Executive Project Lead – Hyperscale Data Centre Programs

Mott MacDonald; Zaragoza; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive annual leave

Pension scheme

Life insurance

Professional subscription

Private medical insurance

Salary sacrifice benefits

Continuous development opportunities

Agile/flexible working

Annual bonus

Job summary

Mott MacDonald is recruiting a Principal Project Manager to provide strategic leadership across a portfolio of major data centre developments in Spain, acting as a senior advisor to clients and executives. You will drive delivery excellence while supporting business growth, client development and operational leadership.

You will lead project directors, senior project managers and multi-disciplinary teams, ensuring governance, risk and performance reporting at the highest levels.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience delivering large-scale mission-critical or hyperscale data centre construction projects.
• Proven track record leading major capital programmes valued in excess of €100m+.
• Significant experience managing executive-level client relationships.
• Demonstrated success leading geographically dispersed and multidisciplinary project teams.
• Deep understanding of construction delivery, commissioning, operational readiness and programme governance.
• Strong commercial acumen with experience managing complex contract environments.
• Experience supporting business development and strategic growth initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead major data centre programmes from planning through construction, commissioning and handover.
• Serve as Executive Project Lead on high-profile client engagements.
• Develop and maintain senior client relationships across investors, developers, operators and contractors.
• Provide strategic oversight of project governance, risk management and delivery performance.
• Lead project directors, senior project managers and multidisciplinary teams.
• Provide executive-level reporting and strategic advice to client leadership teams.
• Identify and manage programme-level risks, opportunities and commercial considerations.
• Support business development, market growth and key account management initiatives.
• Contribute to organisational capability development, technical excellence and thought leadership within the data centre sector.
• Mentor and develop future project leadership talent.

Skills

Hyperscale data centres

Executive stakeholder management

Project governance

Contract management

Leadership

Education

Engineering degree

Chartered status

PM qualifications

Job description

Mott MacDonald is recruiting a Principal Project Manager to provide strategic leadership across a portfolio of major data centre developments in Spain, acting as a senior advisor to clients and executives. You will drive delivery excellence while supporting business growth, client development and operational leadership.

You will lead project directors, senior project managers and multi-disciplinary teams, ensuring governance, risk and performance reporting at the highest levels.