Hyperscale Data Centre Programme Director

Mott MacDonald Group; Zaragoza; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Life insurance

Private medical insurance

Annual bonus

Flexible working

Employee networks

Job summary

Mott MacDonald is recruiting a Principal Project Manager to provide strategic leadership across a portfolio of major data centre developments in Spain. You will act as a senior advisor to clients and executives, leading complex programmes from planning through handover.

Role requires extensive data centre delivery experience, strong governance and commercial acumen, and the ability to lead dispersed teams while reporting to client leadership and pursuing business development opportunities.

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.

Responsibilities

• Lead major hyperscale 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 and thought leadership

Skills

Leadership

Client relationships

Governance

Commercial acumen

Strategic thinking

Team leadership

Communication

Risk management

Negotiation

Business development

Education

Engineering, Construction Management, or related

Chartered Professional status

Advanced project/programme management 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. You will act as a senior advisor to clients and executives, leading complex programmes from planning through handover.

Role requires extensive data centre delivery experience, strong governance and commercial acumen, and the ability to lead dispersed teams while reporting to client leadership and pursuing business development opportunities.