Director Portfolio Management

NTT Global Data Centers; Greater London; On-site; GBP 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

NTT Global Data Centers is seeking a Director of Portfolio Management to lead third‑party investment activities in EMEA greenfield data centre assets. The role spans origination through stabilisation and partners with Finance, Legal, Construction, Design, and Power to optimize value.

The ideal candidate has substantial experience in infrastructure finance, complex capital structures, and strong modelling capabilities, with a track record of delivering value for institutional investors.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related analytical discipline (Master’s degree or MBA preferred/CFA).
• Multiple years of relevant experience in infrastructure, real estate, private equity, investment banking, or project finance.
• Proven experience working with institutional investors, joint ventures, and complex capital structures.
• Strong track record in financial modelling, valuation, and investment analysis.
• Advanced Excel skills (formulas, pivot tables, modeling).
• Strong PowerPoint skills for executive‑ready presentations.
• Excellent analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Experience with financial systems (e.g., SAP, Yardi) is a plus.
• Ability to work independently and cross‑functionally in a fast‑paced environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Oversee JV, asset and investor management including development entities.
• Lead financial modelling, risk management, and development finance activities.
• Coordinate and support hedging strategies and financing structures.
• Lead project finance and corporate financing processes for data center assets.

Skills

Financial modelling

IRR/NPV analysis

Stakeholder management

Advanced Excel

PowerPoint

Communication

SAP/Yardi

Independent / cross‑functional work

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/ Economics/ Accounting/ Engineering/ Mathematics

Master's degree or MBA preferred / CFA

Tools

SAP

Yardi

Job description

The Director, Portfolio Management (m/f/d), plays a critical leadership role within Global Portfolio Management, responsible for structuring, executing, and actively managing third‑party investment in EMEA greenfield data centre assets. The role spans the full development lifecycle, from origination and feasibility through financing, construction, delivery, and stabilisation. The position serves as a strategic partner to investors, senior leadership, and key internal functions including Finance, Legal, Construction, Design, and Power.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Joint Venture, Asset & Investor Management

• Oversee the financial performance of JV and assets, including development entities
• Support equity processes, shareholder funding, and distributions
• Ensure compliance with key agreements, including JV, funding, operator, and third party covenants
• Assess the financial impact of key business decisions related to JVs, customer contracts, suppliers, pricing, and development timing
• Lead, together with relevant teams, asset level financial strategies to ensure sustainable financing, liquidity, and compliance

2. Financial Modelling, Risk Management, Development Finance

• Oversee financial and financing models including base case, downside scenarios, covenant headroom and sensitivity analyses, in cooperation from the Business Model team
• Ensure the team aligns models with development progress, leasing assumptions, capex phasing, and financing structures
• Assess and communicate financial risks, mitigants, and downside scenarios to senior management and investors, challenge development business cases (IRR, NPV, yields, cost curves) for greenfield and expansion projects
• Analyse liquidity requirements, and funding sources across multi year development plans
• Act as partner to internal teams and external investors on strategies, and investment decision making
• Lead project finance and corporate financing processes for new and existing data center assets, including initial bank financings, refinancings, and amendments
• Lead the commercial and legal negotiation of financing packages, including debt terms, covenants, security structures, and conditions precedent, in coordination with Legal and advisors
• Coordinate and support hedging strategies (interest rate swaps, caps, floors), including interaction with treasury, hedging advisors, and lenders
• Own financing related workstreams with lenders, their advisors, shareholders, and internal stakeholders
• Manage liquidity, debt levels, covenant compliance, reporting obligations, compliance, and lender interactions under SFAs and ancillary agreements

4. Reporting, Governance & Decision Support

• Prepare and present board level and investor reporting, providing clear and pragmatic financial insights to support investment and development decisions
• Support audits, lender reviews, and due diligence processes
• Manage or oversee JV finance functions including budgeting, cash management, planning, accounting coordination, year end closing, and reporting
• Act as a business partner, not only a reporting function, actively challenging assumptions and supporting decision making

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related analytical discipline (Master’s degree or MBA preferred/CFA).
• Multiple years of relevant experience in infrastructure, real estate, private equity, investment banking, or project finance.
• Proven experience working with institutional investors, joint ventures, and complex capital structures.
• Strong track record in financial modelling, valuation, and investment analysis.
• Advanced Excel skills (formulas, pivot tables, modeling).
• Strong PowerPoint skills for executive‑ready presentations.
• Excellent analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Experience with financial systems (e.g., SAP, Yardi) is a plus.
• Ability to work independently and cross‑functionally in a fast‑paced environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Who we are

As the third largest data center provider, we operate over 150 data centers in more than 20 countries and regions. We understand that every business – large and small – has its own unique needs and goals. We offer local‑to‑global data center expertise, aligned with our connected platform of AI‑ready data centers to create solutions that enable our clients to seamlessly scale their digital businesses, anywhere and anytime.