What you'll do
- Identify, assess, and develop new data center opportunities across Greece and MEA
- Lead site selection, feasibility studies, due diligence, permitting, and development activities
- Build and manage a pipeline of projects aligned with the company’s growth strategy
- Structure and negotiate key commercial agreements including land agreements, PPAs, grid connections, partnerships, and customer contracts
- Develop business cases integrating data centers with renewable energy solutions like PV and BESS
- Manage stakeholder relationships with hyperscalers, colocation providers, utilities, regulators, investors, and local partners
- Coordinate cross-functional teams including Engineering, Legal, Finance, and Asset Management to ensure successful project execution
- Oversee projects through development, financing, and construction readiness ensuring compliance with technical, environmental, and financial requirements
- Monitor market trends and drive innovative solutions related to renewable energy integration, hybrid energy models, and grid optimization
Key requirements
- 8+ years' experience
- Data center project development and power infrastructure knowledge
- Site selection, feasibility studies, permitting, and development activities
- Commercial agreements negotiation and negotiation skills
- Business case development, financial modeling, and investment analysis
- Stakeholder management and cross-functional team coordination
- Project execution and renewable energy integration
- Market trend monitoring
- Engineering / Energy / Finance / Real Estatepreferred
Benefits
- Ticket Restaurant, Health Insurance Programme, Protergia Discount, Corporate mobile phone, Corporate Laptop, Fuel Allowance.
- Cooperation, creativity and innovation: we adopt flexible cooperation models to achieve fast results and increase productivity.
About the job
We are looking for a Senior Data Center Development Manager to join our Global Development team and lead the origination, development, and execution of data center projects across Greece and the MEA region. Your role will encompass: - Identify, assess, and develop new data center opportunities…
About the company
As one of Greece’s largest Heavy Industries Companies, Metlen provides more than 4,820 direct and indirect jobs, creating a work environment characterised by job security, equality, stability and employee commitment to the corporate values.
The human resources of the Company comprise highly skilled and trained people active in various sectors and disciplines.
In Metlen we seek to treat our people in a responsible and consistent manner and to remain their first choice of employer throughout the course of their careers. We are standing by our people and we take concrete steps to support their professional development.
Corporate Culture
The corporate culture of Metlen is the element that ensures cohesion and consensus in the efforts to realize the Company's vision, and is present across all the levels of the workforce – from the top management down to the production line.
The core priority of the corporate culture is to invest constantly in the human capital, which is the Company's driving force.
To this end:
- We focus on attracting and retaining competent professionals, whose values and principles are aligned with those of the Company
- We put to good use the potential of our people and we seek to provide them with tools and opportunities to help them develop their skills and support their professional development within the Company
- We encourage innovation, initiative, learning and diversity
- We recognise the importance that maintaining a balance between professional and personal life has for our employees
- We keep in place a set of corporate values that promote business excellence and social responsibility
About the company
As one of Greece’s largest Heavy Industries Companies, Metlen provides more than 4,820 direct and indirect jobs, creating a work environment characterised by job security, equality, stability and employee commitment to the corporate values.
The human resources of the Company comprise highly skilled and trained people active in various sectors and disciplines.
In Metlen we seek to treat our people in a responsible and consistent manner and to remain their first choice of employer throughout the course of their careers. We are standing by our people and we take concrete steps to support their professional development.
Corporate Culture
The corporate culture of Metlen is the element that ensures cohesion and consensus in the efforts to realize the Company's vision, and is present across all the levels of the workforce – from the top management down to the production line.
The core priority of the corporate culture is to invest constantly in the human capital, which is the Company's driving force.
To this end:
- We focus on attracting and retaining competent professionals, whose values and principles are aligned with those of the Company
- We put to good use the potential of our people and we seek to provide them with tools and opportunities to help them develop their skills and support their professional development within the Company
- We encourage innovation, initiative, learning and diversity
- We recognise the importance that maintaining a balance between professional and personal life has for our employees
- We keep in place a set of corporate values that promote business excellence and social responsibility