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About the Role
The Senior Director, Development - EMEA leads development execution across the EMEA region from origination through notice-to-proceed (NTP). This role manages regional development priorities, coordinates commercial and technical due diligence, and supports a reliable pipeline of data center opportunities aligned with business, financial, and sustainability objectives.
Responsibilities
- Execute the EMEA development plan in alignment with enterprise priorities, customer demand, approved investment parameters, and regional market conditions.
- Coordinate site origination and due diligence across land, power, water, fiber, permitting, utilities, and environmental considerations.
- Maintain visibility into the regional development pipeline, key milestones, dependencies, risks, and decisions required to advance opportunities.
- Support site readiness and structured handoff to construction in accordance with approved business cases and governance requirements.
- Coordinate preparation of investment materials and validate that commercial, technical, schedule, and financial inputs are complete and traceable.
- Partner with Finance and Investment teams to support development pacing, capital planning, and evaluation of project economics.
- Apply established development governance, diligence, documentation, and risk-review standards consistently across the region.
- Track project performance and lessons learned to improve future development decisions and execution.
- Partner with Design, Power & Energy, Construction, Operations, Finance, Legal, Sustainability, and other stakeholders to align development activities and resolve cross-functional issues.
- Lead and develop regional team members and external partners, setting clear expectations and reinforcing accountability, collaboration, and execution discipline.
- Provide regional insights and recommendations to senior leadership regarding market conditions, capacity, policy, competition, and delivery risks.
- Escalate material risks, trade-offs, and decisions to the VP and relevant governance forums in a timely manner.
- Maintain productive relationships with utilities, regulators, municipalities, developers, landowners, and public agencies to support approvals and infrastructure readiness.
- Represent NTT Global Data Centers in relevant regional forums and stakeholder discussions, as appropriate.
Requirements
- 12+ years of progressively responsible experience in real estate site selection, acquisition, development, or large-scale infrastructure, preferably within data centers, technology, utilities, or industrial sectors.
- Demonstrated experience advancing complex development opportunities within EMEA jurisdictions.
- Experience coordinating multidisciplinary teams and multiple concurrent projects through structured governance and decision-making.
- Working knowledge of development economics, capital planning, regulatory navigation, environmental permitting, and utility coordination.
- Experience leading teams, consultants, or cross-functional workstreams and communicating recommendations to senior leaders.
Skills
- Strong knowledge of data center or large-scale infrastructure development in EMEA, including land, utilities, permitting, and environmental considerations.
- Sound commercial and financial acumen, with the ability to evaluate development assumptions and contribute to investment cases.
- Ability to translate strategic priorities into practical regional plans, milestones, and actions.
- Effective cross-functional leader who can influence stakeholders and drive alignment in a matrixed organization.
- Credible communicator who can engage internal leaders and external stakeholders with clarity and professionalism.
- Pragmatic and resilient, with sound judgment in complex, regulated, and evolving environments.
- Commitment to developing team capability and maintaining a culture of ownership, consistency, and collaboration.
Location
- EMEA
Work Type
- Remote
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Senior
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree required in real estate, business, engineering, finance, planning, or a related field.
- Advanced degree or relevant professional certification preferred.
About the Company
- As the third largest data center provider, we operate over 150 data centers in more than 20 countries and regions.
- We understand that every business – large and small – has its own unique needs and goals.
- We offer local-to-global data center expertise, aligned with our connected platform of AI-ready data centers to create solutions that enable our clients to seamlessly scale their digital businesses, anywhere and anytime.