Gigawatt Campus Program Lead

Position Title: Gigawatt Campus Program Lead

Location: Ashburn, VA; Dallas, TX; Boston, MA; Chicago, IL; San Francisco, CA; Los Angeles, CA; New York, NY

About the role

The Program Lead – Giga Campus will develop, launch, and oversee the company's next-generation data center campus program. This role will define the strategic, technical, and execution framework for giga-scale developments, integrating global design, engineering, and delivery standards to achieve step-change efficiency, scalability, and speed-to-market. The Program Lead acts as the central point of accountability for program alignment across DE&C, Real Estate, Energy, and Operations.

What you'll do

• Develop and implement the Giga Campus program strategy, governance, and execution roadmap.
• Lead cross-functional coordination across Design, Construction, Energy, Real Estate, Supply Chain, and Operations to align objectives and delivery milestones.
• Establish standard design principles, infrastructure configurations, and delivery models tailored to giga-scale developments.
• Drive innovation in modularization, standardization, and construction delivery to achieve aggressive cost, schedule, and sustainability targets.
• Define and manage program KPIs, reporting mechanisms, and decision gates for executive visibility.
• Oversee site selection inputs, technical due diligence, and early-stage planning for Giga Campus projects.
• Identify risks, interdependencies, and long-lead strategies across the portfolio to ensure predictable execution.
  Represent the Giga Campus program in internal and external executive forums, driving clarity, alignment, and strategic direction.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related technical field; advanced degree preferred.
• 15+ years of experience leading large-scale data center, industrial, or infrastructure development programs.
• Proven ability to lead complex, multi-region initiatives with high executive visibility.
• Strong background in program governance, capital planning, and cross-functional stakeholder management.
• Deep understanding of data center design, construction, and delivery models.
  Exceptional strategic thinking, communication, and leadership skills.

A bit about us

Digital Realty brings companies and data together by delivering the full spectrum of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions. PlatformDIGITAL, the company's global data center platform, provides customers with a secure data meeting place and a proven Pervasive Datacenter Architecture (PDx) solution methodology for powering innovation and efficiently managing Data Gravity challenges. Digital Realty gives its customers access to the connected data communities that matter to them with a global data center footprint of 300+ facilities in 50+ metros across 25+ countries on six continents.

What we can offer you

Our rapidly evolving business sector offers the opportunity to be part of a courageous and passionate team who work together to understand and meet the changing needs of our global customers.

Join us and you'll be part of a supportive and inclusive environment where you can bring your whole self to work. As part of our team, you'll get to work with people from different business areas, challenge the way we do things and put your ideas into action. We'll also give you plenty of development opportunities so you can build a rewarding and successful career with us.

Apply today, take charge of your career and grow your talents with us.

Health and Safety

Safety isn't just a priority here at Digital; it's critical to everything we do. Safeguarding lives, protecting assets, and securing data aren't just ideals - they're essential pillars of our commitment to excellence for our people, our partners and our customers. We have a culture of care where every member of Team Digital embraces a relentless pursuit of working safely across Digital Realty. Together we are Safely Powering Progress.

Our Compensation Philosophy

Digital Realty offers its employees a highly competitive compensation package, excellent benefits, and an environment that recognizes and rewards your contributions. Central to our compensation philosophy is rewarding our employees for achieving the values and objectives aligned to the company's overall goals and values.

Our published pay ranges reflect the minimum and maximum target for new hire pay for the full-time position determined by role, level, and geographical location. Individual pay is based on additional factors including but not limited to job-related skills, experience, and relevant education and/or training. Moreover, an employee's total compensation package varies by role and may include salary, cash bonus or commissions, and equity awards not quantified below.

Compensation range : $220K – $250K annually. This compensation range represents the Company's good faith belief as to what it will pay as a base salary for this position at the time of this posting.

Benefits: For this role, Benefits include medical, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, 401k match, disability benefits, wellness and education benefits, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off, holidays, and more.