Project Director

V7 Recruitment Ltd; Helsinki; On-site; EUR 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Senior leadership role

Job summary

V7 Recruitment is seeking a Project Director to lead a major data centre project in Finland. You will own end-to-end delivery, guiding a senior delivery team and coordinating with stakeholders to ensure commissioning and handover.

The role is full-time in Finland, offering a highly competitive package with bonuses and a long-term pipeline of flagship European data centre projects. You will operate at strategic and hands-on levels to deliver complex, high-value environments.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering hyperscale or large data centre projects end-to-end.
• Strong background in construction, engineering, or project delivery (contractor, consultancy, or client-side).
• Demonstrated leadership of multi-disciplinary teams and senior project managers.
• Deep understanding of commissioning, MEP systems, and integrated testing processes.
• Experience working on complex, high-value, mission-critical environments.
• Able to operate at both strategic and hands-on delivery levels.
• Willingness to be based full-time in Finland.

Responsibilities

• Lead the full lifecycle delivery of large-scale data centre projects from greenfield through to commissioning and handover.
• Manage and mentor a team of Project Managers and wider delivery teams.
• Oversee programme, cost, quality, and risk across multiple projects or campuses.
• Drive contractor and consultant performance to meet project objectives.
• Ensure successful commissioning, integrated systems testing, and client handover.
• Act as the key interface between stakeholders, contractors, and internal leadership.
• Implement best practices in project delivery, governance, and reporting.

Skills

Data centre delivery

Leadership

Multi-disciplinary teams

Tools

MEP systems

Job description

V7 Recruitment are working with a global leader in the data centre industry who are looking for a Project Director to lead a Data Centre project in Finland! This is a full time role in Finland.

What's on Offer

• Highly competitive package including bonuses
• Long-term pipeline of major European data centre projects
• Opportunity to work client-side on flagship developments
• Senior leadership position with full project ownership

Ideal candidate

• Proven experience delivering hyperscale or large data centre projects end-to-end
• Strong background in construction, engineering, or project delivery (contractor, consultancy, or client-side)
• Demonstrated leadership of multi-disciplinary teams and senior project managers
• Deep understanding of commissioning, MEP systems, and integrated testing processes
• Experience working on complex, high-value, mission-critical environments
• Able to operate at both strategic and hands-on delivery levels
• Willingness to be based full-time in Finland

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the full lifecycle delivery of large-scale data centre projects from greenfield through to commissioning and handover
• Manage and mentor a team of Project Managers and wider delivery teams
• Oversee programme, cost, quality, and risk across multiple projects or campuses
• Drive contractor and consultant performance to meet project objectives
• Ensure successful commissioning, integrated systems testing, and client handover
• Act as the key interface between stakeholders, contractors, and internal leadership
• Implement best practices in project delivery, governance, and reporting

V7 Recruitment is an equal opportunities employer and does not discriminate on the grounds of age, disability, gender, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation. All applications will be considered solely on merit and suitability for the role.

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