About the role

Data Centre Project Director overseeing delivery of large-scale data centre projects for demanding clients. Leading teams and ensuring excellence from inception to completion with strategic client engagement.

Responsibilities

Lead the end-to-end delivery of major data centre programmes, ensuring commercial, technical, and operational excellence.
Act as the primary senior point of contact for clients, building trusted, long-term partnerships.
Provide strategic oversight of procurement, cost management, contract administration, and risk management.
Drive project governance, reporting, and performance management across multiple workstreams.
Lead and mentor multidisciplinary teams, fostering a culture of accountability and high performance.
Provide on-site leadership during key project phases, including regular travel to Norway.
Oversee the development and implementation of commercial strategies aligned with client objectives.
Identify, manage, and mitigate programme and commercial risks.
Challenge design and construction methodologies to deliver value engineering and innovation opportunities.
Ensure robust cost control, forecasting, and financial reporting across complex capital programmes.
Support contract negotiations and dispute resolution where required.
Contribute to business development activities, including proposals, client presentations, and market engagement.
Champion sustainability, digital innovation, and emerging technologies within the data centre environment.
Uphold Soben’s Leadership Principles in all client and internal engagements.

Significant experience delivering large-scale, mission-critical data centre or hyperscale infrastructure projects.
Proven track record in leading complex construction programmes (£100m+ value).
Strong commercial acumen with deep expertise in cost management, procurement, and contract strategy.
Experience operating at senior stakeholder level, managing C-suite and executive client relationships.
Strong leadership capability with experience managing high-performing, geographically diverse teams.
Excellent understanding of data centre design, construction methodologies, phasing, commissioning, and operational constraints.
Comfortable with international travel, including regular travel to Norway.
Experience in NEC, JCT, FIDIC or other major contract forms.
Strategic thinker with the ability to translate vision into executable delivery plans.
Strong negotiation, influencing, and conflict resolution skills.
Outstanding communication skills — both written and verbal.
Degree qualified in Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, Engineering, or related discipline (MRICS or equivalent preferred).

We’re on a mission to rewrite the rules.
We’re a diverse team of professionals who consider our work a vocation, not just a job.
This sense of purpose and affinity for what we do is what fuels our ambition, driving us to keep learning and seeking new challenges.
Inclusion is at the heart of our company’s culture.
We’re proud of our unique personality, and we know that our diverse team brings a wealth of perspectives that enrich our work.
Our people are our greatest asset, so you’ll get ongoing training and personal development to help you flourish, building a long-term and successful career with us.
We value work-life balance.
Flexible schedules and remote work opportunities give you the opportunity to thrive at work and in your personal life.
Soben’s Leadership Principles are at the heart of our culture.
They guide how we engage with each other and with our clients, and how we help our talented employees flourish in their careers.
We always deliver on our promises, no matter how small.
We are driven to solve our clients’ problems as if paying our rent or mortgage depends on it.
We have a bias for action. Actions make things happen.
We employ the best people who are ambitious, hardworking, humble, and open to feedback. We empower them to 'proceed until apprehended'.
We have a growth mindset.
We reinvest our profits to create a sustainable business for the long term.