VP Programme Management (PMO)

Data eXec; España; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Data eXec is seeking a VP Programme Management to lead portfolio-level planning across European data centre campuses. You will set the master schedule, baseline budgets, monitor variance, and provide a single truth across sites and markets.

You’ll own the risk and capacity view and drive standardized planning, tools, and governance. In this role you will report to the leadership and interact with an institutional investor and a board.

Qualifications

• Experience directing portfolio-level programmes across multiple sites.
• Data centre project experience is mandatory.
• Track record reporting programme performance to boards or institutional investors.
• Hands-on use of portfolio planning tools including earned value and critical-path.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain a single integrated master schedule for all sites.
• Baseline and track the budget against approvals and identify variances.
• Produce monthly operating review packs by a fixed date.
• Own risk registers and the portfolio critical path across the portfolio.
• Set standards for planning, reporting and change control across countries.
• Collaborate with Development teams to keep the portfolio view current.
• Maintain a capacity view indicating load-bearing projects.
• Implement portfolio-level planning tools and discipline.

Skills

Portfolio planning

Stakeholder management

Earned value management

Multi-site capital programmes

MSP or PMP

Fluent English

Education

Degree in engineering, construction management, business or related field

MSP or PMP certification

Tools

Portfolio planning tools

Earned value methods

Critical-path techniques

Job description

We’re hiring a VP Programme Management for a client that develop data centre campuses across multiple European markets and take sites from screening to powered, ready-to-build land.

The ask: one schedule, one budget, one version of the truth across the whole portfolio.

This is not a project role. It’s portfolio level. You become the reference point on what is happening when, and what it costs, in every site and every country. Leadership, the investment committee and an institutional shareholder will all work from your numbers.

What you’ll do

• Build and maintain one integrated master schedule across every site, in one format
• Baseline the budget to power-ready against investment committee approval and track variance
• Produce the monthly operating review pack on a fixed date, not on request
• Own the risk register and the critical path across the portfolio, not project by project
• Set the planning, reporting and change control standards the country project managers work to
• Work alongside the Development team to keep the portfolio view current
• Maintain a capacity view that says plainly which projects the team can carry and which it cannot
• Implement portfolio-level planning tools, earned value and critical-path discipline
• Lead a small core team covering planning and procurement

What you bring

• Programme or PMO director experience on multi-site capital programmes above EUR 500 million, at portfolio level
• Data centre experience. This is mandatory
• A track record of reporting programme performance to an institutional investor or a board
• Hands‑on command of portfolio planning tools, earned value and critical‑path methods
• Strong influencing skills across senior colleagues in several countries and functions
• A degree in engineering, construction management, business or a related field. MSP or PMP is a plus
• Fluent English. Other European languages are a plus

A seat at the centre of a fast-growing portfolio, with the mandate to set the standard.