Project Development Manager - AI Infrastructure

Hamilton Barnes Associates Limited; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 117,000 - 143,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Bonus potential

Progression opportunities

Job summary

Hamilton Barnes Associates Limited is seeking an experienced project/development professional to lead next-generation data center developments in Europe, overseeing a full lifecycle from acquisition to construction readiness. You will coordinate permits, utilities, and governance, while guiding cross-functional teams and reporting to senior leadership.

The role emphasizes risk management, stakeholder engagement, and delivering large-scale AI infrastructure projects across EMEA, with

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience delivering data center, industrial, infrastructure, land development or mission critical projects.
• Strong experience managing permitting, entitlements, utility coordination, consultant management and pre-construction activities.
• Strong understanding of development planning, infrastructure delivery, project budgeting, scheduling and risk management.

Responsibilities

• Lead data center development projects from acquisition through to construction readiness, owning schedules, budgets, milestones and project risks.
• Coordinate permitting, entitlements, utility planning, infrastructure design and owner obligations to keep projects on track.
• Manage relationships with utilities, municipalities, consultants, architects and engineering partners throughout the development lifecycle.
• Lead development governance, readiness reviews and Go/No Go recommendations while providing regular updates to senior leadership.
• Identify and mitigate development risks before they impact construction, ensuring projects are fully prepared for delivery.
• Partner with Site Selection, Engineering, Energy, Legal, Finance and Delivery teams to successfully transition projects into construction.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Executive presentation

Clear communication

Education

Degree in Civil Engineering/Construction Management/Architecture/Real Estate Development/Urban Planning

Job description

Looking for a role with plenty of growth opportunities?

Join one of the world's fastest-growing AI infrastructure providers, delivering a high-performance AI cloud platform that enables startups, enterprises, and research organisations to build, train, and deploy next-generation AI applications. The organisation is rapidly expanding its GPU-powered infrastructure across Europe and beyond to support the growing demand for AI compute.

This opportunity is ideal for an experienced project or development professional looking to help deliver the next generation of AI data centres across EMEA. The role involves leading projects from acquisition through to construction readiness, coordinating utilities, permitting, engineering, and development activities while helping establish the governance, standards, and delivery processes that will support the organization's continued expansion.

Responsibilities

• Lead data center development projects from acquisition through to construction readiness, owning schedules, budgets, milestones and project risks
• Coordinate permitting, entitlements, utility planning, infrastructure design and owner obligations to keep projects on track
• Manage relationships with utilities, municipalities, consultants, architects and engineering partners throughout the development lifecycle
• Lead development governance, readiness reviews and Go/No Go recommendations while providing regular updates to senior leadership
• Identify and mitigate development risks before they impact construction, ensuring projects are fully prepared for delivery
• Partner with Site Selection, Engineering, Energy, Legal, Finance and Delivery teams to successfully transition projects into construction

Skills/Must Have

• 8+ years of experience delivering data center, industrial, infrastructure, land development or mission critical projects
• Strong experience managing permitting, entitlements, utility coordination, consultant management and pre construction activities
• Strong understanding of development planning, infrastructure delivery, project budgeting, scheduling and risk management
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary teams across engineering, utilities, design, legal and construction functions
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication and executive presentation skills
• Degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, Real Estate Development, Urban Planning or a related discipline, or equivalent experience

Desirable Skills

• Experience delivering hyperscale or AI infrastructure developments
• Experience with utility infrastructure, owner's representation or joint venture developments
• Professional Engineer (PE), PMP or equivalent certification
• Experience building development standards, governance frameworks and project controls

Benefits

• Competitive salary with bonus and comprehensive benefits package
• Opportunity to shape the expansion of one of the world's fastest growing AI infrastructure platforms
• Work on large scale AI data center developments across EMEA
• Help build the standards, governance and operating model for a rapidly growing infrastructure team
• Clear progression opportunities within an international AI infrastructure business

Salary

• up to €130,000 gross per year based on experience