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About the Role
A leading EPC contractor seeks a Project Director to lead hyperscale and colocation data centre projects in Qatar. The role oversees end-to-end delivery, including design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and handover.
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Responsibilities
- Provide executive leadership for successful delivery of hyperscale and large scale colocation data centre projects
- Oversee all aspects of project execution including design management, procurement, construction, commissioning, and handover
- Establish and drive project strategy, governance frameworks, and delivery methodologies
- Lead multidisciplinary teams comprising project managers, design managers, construction managers, commercial professionals, and technical specialists
- Ensure effective management of programme schedules, project budgets, risk registers, and resource allocation
- Act as primary point of contact for clients, senior stakeholders, consultants, utility providers, and supply chain partners
- Drive stakeholder engagement and maintain strong relationships with hyperscale operators and key project partners
- Champion health, safety, quality, and environmental excellence across all project activities
- Oversee commercial performance including contract administration, change management, claims mitigation, and financial reporting
- Monitor project performance against key milestones and implement corrective actions
- Lead project governance meetings and provide regular executive level reporting
- Support commissioning strategies, operational readiness planning, and transition to client operations teams
Requirements
- Degree qualified in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or related discipline
- Minimum of 10 years' experience delivering large scale construction projects, with significant exposure to mission critical facilities and data centres
- Proven track record leading hyperscale or major colocation data centre developments from inception through completion
- Extensive experience managing multidisciplinary teams within complex EPC, PMC, or client side environments
- Strong understanding of data centre delivery requirements including critical power, cooling infrastructure, commissioning, and operational resilience
- Demonstrated expertise in programme management, commercial oversight, contract administration, and stakeholder management
- Experience working with internationally recognised forms of contract and large, geographically dispersed project teams
- Middle East experience highly desirable
- Familiarity with hyperscale client standards (AWS, Microsoft, Google, Meta, Oracle) advantageous
- Exceptional leadership, communication, negotiation, and decision making skills
Full Job Posting
Role Overview
- Exciting opportunity with a leading EPC contractor delivering complex digital infrastructure developments in the Middle East.
- Seeking an accomplished Project Director to lead end to end delivery of hyperscale and large scale colocation data centre projects across the MENA region.
- Executive leadership role responsible for overall success of multiple mission critical developments.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide executive leadership for successful delivery of hyperscale and large scale colocation data centre projects.
- Oversee all aspects of project execution including design management, procurement, construction, commissioning, and handover.
- Establish and drive project strategy, governance frameworks, and delivery methodologies.
- Lead multidisciplinary teams comprising project managers, design managers, construction managers, commercial professionals, and technical specialists.
- Ensure effective management of programme schedules, project budgets, risk registers, and resource allocation.
- Act as primary point of contact for clients, senior stakeholders, consultants, utility providers, and supply chain partners.
- Drive stakeholder engagement and maintain strong relationships with hyperscale operators and key project partners.
- Champion health, safety, quality, and environmental excellence across all project activities.
- Oversee commercial performance including contract administration, change management, claims mitigation, and financial reporting.
- Monitor project performance against key milestones and implement corrective actions.
- Lead project governance meetings and provide regular executive level reporting.
- Support commissioning strategies, operational readiness planning, and successful transition to client operations teams.
Requirements
- Degree qualified in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or related discipline.
- Minimum of 10 years' experience delivering large scale construction projects with significant exposure to mission critical facilities and data centres.
- Proven track record leading hyperscale or major colocation data centre developments from inception through completion.
- Extensive experience managing multidisciplinary teams within complex EPC, PMC, or client side environments.
- Strong understanding of data centre delivery requirements including critical power, cooling infrastructure, commissioning, and operational resilience.
- Demonstrated expertise in programme management, commercial oversight, contract administration, and stakeholder management.
- Experience working with internationally recognised forms of contract and large, geographically dispersed project teams.
- Middle East experience is highly desirable.
- Familiarity with hyperscale client standards and delivery expectations (AWS, Microsoft, Google, Meta, Oracle) advantageous.
- Exceptional leadership, communication, negotiation, and decision making skills.
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