Head of Development Germany

About Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers powers, cools, protects and connects the technology of the world’s well-known hyperscalers, cloud providers and large enterprises. Developing and operating across North America, EMEA and Asia Pacific, Vantage has evolved data center design in innovative ways to deliver dramatic gains in reliability, efficiency and sustainability in flexible environments that can scale as quickly as the market demands.

Location: Frankfurt - hybrid

Vantage is looking for a detail-oriented Head of Development Germany to figurehead and drive the development of both new and existing data center campuses. You will assist the C-Suite and SVP of Development in managing a portfolio of assets from exclusivity to stabilisation.

This position is responsible for a single key function in the Vantage Development organisation, namely, to drive controlled real estate, existing real estate, and data centers associated with mergers and acquisitions in delivery and betterment of underwriting targets.

This position will provide strategic End to End oversight of Business Objectives, Business Case Metrics and Outcomes alongside tracking and delivery of Stabilised Assets, through the Vantage development lifecycle.

This position owns underwriting inputs and outcomes and the dissemination of underwriting KPIs across stakeholders and functions, creating a collective focus on the Vantage development cycle, milestone, reporting and metrics to achieve stabilised assets.

Essential Job Functions & Duties

Strategic Planning:
- Figurehead for Development of stabilised asset on behalf of SLT, drawing together and leading critical pod functions of development, design, delivery and operations in singular pursuit of maximal outcomes.- Safeguarding of business objectives, business case metrics and route to stabilisation across Vantage Development Lifecycle (input from market strategy and exclusivity through to stabilisation)- Direct reporting to Senior Leadership Team updating development and underwriting deliverables whilst maintaining multiple ways to win through analysis, strategic planning and coordinated reporting- Focal point for development strategy, drawing together stakeholder strategies into a cohesive direction to deliver underwriting targets, realigning and amending to maintain targets throughout the lifecycle. Leadership & Collaboration- Provide thought and team leadership, while being accountable for team results on all key deliverables.- Coordination with internal and external stakeholders to drive a collective outcome - achievement of underwriting requirements- Recruit, train and mentor development team and lead adherence to development lifecycle across developments- Foster and drive evaluation of new technology and techniques associated with development lifecycle to gain an edge on speed to market.- Drive Involvement in data center development community to gain valuable knowledge of best practice, new trends and industry standards.

Risk, Budget and Schedule Management- Drive scope, schedule, and budget decisions to conclusion leading internal and external resources, project teams, contractors and vendor alignment throughout.- Drive alignment and assessment of risk to budget, schedule and scope across functional analysis of underwriting inputs and outcomes- Ensure lessons learned are held and placed in the feedback loop to drive continuous improvement- Ensure regular reporting of all developments (risks, schedule, quality and budget) to management, balancing underwriting outcomes with change requirements at development and business critical milestones- Identify, assess and mitigate potential, near, mid and long term risks associated with development in your region, driving knowledge share across the portfolio for the betterment of Vantage

Procedure Development- Develop, refine and implement processes and policies, where betterment and improvement can be derived via new practices, comparison and ultimately green lighting deployment and actualization of underwriting deliverables- Understand business strategies to align product development and innovation to drive success- Manage “Employee Think Tank” to ensure employees have their ideas heard and acted upon- Stay abreast of new technologies and opportunities to innovate using concepts from within and outside of the data center industry.

Stakeholder Management- Consultant/Vendor/Contractor qualification, network management/expansion, new technology evaluation for use on current product line and future product development opportunities.- Coordinate with site operations to define project requirements alongside canvassing input for operability- Coordinate with delivery to enable accurate, scope, budget, schedule, risk and execution inputs throughout development lifecycle- Coordinate with sales and marketing to provide technical support wherever needed alongside underwriting inputs and deliverables- Assist sales and solutions engineering to deliv