Data centre Business Leader
Data centres are crucial to our society, serving as the backbone to a digital economy. Data now plays a fundamental role in our work and leisure time, and we expect these facilities to be fast, reliable and secure. Arup’s data centre and mission critical specialists are innovators in technological facilities, working with some of the most complex and data driven companies, to meet today’s data needs. This is an energy intensive industry, so we work hard to maximise efficiency and help our clients to reduce their carbon footprint with specialist designs that represent sustainability and high performance.
We are named in Glassdoor's Top 10 best places to work. Are you driven by having a sense of purpose, thrive on leading high-performing teams in shaping a better world? Do you believe that sustainability should underpin everything we do in built environment? Then this role is for you!
Data Centre Business Leader
We are looking for a Data Centre Business Leader to continue the growth of our business in the Netherlands. The role requires significant senior leadership experience in client-facing positions, complex multidisciplinary projects delivery experience, and ability to work with large teams.
Our clients are global companies that are continuously pushing the limits and exploring new technologies. Arup’s data centre and mission-critical specialists are innovators in technological facilities. At Arup, we believe it’s time to rethink data centre design for the era of climate change. It means exploring new strategies for energy use, new fuels, new operational practices and prioritising design innovation across data estates. Our vision is to transition to a zero-carbon economy, ensuring data centres make a positive contribution to the world.
Responsibilities
- Client-focused, commercially driven leader who develops and executes the business strategy and annual business plans.
- Provides work-winning and delivery leadership for major projects in the data centre market.
- Provides best-in-class client relationship management, either directly or through a team, establishing strong colleague and client networks.
- Leads the delivery of design and/or project management for data centre projects, acting as senior project manager or project director ensuring all designs and documents are prepared to the highest standards.
- Attends external and internal industry events, speaking engagements. Uses own and Arup’s network to engage with clients.
- Integrates and innovates for sustainable solutions in the delivery of projects and shaping client’s strategies.
- Identifies future markets and pro-actively engages with existing and potential clients.
- Builds an engaging, empowering, and collaborative environment.
- Creates a learning culture, enabling others to push boundaries.
Your technical and personal competencies
- Experience in the data centre market
- Demonstrated ability to lead and deliver complex large-scale multidisciplinary projects, acting as the main point of contact for clients and being responsible for the overall project success. Technical knowledge and experience are essential to be a team and business leader.
- Demonstrated ability to be a team player working in teams, leading people, and transferring knowledge.
- Passion for sustainable, low carbon and innovative strategies on projects
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Highly motivated, inquisitive, proactive, and willing to take on new challenges.
- Ability to travel if / when necessary.
About Working at Arup
At Arup, you will work alongside some of the most talented people, in an employee-owned company that puts sustainable development at the heart of our work.
You’ll get to work on projects in the Netherlands, and world-wide, that push people’s expectations of what’s possible… from inspiring buildings to projects that will shape our future and help us mitigate the impact of climate change.
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Shape your time with us
At Arup we provide an immersive onboarding experience, allowing you to get to know your colleagues and understand the Arup culture, supported by an ongoing programme of social and cultural events. We provide a range of flexible working options. Arup strongly encourages continuous professional development and provides access to many training opportunities through our own Arup University and external vendors.
Interested?
If you are interested and would like to join us, please apply online!
Our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion
Arup is committed to creating an inclusive working environment based on merit, fairness and respect. One that encourages talented people of any background to produce their best work of the highest quality. As a humane organisation, we embrace the skills, abilities and knowledge, that only a diverse and inclusive workforce can provide, to create solutions, and give advice, that improves society as a whole. We encourage all qualified candidates regardless of gender, disability, family or parental status, racial, ethnic or social origin, religion, belief, or sexual orientation. During the recruitment stages, we can take specific measures to accommodate candidates with special needs. We welcome applicants of all ages.