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About the Role

The Delivery Lead for EMEA is accountable for the end-to-end construction and delivery of Ada Infrastructure’s development portfolio, overseeing all active and future EMEA campuses. This role provides strategic leadership, governance, and operational oversight across multiple large-scale, capital-intensive data center developments, ensuring projects are delivered safely, on time, within budget, and aligned with Ada’s commercial, technical, and operational objectives. This position serves as Ada’s senior construction delivery authority in the region, partnering closely with various internal teams and representing Delivery in external discussions.

Responsibilities

Own and execute the EMEA delivery strategy across all EMEA campuses, from pre-construction handoff through commissioning and turnover to operations.
Lead the tender/contractor selection, contracting, construction and power delivery, coordinating LLE purchase and delivery, and project closeout.
Lead, manage, and develop a high performing regional delivery team, of ADA and contract employees.
Establish and continuously refine delivery governance, processes, controls, and reporting standards to enable scalable execution across multiple markets.
Ensure consistent application of Ada’s global design standards, delivery methodologies, and risk management frameworks across all campuses.
Maintain full accountability for regional CAPEX performance, including budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and cost controls.
Provide clear, executive level reporting on portfolio status, risks, opportunities, and performance metrics.
Oversee regional contractor and vendor strategies, including MSAs, GPAs, SOWs, and contractor qualification.
Drive execution excellence with Design team across CSA and MEP intensive construction programs, ensuring constructability, schedule integrity, and quality outcomes.
Identify and mitigate program level risks, including schedule, supply chain, labour, permitting, and power delivery constraints.
Collaborate with Development, Design and Project Controls teams to identify cost optimization opportunities and incorporate prefabrication, modularization, and alternate delivery strategies.
Champion a proactive safety culture across all sites, embedding safety as a baseline expectation.
Partner with EHS and ESG leadership to ensure delivery outcomes align with Ada’s sustainability and environmental commitments.
Act as the senior Delivery interface for EMEA with customers, hyperscalers, and strategic partners.
Support Sales in leasing pursuits through customer engagement, construction related RFP responses, and delivery commitments.
Ensure consistent and accurate use of delivery systems (e.g., Procore, Primavera P6) as sources of truth across the region.
Foster a collaborative, high accountability culture that encourages continuous improvement and shared learning.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in construction management, Engineering, or related discipline; equivalent experience considered.
15+ years of experience delivering large-scale, capital-intensive construction programs.
10+ years in senior leadership roles.
Extensive experience delivering mission critical or data center infrastructure required.
Proven leadership of multi-site, multi-billion dollar construction portfolios.
Deep expertise in CSA and MEP construction, construction means and methods, and delivery models.
Strong commercial and financial acumen, including CAPEX management, contract strategy, and risk allocation.
Executive presence with the ability to influence internally and externally at the LT and customer level.
Ability to operate effectively in fast-paced, growth-oriented environments with evolving priorities.
This role is expected to have 30-50% travel which may evolve over time, working with teams across all sites, and manufacturers and vendors as required.

Skills

Construction Management
Engineering
Data Center Infrastructure
CSA Construction
MEP Construction
CAPEX Management
Contract Strategy
Risk Allocation
Procore
Primavera P6

Location

EMEA

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

15+ years
10+ years in senior leadership

Education Level

Bachelor's degree in construction management, Engineering, or related discipline

About the Company

Ada Infrastructure is a global data center business committed to being a positive force for technology, people, and the planet.
As part of the digital infrastructure platform of Ares Management Corporation (NYSE:ARES), a leading global alternative investment manager, Ada Infrastructure is positioned to be a leader in the industry in reliable, safe, secure, and sustainable digital infrastructure.
With nine in-flight campuses across the US, Japan, the UK, and Brazil, we have over 850 MW of power currently available and more than 1,500 MW in our global pipeline.