Senior Commercial & Strategy Director
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Job Summary
Job Description
Senior Commercial & Strategy Director
Location: London United Kingdom
Salary: 200000 (plus 25% bonus)
The Opportunity
A leading data centre developer and operator is seeking three senior leaders to join its European platform in Frankfurt Paris and London. This is a highly strategic client-side leadership role positioned above Project Director level with a clear focus on growth strategy commercial decision-making and risk leadership across large-scale data centre developments.
The role is not delivery-led. Instead it is designed for a commercially astute leader who can shape markets define long-term development strategies and influence major investment and growth decisions at country level.
Role Overview
Reporting directly into the Country Lead the Senior Commercial & Strategy Director will play a pivotal role in shaping the organisations development and expansion strategy within their assigned market. The role combines strategic planning commercial oversight and senior stakeholder engagement acting as a key advisor to the country leadership team.
This position requires someone comfortable operating in a client-side executive environment influencing outcomes across feasibility investment risk and governance rather than managing day-to-day project delivery.
Key Responsibilities
Strategy & Growth
- Lead the development of country-level growth and expansion strategies for large-scale data centre developments
- Create and own long-term development roadmaps capacity planning and investment strategies
- Advise the Country Lead on market entry timing scale and commercial positioning
Commercial Leadership
- Own the commercial strategy for data centre developments from early feasibility through to execution
- Lead financial and commercial modelling including ROI value optimisation and cost-risk trade-offs
- Drive informed client-side decision-making aligned with wider European objectives
Risk & Governance
- Lead risk identification mitigation and scenario planning across the development portfolio
- Provide senior oversight of key development risks including planning land power supply chain and programme
- Ensure strong governance frameworks are embedded from concept through delivery
Senior Stakeholder Engagement
- Act as a senior external-facing representative engaging with clients investors partners and authorities
- Influence and align internal stakeholders across development delivery finance legal and operations
- Operate credibly at executive and board level shaping strategic discussions and outcomes
Candidate Profile
Essential Experience
- Proven experience operating above Project Director level within:
- Data centres
- Mission-critical infrastructure
- Large-scale capital-intensive real estate or infrastructure developments
- Strong client-side background (developer operator investor or senior advisory role)
- Demonstrable experience leading growth strategy commercial planning and risk management
- Experience working within complex European markets; experience in Germany France or the UK preferred
Key Skills & Attributes
- Highly commercially driven with strong financial and strategic acumen
- Comfortable shaping strategy rather than managing delivery teams
- Able to influence without direct authority in a matrix environment
- Executive presence with confidence engaging at C-suite and board level
- Strategic thinker with a pragmatic outcome-focused mindset
Whats on Offer
- Base salary circa 200000
- 25% bonus
- Flexible hybrid working (34 days on site)
- Opportunity to play a key role in shaping a European data centre growth platform
Required Experience:
Director
Key Skills
- Business Development
- Marketing
- Pricing
- Analysis Skills
- Research Experience
- Project Management
- Research & Development
- Strategic Planning
- Financial Modeling
- Leadership Experience
- Management Consulting
- Analytics
