Data Centre Programme Lead - NL Growth & Delivery

Arup; Amsterdam; Remote; EUR 100,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit sharing

Health insurance

Flexible working

Wellbeing programmes

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

Arup in the Netherlands is seeking an experienced Data Centres Project Lead to steer major multidisciplinary data centre projects, drive growth, and deepen client relationships across the project lifecycle. You will mobilize local and international teams, lead strategic pursuits, and shape our growth strategy in the Dutch data centre market.

The role combines hands-on project leadership with market-facing activities, strengthening Arup’s position through an integrated design and delivery

Qualifications

• Strong experience leading multidisciplinary data centre or mission-critical projects.
• Experience managing project commercial performance, risk, quality, and client outcomes.
• A track record of building strong client relationships and identifying or developing new opportunities.
• Confidence working with senior clients, technical and commercial stakeholders.
• Ability to lead multidisciplinary teams across locations.
• Good understanding of the data centre sector and its clients.
• Dutch-language capability.

Responsibilities

• Lead major multidisciplinary data centre projects, with accountability for client outcomes, commercial performance, risk, quality and effective mobilization of local and international teams.
• Help shape and deliver our Data Centre growth strategy in the Netherlands, translating market insight and regional priorities into a focused pipeline of clients and opportunities.
• Grow strategic client relationships, acting as a trusted adviser, identifying opportunities, and expanding our role across the project lifecycle.
• Lead strategic pursuits and major bids, from early positioning and client engagement through to bid leadership and conversion into sustainable, commercially successful work.
• Strengthen Arup’s position in the Dutch data centre market, representing the business externally and connecting engineering, advisory, sustainability and digital capabilities into a compelling Total Design offer.

Skills

Project leadership

Business development

Stakeholder management

Client engagement

Job description

Arup in the Netherlands is seeking an experienced Data Centres Project Lead to steer major multidisciplinary data centre projects, drive growth, and deepen client relationships across the project lifecycle. You will mobilize local and international teams, lead strategic pursuits, and shape our growth strategy in the Dutch data centre market.

The role combines hands-on project leadership with market-facing activities, strengthening Arup’s position through an integrated design and delivery