Project Director

Overview

Project Director

Key Responsibilities

• Provide executive leadership for the successful delivery of hyperscale and large-scale colocation data centre projects.
• Oversee all aspects of project execution, including design management, procurement, construction, commissioning, and handover.
• Establish and drive project strategy, governance frameworks, and delivery methodologies aligned with client objectives and organisational standards.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams comprising project managers, design managers, construction managers, commercial professionals, and technical specialists.
• Ensure effective management of programme schedules, project budgets, risk registers, and resource allocation across multiple workstreams.
• Act as the primary point of contact for clients, senior stakeholders, consultants, utility providers, and supply chain partners.
• Drive stakeholder engagement and maintain strong relationships with hyperscale operators and key project partners.
• Champion health, safety, quality, and environmental excellence across all project activities.
• Oversee commercial performance, including contract administration, change management, claims mitigation, and financial reporting.
• Monitor project performance against key milestones and implement corrective actions to address potential delays or risks.
• Lead project governance meetings and provide regular executive-level reporting to internal leadership and external stakeholders.
• Support commissioning strategies, operational readiness planning, and the successful transition to client operations teams.
• Promote a culture of collaboration, accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement throughout the project lifecycle.

Requirements

• Degree qualified in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or a related discipline.
• A minimum of 10 years' experience delivering large-scale construction projects, with significant exposure to mission-critical facilities and data centres.
• Proven track record leading hyperscale or major colocation data centre developments from inception through to completion.
• Extensive experience managing multidisciplinary teams within complex EPC, PMC, or client-side environments.
• Strong understanding of data centre delivery requirements, including critical power, cooling infrastructure, commissioning, and operational resilience.
• Demonstrated expertise in programme management, commercial oversight, contract administration, and stakeholder management.
• Experience working with internationally recognised forms of contract and large, geographically dispersed project teams.
• Middle East experience is highly desirable.
• Familiarity with hyperscale client standards and delivery expectations, including those of AWS, Microsoft, Google, Meta, or Oracle, would be advantageous.
• Exceptional leadership, communication, negotiation, and decision-making skills, with the ability to operate effectively at executive level.
• This is a unique opportunity to join a market-leading organisation at the forefront of the region's rapidly expanding data centre sector and play a pivotal role in delivering next-generation digital infrastructure that will support the future of the digital economy.