[Hiring] Senior Director of Construction @Sphere Entertainment

Role Description

The Senior Director of Construction provides executive-level oversight of all construction activities across Sphere Entertainment’s development portfolio. This role is responsible for:

• Overseeing development, pre-construction, construction, scheduling, design, logistics, and constructability throughout the entire project lifecycle, from early planning through project closeout.
• Ensuring that trade sequencing is thoroughly reviewed and optimized.
• Overseeing site logistics across project locations to maintain safe, efficient, and schedule-driven operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, or a related discipline preferred; equivalent depth of field experience may be considered in lieu of formal education.
• Minimum 10+ years of progressive experience in commercial construction, with the majority of that experience spent directly managing field operations across all phases of construction, from ground-up sitework through structure, building envelope, and interior fit-out.
• Extensive firsthand experience with large-scale, complex projects exceeding $500M in construction value, including entertainment venues, stadiums, convention centers, or comparable program-driven facilities.
• Demonstrated experience personally managing and coordinating multiple concurrent trades on active job sites, with a strong understanding of how structural steel, concrete, curtain wall, MEP, and specialty systems come together and sequence.
• Proven ability to read, interpret, and challenge construction documents, shop drawings, and erection plans, identifying issues through practical field knowledge and experience.
• Direct experience planning and executing complex erection sequences, heavy lifts, and phased construction operations requiring close coordination among trades and engineering teams.
• Familiarity with union labor environments, craft productivity expectations, and workforce planning during peak manpower periods.
• Strong understanding of construction sequencing and field operations, with the ability to identify issues, work that is out of sequence, and potential schedule or cost impacts before they escalate.
• Fluency in means and methods across major construction trades, with the credibility to challenge contractors on proposed approaches and hold them accountable to realistic production rates.
• Strong knowledge of crane logistics, rigging plans, temporary shoring and bracing, and the practical constraints that govern field execution.
• Ability to translate field-level realities into executive-level communication by distilling complex construction issues into clear, actionable recommendations for leadership.
• Skilled in reading and driving CPM schedules, with the hands-on experience to identify padded durations, broken logic, and unrealistic resource assumptions.
• Demonstrated leadership presence and technical credibility to earn the respect of trade foremen, project managers, and executive stakeholders.
• Comfortable operating across multiple project locations simultaneously, with the judgment to prioritize time and resources where they are most needed.

Requirements

• Lead constructability reviews during design development, identifying conflicts, sequencing risks, and opportunities for value engineering.
• Provide practical input on means and methods, temporary works, and phasing strategies that inform design decisions and protect schedule milestones.
• Direct and oversee all construction operations across active project sites.
• Ensure work is executed safely, on schedule, within budget, and to the quality standards required by Sphere Entertainment's program.
• Maintain a constant presence in the field to validate progress, resolve issues in real time, and hold trade partners accountable to commitments.
• Review and challenge contractor schedules at both macro and activity levels.
• Validate logic ties, durations, and resource loading against practical field knowledge.
• Identify schedule risks early and drive recovery strategies that protect milestone dates.
• Interface with design teams, the Engineer of Record, and specialty consultants to ensure design intent is translated into buildable, coordinated construction documents.
• Flag design gaps, tolerance conflicts, and installation challenges before they reach the field.
• Review sequencing of all trades throughout the construction process.
• Ensure that work-front handoffs, concurrent operations, and critical-path activities are planned and executed without conflict.
• Anticipate and resolve trade stacking, access constraints, and material staging issues.
• Oversee site logistics planning and execution by project location, including crane planning, material laydown, vertical and horizontal transportation, temporary utilities, and site access.
• Ensure logistics plans evolve with the project and support peak production periods.
• Serve as a primary point of contact between Sphere Entertainment and construction managers, general contractors, and key subcontractors.
• Communicate project status, risks, and decisions to executive leadership with clarity and confidence.
• Provide exceptional experiences for our guests, partners, and team members, including by adhering to our appearance and presentation guidelines while on-site.

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