Sr Real Estate Development Manager

Overview

In this role you will act as the single-threaded owner for end-to-end data center developments across EMEA, from opportunity through close-out. You’ll shape development strategy, manage complex regulatory and stakeholder engagements, and lead multi-site programmes with accountability for cost and delivery. Based in London, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to secure capacity and ensure compliant, timely project delivery. This is a high-impact role at the intersection of real estate, permitting, and infrastructure execution.

Pay / Benefits

• work-life balance
• inclusive culture
• global cross-functional collaboration
• opportunity to shape a new function in a region
• competitive compensation unknown
• travel across EMEA

Responsibilities

• Serve as the Single-Threaded Owner for Hybrid and BTS development agreements from pre-transaction to close-out
• Provide input on deal negotiations (structure, costs, risk, change control) and then deliver against the Development Business Plan post-transaction
• Manage budgets, cost controls, counterparty relationships, progress meetings, and monthly development reporting
• Own land development & permitting end-to-end, including planning, zoning, CDO/SPI delivery, and ATIC
• Build and maintain AHJ relationships; navigate local regulation and planning processes; negotiate development obligations and urban development contracts
• Lead cross-functional coordination with Business Development, Design Engineering, Pre-Construction, Construction, Legal, Environmental, Power, Water, and Public Policy
• Establish collaboration models with Design Engineering to secure site requirements and escalate where needed
• Lead escalations across the organisation when alignment is not achieved at working level
• Identify and mitigate development risks (regulatory, AHJ capacity, design misalignment, third-party dependencies)
• Develop and refine tools, reporting frameworks, and processes to raise the REDM function’s standard across the portfolio

Key requirements

• Bachelor in Real Estate
• 10+ years of progressive experience in real estate development management or related field
• End-to-end accountability for multi-stakeholder development programmes
• Experience engaging with planning authorities, local government bodies, and regulatory agencies for permits and consents
• Experience negotiating and administering commercial development agreements (BTS, forward fund, development agreement, etc.)
• Experience managing development cost plans and budgets at scale with ability to challenge costs and protect commercial interests
• Willingness to travel across EMEA and comply with a 5-day return-to-office policy in London

• Stakeholder leadership
• Strategic judgment and decisive decision-making
• Excellent negotiation and influencing abilities
• Development agreement management
• Budgeting and cost control for large-scale infrastructure
• Regulatory and permitting navigation (planning, zoning, AHJ)

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