- Job title

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Senior Project Manager – Front-End Planning / Pre-Construction

- Location

Spain or Italy – Remote / Hybrid

Candidates must be based in Spain or Italy and able to work across an EMEA stakeholder environment.

- Salary / rate

€80,000 – €100,000 per annum, depending on experience

- About the role

We are hiring a Senior Project Manager to lead front-end planning and pre-construction readiness for large-scale hyperscale infrastructure projects across EMEA.

This is a strategic role sitting between site acquisition, technical due diligence, master planning, utility readiness and construction mobilisation . You will be responsible for making sure complex development sites are technically viable, properly approved, commercially understood and ready to move into implementation.

The role will suit a senior project professional with strong experience in large-scale industrial planning, data centre development, utility infrastructure, pre-construction, master planning or heavy infrastructure projects .

Fluent French and English are essential.

- Key responsibilities

- Lead Front-End Planning Management Services across multiple large-scale infrastructure development projects.
- Own the planning bridge between site acquisition, due diligence, design development and construction readiness .
- Secure and coordinate planning approvals, site readiness activities and pre-construction deliverables.
- Oversee geo-assessments, campus planning refreshes, test fits and site capacity reviews.
- Lead technical design coordination to maximise site density, utility capacity and buildability.
- Review due diligence outputs and validate whether proposed test fits are achievable.
- Manage design teams, consultants and internal stakeholders through iterative site master planning.




- Oversee utility infrastructure triggers, capacity assessments and trigger tables.
- Support standardised documentation and templates for Pad Utilities & Foundations contractor selection.
- Identify programme, cost, approval, utility and buildability risks early and drive mitigation plans.
- Lead weekly stakeholder meetings and maintain progress reporting across internal points of contact.
- Define workstream strategy, ownership, end-state objectives and delivery responsibilities.

6. Requirements
- Based in Spain or Italy .
- Full professional fluency in French and English .
- Strong senior project management experience across large-scale infrastructure, industrial development, data centres, utilities, real estate development or major capital projects .
- Deep understanding of front-end planning, pre-construction, master planning, technical due diligence and site readiness .
- Experience managing complex external consultants, design teams, technical stakeholders and internal decision-makers.
- Strong ability to manage risk, approvals, reporting, documentation and competing priorities across multiple live projects.
- Comfortable operating in a matrixed, international EMEA environment.

7. Desirable / nice-to-have background
- Data centre, hyperscale, mission-critical or cloud infrastructure experience.
- Experience with utility infrastructure, grid connections, substations, power capacity planning or large-scale campus utilities.
- Exposure to owner-side development, client representative roles or development management.
- Experience working with design consultants,



engineering firms, planning authorities, EPC partners or specialist contractors.
- Knowledge of Pad Utilities & Foundations, campus planning, site enablement or early works packages.
- Italian or Spanish language skills would be useful but are not listed as mandatory.

8. About the employer / environment

You will be working in a high-growth hyperscale infrastructure environment, supporting major EMEA development programmes before construction begins. The role is suited to someone who can bring structure, commercial judgement and technical discipline to ambiguous early-stage projects.

- Best-Fit Candidates

Strong matches are likely to come from:

- Hyperscale data centre developers, colocation providers and cloud infrastructure businesses.
- Industrial real estate, logistics parks, advanced manufacturing, energy, utilities, telecoms infrastructure or mission-critical facilities.
- Engineering consultancies, development management firms or project management consultancies supporting large capital programmes.
- Owner-side or client-representative roles where candidates have managed due diligence, master planning, utility readiness and pre-construction risk. xhfqzwm

Relevant target company backgrounds may include DATA4, Digital Realty / Interxion, Vantage Data Centers, Apto, AVAIO Digital, Merlin Properties, AWS, Microsoft, Google, Meta, QTS, Equinix, NTT General Data Centers, Arcadis, AECOM, Jacobs, Turner & Townsend, Mace, CBRE, JLL and Savills .

Alternative job titles that may map well:

- Senior Project Manager – Data Centres
- Development Manager
- Pre-Construction Manager
- Front-End Planning Manager
- Technical Development Manager
- Infrastructure Project Manager
- Senior Development Project Manager
- Mission Critical Project Manager
- Campus Planning Manager
- Utilities Project Manager
- Owner’s Representative / Client-Side Project Manager

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