Project Development Manager- Data Centers, EMEA
Job description
Lead the development of AI infrastructure projects across the Americas from executed agreement through construction readiness within Nebius's Infrastructure Acquisition Group. The role transforms acquisitions into fully defined, development-ready data center projects while helping build the team's development standards and governance.
At a glance
- Work mode
- Remote
What you'll do
- Lead the development of AI infrastructure projects from executed agreement through construction readiness
- Own integrated development roadmaps, schedules, budgets, milestones, and the pre-construction risk register
- Coordinate permitting, entitlement, utility planning, infrastructure planning, and owner obligations
- Recommend Go / No-Go decisions as projects advance through key development milestones
- Deliver development-ready projects to the Delivery organization with complete documentation and minimized risk
- Lead weekly development reviews and executive readiness meetings
- Coordinate infrastructure planning for electrical service, substations, fiber, water, sewer, stormwater, and transportation access
- Partner with utility providers, municipalities, engineering teams, and consultants to validate executable development plans
- Ensure infrastructure assumptions are fully integrated into project budgets and schedules
- Establish development readiness criteria and project handoff standards
- Verify permits, utility agreements, infrastructure planning, owner deliverables, and development obligations are complete before turnover
- Identify and resolve development risks before they impact construction
- Serve as the primary development interface across Site Selection, Technical Due Diligence, Engineering, Energy, Finance, Legal, and Delivery
- Coordinate architects, civil engineers, environmental consultants, surveyors, permitting specialists, and other external partners
- Align internal stakeholders and external consultants to prevent scope, schedule, and cost drift throughout development
- Help build the standards and processes the Infrastructure Acquisition Group runs on as it scales
What we're looking for
- 8+ years of experience in data center development, industrial development, infrastructure development, land development, or mission-critical projects
- Experience managing permitting, entitlement, utility coordination, consultant management, and development planning activities
- Strong understanding of infrastructure development, owner's budgeting, development scheduling, risk management, and pre-construction planning
- Experience coordinating multidisciplinary teams across engineering, utilities, design, legal, and construction
- Excellent communication and executive presentation skills
- Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, Real Estate Development, Urban Planning, or a related discipline, or equivalent experience
- Comfortable operating in ambiguity and building processes where none exist
- Ability to independently lead complex infrastructure developments
Nice to have
- Experience supporting hyperscale data center or AI infrastructure development
- Experience with utility coordination, entitlement strategy, infrastructure planning, and owner's representation
- Experience with self-development or joint venture delivery models
- Professional Engineer (PE), PMP, or similar professional certification
Your team
Infrastructure Acquisition Group
A small, founding team building the function from the ground up across the Americas, leading the acquisition of colocation, build-to-suit, powered land, and other strategic infrastructure opportunities.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Career growth and learning opportunities
- Flexibility and ownership
- Collaborative and innovative culture
- Opportunity to work on impactful AI projects
- International environment and talented teams
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About Nebius
Leading a new era in cloud infrastructure for the global AI economy
Nebius is building a full-stack AI cloud platform supporting developers and enterprises from data and model training through to production deployment. Built by engineers, for engineers, it owns hard problems across compute, storage, networking and applied AI, from large-scale GPU orchestration to inference optimization.
Mission
Building a full-stack AI cloud platform that supports developers and enterprises from data and model training through to production deployment, without the cost and complexity of building large in-house AI/ML infrastructure.
Key facts
- 1,500+
- Amsterdam
- AI cloud infrastructure
- Listed on Nasdaq (NBIS)
- Global footprint with R&D hubs across Europe, the UK, North America and Israel
- Team of 1,500+ includes hundreds of engineers with deep expertise across hardware, software and AI R&D
- One of the world's fastest-growing AI cloud platforms
What they value
- Fast moving
- Bold thinking
- Constant growth
- Meaningful impact
- Trust and real ownership
- Opportunity to shape the future of AI