Project Development Manager - AI Infrastructure

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

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