Senior Vice President, Utilities and Energy Europe
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Job Summary
Who You Are:
As Senior Vice President Energy & Utility you lead the Energy Strategy and Utility Delivery organization across Europe to support QTSs long-term growth and expansion strategy. You define and execute the end-to-end utility infrastructure strategyincluding generation transmission and energy procurementwhile establishing and managing related budgets and financial targets.
You oversee teams responsible for utility distribution transmission bridging power onsite generation and substation development across all QTS this role you build and strengthen strategic partnerships with utility providers to create mutually beneficial solutions that accelerate data center development.
Serving as the executive representative to utilities partners and investors you influence critical decisions across a broad stakeholder group. You collaborate cross-functionally with energy leaders sales engineering finance development and operations teams to align energy strategy with customer demand and market dynamicsredefining approaches as the energy landscape evolves.
This position is eligible to be based in UK Spain Germany Ireland or another primary QTS location
What You Will Do:
Single threaded Executive leader for driving electric generation transmission & substation project set up and execution across Europe
Owns European long-term utility infrastructure strategy (generation transmission procurement)
Accountable for >EUR500M portfolio and 20 concurrent major projects
Defines capital allocation and prioritization model
Directs a team that leads all aspects of high-voltage projects including scope schedule & budget
Manage the effort to negotiate contracts with substation EPCs
Manage and negotiate power contracts with utility partners
Oversee track and report on power project status for all European sites
Direct the development of utility portfolio-level budget and financial reporting to QTS leadership
Establish and frame the development of project and equipment forecasts to aid procurement & vendor partners while improving the company position through strategic insights
Drive continuous improvement in the project execution organization.
Provide guidance mentorship and support to project managers team members and leadership on project concepts best practices and procedures to ensure all activities are linked to QTSs core values mission and strategy.
Influence cross-organizational peers in Pre-Development Utility Engagement Energy Development Legal and Sales to deliver power capacity in line with customer demand
What You Will Need to Be Successful:
Fifteen or more years of experience in the utilities and energy sector along with construction management expertise
Fifteen or more years of people leader experience.
Demonstrated experience working directly with c-level executives and collaborating effectively across all levels of the organization.
Able to travel up to 50% of the time or as needed to support relationship-building and delivery
Nice to Have:
Masters degree in Engineering Construction Management Business Administration or comparable experience.
Twenty or more years of experience delivering utility & construction projects.
Twenty or more years of people leader experience.
Demonstrated experience delivering and managing Large-scale >300MW) multi-country portfolios
Sets market position with EPCs and OEM ecosystem across countries
Demonstrated ability to negotiate strategic deals $100 million in value
Experience managing an extensive portfolio of work across more than one country
Other Key Skills:
Shapes enterprise strategy and investment prioritization
Influences executive level internal and external executives including public sector stakeholders
Drives global alignment across business units
Translates ambiguity into scalable operating models
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
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Senior Exec
About Company
QTS Realty Trust, LLC is a leading provider of data center solutions across a diverse footprint spanning more than 9 million square feet of owned mega scale data center space within North America and Europe. Through it's software-defined technology platform, QTS is able to deliver sec ... View more
