JDL Recruitment are delighted to be partnering with a fast-growing Middle-Eastern data centre platform expanding rapidly across Europe as they look to add a Director of Business Development and Site Acquisition, based in Madrid, Spain .
This is a senior, permanent origination role responsible for growing the platform's European footprint, identifying and acquiring land and powered sites, structuring land and partnership transactions, and securing the grid capacity, permitting and local relationships that make a site developable. Build and maintain a pipeline of land, powered land, powered shell and brownfield opportunities across target geographies
Identify opportunities to combine data centre development with renewable generation, PPAs and energy storage where commercially relevant
Lead land acquisition end to end, from initial approach through option agreements, exclusivity, negotiation and completion
Structure acquisition transactions including outright purchase, options, ground leases, forward funding and staged payment structures
Originate and structure platform acquisitions, corporate transactions and portfolio deals to accelerate market entry




Structure joint ventures, development partnerships and co-development arrangements with local partners
Lead commercial negotiation of shareholder agreements, development agreements and partnership economics alongside legal and investment teams
Establish the planning, zoning and environmental permitting pathway during origination and coordinate with development and delivery teams through to handover
Bachelor's degree in Real Estate, Engineering, Business, Law or a related field; postgraduate qualification an advantage
Minimum 12 years of relevant experience in data centres, energy, infrastructure, industrial real estate or large-scale development
Significant direct experience in site origination and acquisition and power-related development in European markets
Demonstrable experience structuring land transactions, options, joint ventures, partnerships or platform acquisitions
Established network among landowners, utilities, developers, brokers and authorities in southern Europe; Fluency in English and Spanish required;

📌 Director of Business Development & Site Acquisition (Madrid)
🏢 JDL Recruitment
📍 Madrid