Senior Regulatory, Permitting & Solutioning Lead

Jobtailor; Utrecht; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor seeks an experienced Omgevingsmanager to lead permitting and regulatory strategies for major data center and critical infrastructure projects in the Netherlands.

You will advise clients, authorities, and project teams on complex regulatory challenges, build trusted relationships with municipalities, regulators, and utilities, and support growth initiatives across the Benelux market.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in Dutch permitting, regulatory, planning, or stakeholder management.
• Delivery of complex infrastructure, energy, or data center projects.
• Experience with municipalities, environmental agencies, utilities, regulators.
• Fluent Dutch and professional English; French language capability.

Responsibilities

• Lead permitting and regulatory strategy for major data center projects.
• Advise clients, authorities, and project teams on regulatory challenges.
• Develop practical, compliant solutions for planning, environmental, and grid constraints.
• Build relationships with municipalities, regulators, utilities, stakeholders.
• Support business development and strategic client growth initiatives.
• Escalate high‑profile permitting and stakeholder issues.
• Strengthen position in Dutch and Benelux data center market.

Skills

Regulatory strategy

Stakeholder management

Project delivery

Dutch permitting

Client advisory

Job description

Responsibilities

• Lead permitting and regulatory strategy for major data center and mission‑critical infrastructure projects.
• Act as a senior advisor to clients, authorities, and project teams on complex regulatory challenges.
• Develop practical, compliant solutions to overcome planning, environmental, and grid‑related constraints.
• Build trusted relationships with municipalities, regulators, utilities, and key stakeholders.
• Support business development, major pursuits, and strategic client growth initiatives.
• Serve as the escalation point for high‑profile permitting, stakeholder, and client issues.
• Help strengthen our position within the Dutch and wider Benelux data center market.

Requirements

• Significant experience within Dutch permitting, regulatory, planning, or stakeholder management environments.
• Proven delivery of complex infrastructure, utility, energy, industrial, mission‑critical, or data center projects.
• Experience working with municipalities, provinces, environmental agencies, utilities, and regulators.
• Fluent Dutch and professional English.
• Preferred Data Centre or hyperscale project experience.
• Experience in roles such as Omgevingsmanager, Senior Permit Manager, Spatial Planning Advisor, Environmental Strategy Lead, or Regulatory Affairs Director.
• Background within Omgevingsdiensten, utilities, municipalities, regulatory bodies, or leading engineering consultancies.
• Experience working with hyperscalers, cloud providers, or major infrastructure developers.
• French language capability.