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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. The position will partner closely with Development, Design, Product, Finance, Sales, Operations, EHS, ESG, and executive leadership, while representing Delivery in customer, vendor, and Board-level discussions.

Responsibilities

Own and execute the EMEA delivery strategy across all EMEA campuses, from pre-construction handoff through commissioning and turnover to operations including but not limited to leading 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 including project level cost analysis, budget/estimating insight, and cost driver transparency
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 the Development, Design and Project Controls teams to identify cost optimization opportunities and Incorporate prefabrication, modularization, and alternate delivery strategies to improve speed, cost certainty, and scalability
Champion a proactive safety culture across all sites, embedding safety as a baseline expectation, leading by example, and ensuring safety is treated as a core value rather than a compliance driven exercise
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 and 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 through coordination with parallel delivery leaders across the globe and Incorporating lessons learned campus to campus and phase to phase

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, with 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

Location

EMEA

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Senior leadership roles (10+ years)
15+ years of experience

Education Level

Bachelor’s degree in construction management, Engineering, or related discipline; equivalent experience considered

About the Company

Over the last 20 years, Ares’ success has been driven by our people and our culture. Today, our team is guided by our core values – Collaborative, Responsible, Entrepreneurial, Self-Aware, Trustworthy – and our purpose to be a catalyst for shared prosperity and a better future. Through our recruitment, career development and employee-focused programming, we are committed to fostering a welcoming and inclusive work environment where high-performance talent of diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives can build careers within this exciting and growing industry.
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.
To learn more about Ada Infrastructure, visit www.adainfrastructure.com or to learn more about Ares Management visit www.aresmgmt.com.