AI Data Center Development Lead

Nebius; Singapore; On-site; SGD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Career growth

Flexible work

Collaborative culture

Impactful AI projects

International teams

Job summary

Nebius seeks a Project Development Manager to guide AI infrastructure projects from agreement through construction readiness, partnering with Site Selection, Technical Due Diligence, Engineering, Energy, Finance, Legal, and Delivery to turn acquisitions into well-defined, development-ready ventures.

This build-phase role requires independent leadership as standards, governance, readiness gates, and project controls are developed, helping the team scale while reducing risk.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in data center development, industrial development, infrastructure development, land development, or mission-critical projects.
• Experience managing permitting, entitlement, utility coordination, consultant management, and development planning activities.
• Strong understanding of infrastructure development, owner’s budgeting, development scheduling, risk management, and pre-construction planning.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary teams across engineering, utilities, design, legal, and construction.
• Excellent communication and executive presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of AI infrastructure projects from executed agreement through construction readiness.
• Own integrated development roadmaps, schedules, budgets, milestones, and the pre-construction risk register.
• Coordinate permitting, entitlement, utility planning, infrastructure planning, and owner obligations.
• Recommend Go / No-Go decisions as projects advance through key development milestones.
• Deliver development-ready projects to the Delivery organization with complete documentation and minimized risk.

Skills

Leadership

Program management

Communication skills

Strategic planning

Stakeholder management

Ambiguity handling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or related field

Tools

Project management tools

Job description

Nebius seeks a Project Development Manager to guide AI infrastructure projects from agreement through construction readiness, partnering with Site Selection, Technical Due Diligence, Engineering, Energy, Finance, Legal, and Delivery to turn acquisitions into well-defined, development-ready ventures.

This build-phase role requires independent leadership as standards, governance, readiness gates, and project controls are developed, helping the team scale while reducing risk.