Program Director, Bell AI Fabric
Req Id: 431516
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At Bell, your skills and expertise will help set us apart as we continue to be the leading provider of digital connections and next generation services to businesses and governments.
Summary
Bell’s AI Fabric initiative is pioneering a secure, sovereign AI compute network across Canada. This ambitious portfolio features seven large-scale, high-density data centers, anchored by a 500 MW British Columbia supercluster and a 300 MW flagship site in Regina, Saskatchewan.
As Program Director, you will be accountable for the end-to-end delivery of the national data centre build program—orchestrating scope, schedule, budget, and cross-functional execution across multiple concurrent sites. You'll be the integrating force connecting construction, engineering, commissioning, procurement, and program controls into one predictable, well-governed program, ensuring Bell delivers these mission-critical facilities on time, on budget, and to standard as the initiative scales aggressively nationally.
Key Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end delivery accountability for the national data centre build program, integrating scope, schedule, budget, and quality across multiple concurrent sites.
- Orchestrate cross-functional execution across construction, engineering, commissioning, procurement, and program controls, ensuring alignment to program objectives.
- Establish and govern the program delivery framework—stage gates, milestones, governance cadence, and decision rights—across the portfolio.
- Own the integrated master schedule and program-level budget, driving predictability, transparency, and schedule discipline across all builds.
- Lead program-level risk management, change governance, and interdependency management, escalating and resolving systemic issues before they impact delivery.
- Provide executive-level program reporting to AI Fabric and Capital Programs leadership, translating complex delivery status into clear, decision-ready insight.
- Manage program financials, forecasting, and capital planning in partnership with finance and program controls.
- Drive resource planning and prioritization across sites, balancing competing demands as the program scales
- Build and mature Bell's program delivery capability at a formative stage, embedding repeatable processes, playbooks, and lessons learned across the fleet.
- Serve as a senior point of escalation and executive interface for site directors, functional leads, and external delivery partners.
Critical Qualifications
- 15+ years leading large-scale capital program delivery, with direct experience on hyperscale or mission-critical data centres (multi-site / multi-billion-dollar portfolios preferred)
- Proven track record owning end-to-end program delivery across multiple concurrent construction projects, not just single-project management.
- Deep command of program management disciplines—integrated master scheduling, budget/cost control, risk management, and change governance.
- Strong understanding of the full data centre delivery lifecycle—construction, engineering, MEP, and commissioning through to operational handover.
- Demonstrated ability to integrate and align diverse cross-functional teams and external delivery partners.
- Expertise in program governance, stage-gate frameworks, and executive reporting.
- Exceptional executive presence, able to influence and challenge senior engineering, construction, finance, and executive leaders.
- Experience building and maturing a program delivery organization from a formative stage.
- Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related discipline; PMP/PgMP, P.Eng., or equivalent strongly preferred.
- Willingness to travel nationally between build locations as the portfolio scales.
Adequate knowledge of French is required for positions in Quebec.
Additional Information:
Position Type: Management
Job Status: Regular - Full Time
Job Location: Canada : Alberta : Calgary
Work Arrangement: Hybrid
Application Deadline: 07/28/2026
For work arrangements that are ‘Hybrid’, successful candidates must be based in Canada and report to a set Bell office for a minimum of 3 days a week. Recognizing the importance of work-life balance, Bell offers flexibility in work hours based on the business needs.
Please apply directly online to be considered for this role. Applications through email will not be accepted.
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