Vice President, Development, EMEA

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 eight in-flight campuses across 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.

Job Description

The Development Manager is a leadership position which will play a critical role in ensuring the efficient and ongoing expansion of Ada’s Infrastructure footprint across EMEA. Reporting to the Head of EMEA, this position will require the successful candidate to collaborate closely with the Energy Manager and the Site selection manager to bring news sites to a point where Data Centre construction may commence.

The Development Manager will take ownership of a newly purchased site from the Site selection manager and initiate all developments tasks as required i.e.  potential rezoning requests, power and permitting applications if required, agree site maintenance and landlord responsibilities and ensure same are in place. The successful candidate will work with the design and delivery teams to design the proposed building, select long lead equipment, get contracts in place with general contractors and own the overall schedule for the development up to construction start at which point they will hand over to the Delivery team.  

Key responsibilities:

• Ownership of site from purchase until construction start.
• Owner and develop for the overall site schedule thru’ the development phase i.e. green field (or brownfield) site thru’ construction start.
• Work with the Energy Manager to ensure a power application has been completed and that power deliver is happening in a timely manner.
• Be the ADA point of contact from site selection thru’ to construction start for all statutory bodies and general enquiries on a site.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline with experience in business or finance.
• Proven experience in a site development and project execution role with 5+ years experience in the role or similar
• A technical understanding of data centres and the key technical components that are required to bring green or brownfield sites to delivery stage
• Excellent communication (written and spoken) and interpersonal skills.

Reporting Relationships

There is no set deadline to apply for this job opportunity. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the search is no longer active.