Development Director Role
This is an exciting opportunity to lead and oversee front-end development activities across various projects in the Iberian region, including significant contributions to key developments.
The successful candidate will play a strategic leadership role while remaining hands-on as we scale - coordinating design, permitting, and delivery across multiple jurisdictions and ensuring world-class technical and operational standards.
* Development Leadership: Lead the full lifecycle of front-end development across Portuguese data centre projects from site identification and acquisition support, through design development, permitting, and into construction handover.
* Regional Strategy: Shape and drive our development strategy regionally, ensuring alignment with company growth objectives, regional regulatory environments, and evolving AI infrastructure needs.
* Team Building & Leadership: Help build, establish and lead a high-performing regional team, fostering collaboration between design & development, construction, cost, GPU deployment and operational functions.
* Project Oversight: Oversee the development of major projects, coordinating internal and external stakeholders to deliver best-in-class, AI-optimized data centre solutions.
* Permitting & Compliance: Manage permitting processes across multiple European jurisdictions; engage with local authorities, consultants, and stakeholders to secure timely approvals and mitigate regulatory risks.
* Stakeholder & Partner Engagement: Develop and maintain strong relationships with local partners, landowners, consultants, and public bodies. Represent us in discussions on project delivery, sustainability, and infrastructure alignment.
* Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with design, construction, and cost management teams to ensure technical, commercial, and schedule objectives are met across all phases.
* Governance & Reporting: Maintain clear reporting and documentation across all European developments, ensuring consistency with our delivery standards, governance structures, and digital collaboration tools.
* 10+ years in development or project leadership roles, ideally in data centre, mission-critical, or large-scale infrastructure projects.
* Deep understanding of site development, permitting, and design coordination for complex technical infrastructure.
* Strategic & Hands-On: Capable of operating at both leadership and delivery levels; you're a doer who leads by example.
* Collaborative: Comfortable working across regions, time zones, and disciplines.
* Leadership Mindset: Experienced in building and managing teams, consultants and contractors to deliver projects with pace, quality, and precision.
* Fluency in English is required; other European languages are an advantage.
* Startup-Ready: Flexible, proactive, and ready to help build world-leading AI systems, culture, and scale.
* Play a pivotal role in delivering landmark AI infrastructure projects.
* Help build sustainable, high-performance data centres for leading AI platforms.
* Collaborate with the most advanced AI hardware and GPU infrastructure partners globally.
* Be part of a fast-moving, high-growth company built on autonomy, accountability, and technical excellence.