Talent Acquisition Partner - Engineering & Infrastructure (Data Centre)
Role Summary
The rapid growth of AI and cloud computing is driving unprecedented investment in digital infrastructure. At STACK Infrastructure, we're expanding our data centres across Europe, delivering the critical facilities that power some of the world's largest companies.
As Talent Acquisition Partner - Engineering & Infrastructure (Data Centres), you'll help build the teams behind that growth, partnering with leaders across Development, Design & Engineering, Delivery and Operations, you'll recruit the specialists responsible for designing, constructing and operating hyperscale data centres across EMEA.
This is more than a delivery focused recruitment role, you'll act as a trusted advisor, helping leaders make informed hiring decisions through market intelligence, workforce planning and talent strategy. From Customer Engineering and Design through to Construction, Commissioning and Critical Operations, you'll influence how STACK attracts, engages and hires some of the industry's most sought-after engineering talent.
Key Responsibilities
- Build trusted relationships with senior leaders, acting as their talent advisor on workforce planning, market intelligence and recruitment strategy.
- Manage end-to-end recruitment across engineering, development, delivery and operations functions.
- Recruit technical professionals including Mechanical, Electrical, Design, Controls, Project Management and Critical Operations talent.
- Develop proactive talent pipelines through direct sourcing, talent mapping, networking and specialist channels.
- Provide market intelligence covering salary trends, competitor activity, talent availability and emerging skills.
- Influence hiring decisions using evidence, commercial judgement and external market insight.
- Leverage AI tools responsibly to enhance sourcing, research, talent mapping and productivity.
- Use recruitment data to identify trends and tell a compelling story that supports business decisions.
- Deliver an exceptional candidate and hiring manager experience while strengthening STACK's employer brand.
What You'll Bring
- Proven experience recruiting technical professionals across engineering, infrastructure, construction, building services or mission-critical environments.
- Experience hiring Mechanical Engineers, Electrical Engineers, Design Engineers, Solutions Engineers, Project Managers and Technical Operations professionals.
- Passionate about partnering with Engineering Directors and senior stakeholders, building credibility through market insight and influencing hiring decisions.
- Naturally curious, enjoying talent mapping and finding candidates others can't.
- Commercially aware, balancing quality, speed, cost and long-term capability.
- AI fluent, using AI to automate low-value activity so more time is spent advising stakeholders and engaging candidates.
- Experience recruiting across Europe, especially Italy and ideally Switzerland, Germany, UK, France and Norway.
- Excellent communication, relationship-building and stakeholder management skills.
Success in this Role Looks Like
- Trusted by leaders as their first point of contact for talent advice.
- Builds sustainable pipelines for difficult-to-find engineering talent.
- Influences hiring decisions through market insight, commercial thinking and data.
- Continuously improves recruitment through innovation, AI and best practice.
- Delivers an outstanding candidate and hiring manager experience.
What We Offer
- Work on critical digital infrastructure, supporting the development and operation of some of the world's most advanced data centre environments.
- Build your future with STACK, gaining exposure to large-scale projects and clear opportunities for professional growth across a fast-growing European platform.
- Competitive compensation and benefits designed to support you both professionally and personally.
About STACK Infrastructure
STACK is a proven, trusted partner for the world's most innovative companies, designing, developing and operating sustainable global digital infrastructure. Backed by an unmatched record of reliable delivery and development expertise, STACK brings speed, scale, certainty and responsibility to the demands of a rapidly evolving digital infrastructure landscape.
Skills Required
- Proven experience recruiting technical professionals in engineering, infrastructure, construction or mission-critical environments
- Experience hiring Mechanical, Electrical, Design, Controls, Solutions Engineers, Project Managers and Technical Operations professionals
- Experience partnering with Engineering Directors and senior stakeholders on workforce planning and hiring strategy
- Demonstrable ability to build proactive talent pipelines through direct sourcing, talent mapping and networking
- Use of market intelligence and recruitment data to advise hiring decisions (salary trends, competitor activity, talent availability)
- Fluency using AI tools to enhance sourcing, research, talent mapping and recruitment productivity
- Experience recruiting across Europe, with emphasis on Italy and preferably Switzerland, Germany, UK, France and Norway
- Strong communication, relationship-building and stakeholder management skills
- Commercial awareness balancing quality, speed, cost and long-term capability
Stack Infrastructure Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Stack Infrastructure and has not been reviewed or approved by Stack Infrastructure.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is framed as competitive across a range of roles, with multiple examples of higher compensation in sales, technical, construction, and leadership positions. Pay is also described as “pretty good,” and compensation is presented as a positive part of the overall employment experience.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare is positioned as comprehensive, with medical, dental, vision, life/disability, and mental-health/EAP elements repeatedly referenced. HSA/FSA options and mentions of employer HSA contributions reinforce the view that health coverage is a meaningful part of the package.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings are consistently described as including a 401(k), with references to an employer match and the plan being viewed as fair or generous. This contributes to the perception of a solid total-rewards package beyond base pay.
Stack Infrastructure Insights
What We Do
STACK INFRASTRUCTURE is a leading data center company built from the ground up to address the full stack of client critical infrastructure needs, today and into the future. The company delivers a comprehensive suite of wholesale, colocation, build-to-suit, and powered shell solutions in six markets.
