial Operations Project Manager

QTS Realty Trust$95K — $115K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
  • 5+ years in data center delivery or related fields
  • Expertise in developing standard processes and workflows
  • Strong collaboration skills across teams
  • Ability to influence stakeholders effectively

Responsibilities

  • Coordinate customer reimbursement projects and manage lease milestone schedules
  • Translate contracts into actionable project plans and financial forecasts
  • Lead cross-functional reviews to assess project performance and risks
  • Support timely invoice generation and collections processes
  • Refine governance and communication workstreams for efficiency
  • Ensure consistent use of tools and trackers across projects
  • Develop standard operating procedures and playbooks

Benefits

  • Professional development opportunities
  • Collaborative work environment
  • Exposure to large-scale projects
  • Influential role in project governance and performance tracking
Full Job Description
WHO YOU ARE:

The Project Manager is responsible for overseeing the project lifecycle of large-scale hyperscale data center initiatives, from contract execution through final billing, project closeout, and financial reconciliation. This role works closely with Sales, Development, RPM, Accounting, Billing, Cost Control, Customers, and delivery teams to consolidate and distribute information, coordinate cross-functional workflows, and ensure contractual requirements, billing milestones, revenue recognition, and cash collection activities are executed timely and accurately.

The role is accountable for maintaining operational alignment across business units, driving issue resolution, supporting consistent day-to-day execution of established processes, and ensuring contractual and operational deliverables are satisfied throughout the project lifecycle. The Project Manager plays a critical role in maintaining project governance, tracking financial milestones, and providing executive visibility into project status, financial exposure, billing readiness, forecasted revenue realization, and overall process effectiveness in support of client delivery.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:
  • Serve as the primary point of coordination for customer reimbursement projects, including program governance, lease milestone schedules, billing timelines, and cross-functional stakeholder alignment.
  • Interpret contracts and translate commercial terms, modifications, and customer requirements into actionable project plans, billing schedules, milestone tracking, and financial forecasts.
  • Lead recurring cross-functional project reviews to monitor overall project performance, financial outcomes, operational readiness, and closeout progress; proactively identify risks, dependencies, and issues impacting billing, cash flow, revenue realization, customer approvals, and project execution, and coordinate mitigation strategies across key stakeholders.
  • Support invoice generation, billing package support documentation, and related customer approval processes to ensure timely and accurate billing and collections.
  • Continuously refine process, governance, and communication workstreams to improve NRC lifecycle management, stakeholder visibility, and overall execution effectiveness.
  • Reinforce consistent use of defined tools, trackers, and communication frameworks.
  • Develop standard operating procedures and playbooks.


WHAT YOU NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL:
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent relevant experience.
  • 5+ years of experience in data center delivery, construction, change management, project/process management, real estate development, business integration, or related field
  • Experience developing and implementing standardized processes or operational workflows
  • Strong ability to collaborate across teams and influence stakeholders without direct authority


PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
  • Experience working in project controls, PMO, or program management environment.
  • Experience supporting forecasting, billing, collections, or financial operations.
  • Experience reviewing and interpreting commercial contracts


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About QTS Realty Trust

QTS is the digital infrastructure leader – Powered by People, driven by purpose and fueled by a spirit of innovation. We have a 20-year track record of designing, building and operating world-class data centers, delivering the critical infrastructure for the world’s largest and fastest-growing companies. We have more than 75 data centers in operation or under development across the United States and Europe.
Learn more about QTS Realty Trust
Size
82,000 employees
Market Cap
$5.3 billion
Industry
Net Income
$15.9 million
Founded
2005
5 Year Trend
+11.6%
Revenue
$539.3 million
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