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Chief Development Officer – Flagship Digital InfrastructureActual Talent • Lisbon, Porto, Portugal
Chief Development Officer – Flagship Digital Infrastructure

Chief Development Officer – Flagship Digital Infrastructure

Actual Talent • Lisbon, Porto, Portugal
Há 8 dias
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About the client:

Our client is a prominent digital infrastructure platform supported by leading institutional investors and experienced platform partners. The group is developing a large-scale flagship hyperscale data center campus in Portugal with significant multi-hundred-megawatt potential. With secured long-term site control guaranteed high-voltage grid connections and initial commercial customer commitments the platform is now establishing its on-the-ground presence. To drive this landmark initiative from early-stage development through to operational delivery we are seeking a Chief Development Officer (CDO).

Job description:
As Chief Development Officer (CDO) you will serve as the companys first key operational hire on the ground. This offers a rare high-impact opportunity to leave your personal footprint on an exceptionally exciting greenfield project shaping its strategy organization and technical standards from scratch. Reporting directly to Executive Management and the Board your core mandate is to shepherd the asset through every phase of developmentfrom initial design definitions and spatial planning (advancing from conceptual frameworks to detailed engineering) through to local authority approvals procurement construction execution and operational handover.

Managing a multi-hundred-million-euro capital investment program you will build the team and execution model to ensure massive capacity is delivered on schedule on budget and to institutional-grade technical specifications.


Key Responsibilities:

  • Development Strategy & Pipeline Delivery:

    • Lead the master development strategy for the hyperscale campus managing phased capacity expansions across long-term operational targets.

    • Align real estate agreements power grid interconnects municipal permits and customer availability dates into an integrated delivery schedule.

  • Design Engineering & Permitting Management:

    • Direct technical design frameworks to establish standardized high-density and AI-ready facility standards.

    • Manage local engineering architectural and environmental consultants to streamline municipal permits environmental filings and local authority unifications.

    • Drive continuous value engineering to optimize cost efficiency and capital performance without sacrificing resilience or uptime standards.

  • Capital Program Governance & PMO Leadership:

    • Maintain end-to-end ownership of the capital expenditure budget across multi-hundred-million-euro program phases.

    • Stand up recruit and oversee a robust Project Management Office (PMO) control tower to enforce strict cost control schedule management change management and risk mitigation.

    • Provide transparent decision-ready reporting on progress capital deployment and critical path risks to Executive Leadership and investors.

  • Procurement & Supply Chain Management:

    • Oversee procurement strategies and manage general contractors EPC partners and key vendor relationships across tendering contracting and performance reviews.

    • Enforce non-negotiable Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) and quality control standards across all active site operations.

  • Stakeholder & Partner Integration:

    • Serve as the senior technical and development counterpart to major enterprise and hyperscale clients.

    • Collaborate with platform operational partners across finance energy strategy and legal to transition commissioned infrastructure into live operations seamlessly.

Candidate Profile

Experience & Industry Background:

  • Track Record: Senior executive leadership (15 years) delivering major capital programs in data centers renewable energy utilities industrial construction or large infrastructure projects.

  • Capital Delivery: Demonstrated experience leading multi-hundred-million-euro (300M to 500M) greenfield capital deployments from inception through commissioning.

  • Education: Masters Degree in Engineering Construction Management Business Administration or equivalent technical field.

  • Technical & Geographic Command: Solid grasp of European permitting frameworks contractor ecosystems and design frameworks (such as RIBA). Experience navigating regulatory environments in Portugal or Southern Europe is preferred.

  • Leadership Style: Entrepreneurial owner-mindset excited to be the inaugural leader build-out balancing boardroom-level strategic oversight with hands-on technical and site-level execution.

Languages:

  • English: Full professional fluency required (the primary language for corporate governance and investor reporting).

  • Portuguese: Native or professional working proficiency is a strong advantage.

Mobility:

  • Frequent travel across project sites in Portugal and relevant European corporate offices. Local residency setup in Portugal expected.

What We Offer

  • High-Impact Leadership Role: Complete ownership to leave your personal footprint on a flagship multi-hundred-megawatt infrastructure program as the platforms founding local leader.

  • Competitive Executive Compensation: highgly competitive total package

  • Relocation & Setup Support: Comprehensive support for onboarding and short-term relocation setup in Portugal.


Employment Type : Full Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1

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