[Hiring] Project Manager, Compliance @Aligned Data Centers

Role Description

Aligned is looking to add a Project Manager, Compliance to support our growth. This role leads enterprise-wide compliance projects that enable the company to obtain, maintain, and expand sustainability and energy certifications across its data center portfolio. The Project Manager is operationally focused: they run the work in live, mission-critical environments, drive cross-functional execution, and keep audit-ready evidence, schedules, and decisions moving until certification or recertification is complete.

The ideal candidate has a compliance-analyst foundation and/or is knowledgeable with controls, evidence, findings, and auditors. Additionally, they will have proven experience leading end-to-end enterprise projects. They partner daily with External Audit firms and internal owners in Finance, IT, Legal, Operations, Facilities, EHS, and Sustainability. Success is measured by on-time certification outcomes, clean audit cycles, and disciplined project control.

What You Will Own

• Lead end-to-end project plans for enterprise sustainability and energy compliance initiatives (examples: ISO 27001, ISO 14001, ISO 50001, SOC2, PCI, or equivalent portfolio programs).
• Build and maintain integrated schedules covering evidence collection, gap remediation, internal readiness reviews, external audit windows, and certification body submissions.
• Serve as the single operational point of contact for External Audit teams: coordinate site access, document requests, interviews, findings responses, and management representations.
• Coordinate stakeholder mapping with Finance, IT, Legal, Operations, Facilities, EHS, and Sustainability so owners, due dates, and artifacts are unambiguous.
• Track scope, risks, issues, dependencies, and change control; escalate early when audit findings, data gaps, or operational constraints threaten the critical path.
• Ensure projects do not compromise uptime, change-management discipline, or physical/cyber security requirements in live data centers.
• Establish a repeatable evidence repository (policies, SOPs, meters and utility data, training records, incident logs, contractor controls) that can be reused across sites and audit cycles.
• Prepare executive and steering-committee status: milestone health, open findings, budget vs. plan, and go/no-go recommendations for audit and submission dates.
• Drive post-audit remediation and recertification cadence so certifications remain current as the portfolio grows or operating conditions change.
• Capture lessons learned and harden standard work so subsequent sites and programs require less reinventing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Compliance, Operations, Engineering, Environmental/Energy Management, Business, or equivalent experience.
• 3 or more years as a Project Manager leading Operational projects end-to-end.
• 3 or more years as a Compliance Analyst (or equivalent compliance/internal-controls/audit-support role) supporting enterprise or multi-site programs.
• Additional experience leading end-to-end enterprise-level projects from kickoff through close, including schedule ownership, stakeholder management, and delivery against committed dates.
• Demonstrated work with third-party auditors or certification bodies: evidence requests, findings, and remediation tracking.
• Working knowledge of at least one energy or environmental management/certification framework relevant to data centers (ISO 27001, ISO 14001, ISO 50001, SOC2, PCI, or comparable), or clear ability to apply a compliance-analyst skill set to those frameworks.
• Ability to run projects in live 24x7 operations without disrupting availability or violating change-control standards.
• Strong written communication for audit narratives, evidence indexes, and executive status.
• Proficiency with project tools (MS Project, Smartsheet, or equivalent), AI tools such as ChatGPT and Claude, and the Microsoft 365 suite.

Preferred Qualifications

• Direct data center, oil and gas, renewable energy, public utility, or comparable industry experience.
• PMP, CAPM, or equivalent project management credential.
• Experience coordinating enterprise PMO governance, internal audit, SOC-style evidence processes, or customer sustainability questionnaires alongside formal certifications.
• Prior partnership with Big 4, specialist sustainability consultants, or accredited certification bodies.

Competencies That Distinguish Success

• Compliance analyst rigor; knows the difference between a policy, a control, and proof the control operated.
• Enterprise project leadership; can take a multi-function certification program from charter to closed audit.
• Operational discipline; treats audits like production events: sequenced, documented, and reversible if something slips.
• Cross-functional gravity; can get Finance, Legal, IT, and site ops to produce the same artifact on the same date.

Benefits

• Health Coverage: Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts: HSA with employer contribution for eligible participants. FSA's offered for health and dependent care to increase tax savings.
• Retirement Savings: 401(k) plan with company match
• Paid Time Off and Holiday Pay
• Company-Sponsored Insurance: Short-Term Disability, Life Insurance, and Long-Term Disability (with medical election)
• Optional Benefits: Voluntary life, critical illness, legal, and additional disability coverage
• Wellness Programs: Employee assistance program (EAP), Wellhub gym membership, and other wellness initiatives