Job Title
Project Lead (Data Centre)Job Description Summary
We are seeking a seasoned Project Director to lead the end-to-end delivery of large-scale data center developments, with a focus on hyperscale and greenfield projects. This role demands a strategic leader with deep technical expertise, exceptional stakeholder management skills, and a proven track record in delivering complex, high-value infrastructure projects across diverse geographies.Job Description
About the Role:
- Lead full lifecycle delivery of hyperscale and greenfield data center projects—from site selection and design through construction, commissioning, and handover
- Oversee multidisciplinary teams including internal staff, consultants, contractors, and vendors to ensure project milestones are met on time, within budget, and to specification
- Champion safety, quality, and sustainability standards across all phases of development
- Develop and manage project budgets, schedules, and risk mitigation plans
- Ensure compliance with local regulations, permitting requirements, and environmental standards.
- Project closure: final review of project’s financial performance, document lessons learned regarding financial management for future project
About You:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related field
- 15+ years of experience in large-scale infrastructure or data center projects, with at least 5 years in a leadership role.
- Proven track record of successful mission critical facility project delivery.
Why join Cushman & Wakefield?
As one of the leading global real estate services firms transforming the way people work, shop and live working at Cushman & Wakefield means you will benefit from;
- Being part of a growing global company;
- Career development and a promote from within culture;
- An organisation committed to Diversity and Inclusion
We're committed to providing work-life balance for our people in an inclusive, rewarding environment.
We achieve this by providing a flexible and agile work environment by focusing on technology and autonomy to help our people achieve their career ambitions. We focus on career progression and foster a promotion from within culture, leveraging global opportunities to ensure we retain our top talent. We encourage continuous learning and development opportunities to develop personal, professional and technical capabilities, and we reward with a comprehensive employee benefits program.
We have a vision of the future, where people simply belong.
That's why we support and celebrate inclusive causes, not just on days of recognition throughout the year, but every day. We embrace diversity across race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or persons with disabilities or protected veteran status.
We ensure DEI is part of our DNA as a global community - it means we go way beyond than just talking about it - we live it. If you want to live it too, join us.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related field
- 15+ years experience in large-scale infrastructure or data center projects
- At least 5 years in a leadership role
- Proven track record of mission critical facility project delivery
- Experience leading hyperscale and greenfield data center projects
- Experience developing and managing project budgets, schedules, and risk mitigation plans
- Experience ensuring compliance with local regulations, permitting, and environmental standards
- Experience overseeing multidisciplinary teams including consultants, contractors, and vendors
- Championing safety, quality, and sustainability standards across projects
Cushman & Wakefield Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Cushman & Wakefield and has not been reviewed or approved by Cushman & Wakefield.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with company match is consistently referenced as part of the package. Feedback suggests this provides a solid baseline for long‑term savings across many U.S. roles.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off and company holidays are regularly highlighted and described as a meaningful part of the offering. Feedback suggests time‑off benefits add tangible value alongside base pay.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave for primary and secondary caregivers, plus backup care and wellbeing resources, are described as available. These offerings indicate a supportive approach to family needs in many roles.
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What We Do
Cushman & Wakefield (NYSE: CWK) is a leading global real estate services firm that delivers exceptional value for real estate occupiers and owners. Cushman & Wakefield is among the largest real estate services firms with approximately 53,000 employees in 400 offices and 60 countries. In 2019, the firm had revenue of $8.8 billion across core services of property, facilities and project management, leasing, capital markets, valuation and other services.
