Senior Project Director Data Centres
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Job Summary
Data centres play a critical role in enabling digitalisation AI and the energy transition. Decisions made today will define the resilience and sustainability of tomorrows digital infrastructure. At COWI data centres are a strategic growth area and we are now expanding our senior leadership capacity to support complex delivery of international projects in the Nordics
We are therefore looking for a Senior Project Director Data Centres with extensive international experience to take overall responsibility for major missioncritical data centre programmes across the Nordics
Lead international data centre delivery at scale
COWI supports leading international data centre operatorsinvestorsand developers across multiple geographies. Our projects are characterised by high complexity fast decision cycles and close collaboration with international clientsarchitectsandtechnicalpartners.
As Senior Project Director you will hold overall accountability for large international data centre projects (typically 20 MW) from early concept through designconstructionand commissioning. You willoperateat a strategic level setting directiongovernanceand delivery structure across large multidisciplinary and crossgeographical project organisations.
This is a senior leadership role with a clear external focus. You will be the trusted advisor and primary point of responsibility towards key international clients while providing leadership to project directors senior project managers and discipline leads within COWIs delivery organisation. You will join a highly professional environment with strong strategic focus and rapid growth within COWIs data centre sector. The role offers a unique opportunity to shape how COWI delivers largescale international data centre projects and to influence both delivery models and customer collaboration going forward.
You will report directly to the SVP of Buildings & Industry in Norway Ebbe Lind Kristensen and work in close alignment with other departments in COWI.
Your key responsibilities
Hold overall accountability for largecomplexand international data centre project organisations from early concept through delivery and commissioning
Act as senior client interface building longterm trust sharedgovernanceand effective decisionmaking frameworks
Define and oversee RIBAbased (or equivalent) delivery models ensuring consistencytransparencyand control across geographies
Provide leadership to Project Directors Senior Project Managers and Discipline Leads across large multidisciplinary teams
Set strategic direction and create clarity across disciplinescountriesand partner organisations
Hold accountability for project performance including finances risk managementgovernanceand steering committee engagement
Contribute actively to BD activities supporting upselling reselling and longterm account development through ongoing client dialogue
Your skills. Our team. Together we design the future.
The first step to success in this role is your ability to collaborate at senior level with clientspartnersand colleagues. You communicate clearly build trust across cultures and provide leadership in complex and demanding environments.
In addition you bring:
Documented experience from international data centre projects of 20 MW
Extensive experience working with international clients in an Englishspeaking project environment including UK / British delivery culture
Solid understanding and practical experience with RIBA stages or equivalent international delivery frameworks
Demonstrated leadership experience managing other project managers and senior specialists within large multidisciplinary organisations
Experience from engineering consultancy technicaladvisoryor complex missioncritical infrastructure projects
Welldeveloped capabilities within governance planningcoordinationand executive stakeholder management
Work location
The role can be based in any of our larger offices in Norway: Bergen Trondheim StavangerOsloandFredrikstad
We work in international and multidisciplinary teams and many of our projects are delivered across offices and borders. Travel in Scandinavia must be expected.
Do you have more questions
If you have any unanswered questions about the role or what we have to offer please reach out to Talent Acquisition Lead Nina Thordal at.
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A place to work and so much more
At COWI we work together with our customers to shape a sustainable and liveable world. We do it by applying our knowledge and curiosity and sometimes even our courage to create the solutions the world needs today to enable a better tomorrow. We support our customers transition towards increased sustainability. We strive to lead by example by embedding environmental management social responsibility and good governance into our business practices and the options we provide to our customers.
We value differences and development and cultivate an environment of belonging and having fun. Because that is what brings out the best in you at work and at home.
With offices primarilylocatedin Scandinavia the UK NorthAmericaand India we are currently more than 7500 people who bring theirexpertisein engineering architectureenergyand environment into play.
Before you apply
All you need to include in your application is your CV no photo or application letter. At an interview you can tell us everything we need to know about whyyoureinterested in joining COWI. We review applications and conduct interviews on an ongoing basis so the role may close as soon as we find the right match.
Diversity is fundamental to COWI inclusion is key
We are committed to creating a respectful and fair work environment where all employees have a sense of belonging and equitable opportunities to thrive and grow. We ensure that our leaders are role models for inclusive leadership by cultivating a culture where diverse perspectives and thoughts are seen as strengths. And we take diversity and inclusion into account in all relevant decisions and processes and when setting teams and fora. We do it because it is part of our values and because it is simply the right thing to do.
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Director
