Senior Director Pre-Development
Senior Director Pre-Development
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The Senior Director PreDevelopment provides enterpriselevel leadership and strategic direction for predevelopment activities across multiple regions and highimpact data center projects. This role is responsible for driving site readiness efforts from inception through entitlement ensuring alignment with company growth objectives and operational requirements.
Working crossfunctionally with senior leaders from Corporate Real Estate Investment Development Technology and Data Center Operations the Senior Director ensures seamless collaboration and integration across internal teams. This individual also serves as a senior representative to external stakeholdersincluding regulatory agencies government officials and community partnersguiding complex negotiations and communications that facilitate timely project approvals.
This role demands a seasoned leader with a deep understanding of largescale development strategy coupled with proven expertise in site selection permitting planning environmental and technical due diligence civil engineering and data center infrastructure. The ideal candidate excels at driving clarity amid complexity influencing at the senior leadership level and shaping predevelopment frameworks that scale with the business.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities:
Spearhead enterprisewide due diligence strategies for land banking and site acquisitions driving alignment across Corporate Real Estate Connectivity Power and Construction functions to capitalize on data center development opportunities.
Architect and oversee longterm planning and permitting frameworks ensuring strategic alignment with regulatory landscapes risk mitigation plans and company growth objectives.
Own the development and governance of capital investment strategies for new site design and construction ensuring financial rigor and alignment with enterpriselevel priorities.
Lead geographically distributed teams and senior stakeholders through complex entitlement zoning and permitting lifecycles for largescale greenfield initiatives shaping the companys development trajectory.
Provide executive oversight of architectural and engineering design standards championing innovation while ensuring consistency with QTSs operational and brand guidelines.
Establish and evolve enterprise design and documentation best practices to drive scalability efficiency and quality across all development efforts.
Serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership by synthesizing program and project data into actionable insights that support strategic decisions and capital allocation.
Forge and sustain highimpact relationships with internal executives government entities and external partners to enable proactive and responsible site development.
Drive enterprise transformation initiatives by optimizing project management methodologies systems and protocols to scale with business growth.
Lead special initiatives and crossfunctional programs that further corporate strategy ensuring alignment with longterm business and infrastructure goals.
Basic Qualifications:
10 or more years of experience in commercial development including contract management due diligence entitlements permitting and project delivery from conceptual planning to project closeout.
6 or more years of progressive experience leading direct reports and teams with a demonstrated ability to manage and develop talent within the organization.
Advanced knowledge with Microsoft Office suite specifically PowerPoint for use in communicating program updates to executive level and Excel to create and maintain site program & individual project budgets.
Be able to travel up to 50 of the time.
Preferred Qualifications:
MBA Masters in Engineering Management Real Estate Development or a related field.
Experience in the delivery of missioncritical data center facilities at scale.
Experience with tier 1 data center markets.
Knowledge Skills and Abilities:
Expertise in real estate due diligence land acquisition zoning and entitlement processes.
Advanced experience evaluating potential sites based on legal regulatory and financial considerations.
Advanced knowledge of largescale commercial and data center construction including design permitting and environmental impact analysis.
Knowledge of civil engineering power infrastructure and connectivity requirements.
Advanced knowledge of environmental regulations sustainability standards and building codes.
Advanced experience in creating and managing predevelopment budgets analyzing investment risks and forecasting costs.
Knowledge of funding models capital expenditures and financial feasibility analysis.
Understanding of Tier 1 data center markets data center design principles and operational requirements.
Strong ability to lead complex projects from initial feasibility to groundbreaking.
Experience managing multiple projects across different geographic locations.
Proven ability to communicate effectively with executives external stakeholders and regulatory authorities.
Ability to develop and implement longterm strategies for site development.
Strong critical thinking skills to navigate unforeseen challenges in development projects.
Proven experience managing direct reports and crossfunctional teams.
Ability to mentor and develop emerging talent within the organization.
Proficiency in managing budgets analyzing financial reports and optimizing cost
Ability to balance multiple projects with competing priorities and tight deadlines.
Capacity to make highstakes decisions with limited or evolving information.
Skilled in negotiating with local authorities vendors and stakeholders to advance project goals
Total Rewards:
25 days annual leave and public holidays
32 paid volunteering hours per year
Salary sacrifice pension scheme
Employer paid private medical and dental cover for employees and dependents
Life assurance
Illness financial protection including critical illness cover and income protection
Employee referral bonus equivalent to exchange rates of $2500 at time of award subject to eligibility
The duties and responsibilities described here are not exhaustive and additional assignments duties or responsibilities may be required of this position. Assignments duties and responsibilities may be changed at any time with or without notice by QTS in its sole discretion. We provide individuals with disabilities reasonable accommodations to participate in the job application or interview process to perform essential job functions and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment in accordance with applicable law. Please contact us to request an accommodation on
Required Experience:
Exec
Employment Type
Full-Time
