Project Director

Project Director - Permanent - Paris - Data Centres

Our client is seeking an experienced Project Director to join their expanding Data Centre project team. The ideal candidate will oversee the delivery of all information related to specific data centre projects. This role requires close collaboration with internal and external stakeholders to ensure the implementation of information management and design standards, ensuring successful delivery at each stage.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and strategic direction for data center projects.
• Oversee the entire project life cycle, from tendering to commissioning, ensuring alignment with industry best practices.
• Actively engage in negotiations, driving the technical aspects and coordinating discussions with subject matter experts, leading to lease signatures.
• Ensure a seamless transition from commercialization to project delivery, maintaining a positive and collaborative relationship with clients throughout the entire project life cycle.
• Regularly communicate project updates, milestones, and key decisions to clients, ensuring transparency and alignment of expectations.
• Collaborate with internal teams and external stakeholders to develop comprehensive project plans, including final design review, tendering, construction, and commissioning processes.
• Manage project budgets, resources, and timelines effectively.
• Establish and implement thorough project controls to ensure early identification of potential issues, providing the greatest chance for effective mitigation.
• Develop robust risk mitigation strategies, collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to address challenges promptly.
• Maintain a keen focus on risk management during the commissioning phase, ensuring all potential challenges are anticipated and addressed in a timely manner.
• Ensure compliance with obligations of both the general contractor and the lease agreements, understanding their implications for project management.
• Strategically manage claims and disputes within FIDIC-based contractual relationships, or similar, collaborating with legal teams to achieve fair and timely resolutions, while maintaining a focus on change order management.
• Effectively oversee change order management, addressing modifications initiated by the end-user and managing responses from general contractors.
• Demonstrate experience in the French market, having successfully delivered projects as a client or general contractor.
• Assemble and lead a newly hired project team while integrating existing team members into the project structure.
  
  

Requirements:

• Experience in project management, with a focus in data centre projects;
• Proven track record of successfully delivering large-scale projects on time and within budget;
• Strong leadership, decision making, and team-building skills;
• Experience in the French market with a successful project delivery track record;
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
  
  

If this role is of interest to you, please apply now!