Project Director

Project Type: Data Centre Construction

Key responsibilities:

• Lead and direct the full delivery portfolio for advanced data center projects in Germany, ensuring flawless execution across all sites.
• Manage and coach Project Managers, Site Managers, Supervisors, and functional leads (QA, EHS, BIM, Engineering, Logistics).
• Oversee day-to-day site performance-spending approximately 80% of time on-site-to monitor progress, resolve issues, and maintain delivery precision.
• Hold full accountability for project scope, schedule, quality, health & safety, and budget performance in close partnership with the Director of Operations.
• Translate insights from Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC) into clear, actionable decisions that keep clients, subcontractors, and leadership aligned.
• Conduct weekly executive reviews, critical-path interventions, and risk-response planning to maintain project momentum.
• Collaborate with Quantity Surveyors to drive profit optimisation and maintain commercial performance.
• Act as the primary representative to clients, stakeholders, and authorities-communicating complex site realities and delivering on commitments.
• Set project rhythm, enforce execution standards, and ensure first-time-right delivery across all active sites.

Qualifications/Experience:

• 10+ years' experience leading and delivering CSA fit-outs or comparable high-spec industrial projects, ideally within data centers.
• Proven track record managing multiple Project Managers and cross-functional teams with end-to-end accountability for scope, schedule, quality, EHS, and budget.
• Mastery of project-control platforms; strong familiarity with Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC) is a major advantage.
• Exceptional stakeholder communication skills-able to engage effectively with on-site teams, executives, and local authorities.
• Pragmatic, decisive, and solution-oriented mindset-comfortable making critical decisions under pressure.
• Willingness to spend around 80% of working time on project sites in the Frankfurt region, with occasional visits to HQ in the Netherlands.
• Strong command of English; German is a significant advantage.