Principal Data Center Facilities Development Manager (Sr Data Center Construction Manager - EMEA)

Leads the construction of data centers by colocation providers, ensuring projects are completed on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards. Creates, reviews, and maintains documentation, including design review, commissioning, and problem‑solving papers. Implements and oversees quality control processes to ensure all construction activities meet design specifications and industry standards. Conducts detailed site walks and leads the startup and commissioning phases of major data center projects. Identifies gaps in risk identification and mitigation and develops tailored solutions to address these gaps. Serves as the primary point of contact between the company and colocation providers. Selects, negotiates, and manages contracts with external vendors, contractors, and suppliers, ensuring contract compliance and performance. Oversees the installation of power, cooling, networking, and structured cabling systems.

Responsibilities

• Leads the construction of data centers by colocation providers, ensuring projects are completed on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards.
• Develops and maintains detailed project schedules, coordinating with colocation providers to ensure timely milestone delivery across multiple projects.
• Creates and manages project budgets, optimizing resource allocation to ensure cost‑effective project execution.
• Creates, reviews, and maintains documentation, including design review, commissioning, and problem‑solving papers.
• Implements and oversees quality control processes to ensure all construction activities meet design specifications and industry standards.
• Collaborates actively in the coordination and integration of tenant fit‑out projects, ensuring alignment between different phases of design, construction, and commissioning.
• Conducts detailed site walks to monitor schedule, coordination, and quality throughout the life of the project.
• Leads the startup and commissioning phases of major data center projects, ensuring that all systems are operational and meet design specifications.
• Evaluates the risk profiles associated with timely project delivery for multiple projects.
• Identifies gaps in risk identification and mitigation and develops tailored solutions to address these gaps.
• Develops and implements mitigation strategies for major construction project risks to ensure project success.
• Serves as the primary point of contact between the company and colocation providers, facilitating clear and effective communication and resolving routine issues independently.
• Develops and maintains key relationships to effectively support internal and external stakeholders, identifying opportunities for process improvements.
• Selects, negotiates, and manages contracts with external vendors, contractors, and suppliers, ensuring contract compliance and performance.
• Collaborates with design teams to ensure construction activities align with the approved design plans and specifications, addressing routine design issues independently.
• Provides comprehensive colocation provider evaluation input for continuous improvement and identifies opportunities for process enhancements.
• Oversees the installation of power, cooling, networking, and structured cabling systems, ensuring adherence to quality standards.
• Manages and coordinates moderately complex tasks, monitoring timelines and deliverables to ensure timely completion and adherence to requirements for a moderately‑sized project or initiative.
• Collaborates across the organization to align on expectations and achieve shared objectives. Leverages understanding of business leaders, stakeholders, and/or customers to ensure proposed solutions meet their needs.
• Identifies and addresses moderately complex issues by analyzing a wide range of data and/or information to identify solutions in accordance with standard practices.
• Proactively escalates unresolved or critical issues with a thorough assessment and suggests potential solutions. Reviews, contributes to, and documents problem‑solving strategies.
• Pursues learning opportunities to expand knowledge and skills and/or tools in new areas and stays abreast of the latest industry trends and best practices.
• Coaches and mentors junior team members, fostering continuous learning and knowledge sharing within and across teams.
• Develops ideas, recommends updates, and/or collaborates on the implementation of process improvements to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of processes, protocols, and workflows across teams, and evaluates the impact on key stakeholders.
• Contributes to the talent development pipeline by participating in candidate interviews, assessing candidates, and providing hiring recommendations.

Candidate Profile

We are seeking an experienced Data Centre construction and commissioning specialist with recent involvement supporting colocation providers and GC/MEP contractors across construction, fit‑out, and commissioning projects within mission‑critical environments. Strong technical understanding of Data Centre MEP critical infrastructure systems, including electrical distribution, UPS, generators, cooling systems, BMS/EPMS, and integrated commissioning activities.

Required Qualifications

• Proven experience leading data center construction/fit‑out projects with direct accountability for schedule, budget, and delivery.
• Successful track record managing contractors, construction partners, and internal engineering/operations teams.
• Strong risk management, vendor management, and cross‑functional leadership skills.
• Ability to thrive in a fast‑paced global environment with high ownership and urgency.

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