Vice President of Strategic Planning and Design

As our Vice President of Strategic Planning and Design (m/f/d), you will be accountable for end-to-end development execution across the Americas and European regions — from origination through notice-to-proceed (NTP). This role leads all commercial and technical due diligence, manages regional development pipelines, and ensures that every project enables NTT Global Data Centers’ growth, financial, and sustainability targets.This leader serves as both a strategic developer and leader to local teams, elevating commercial rigor, and ensuring that every decision from land acquisition through construction start supports the original investment case.What you will doStrategic & Development LeadershipDefine and execute a regional development strategy aligned with corporate priorities and customer demand.Translate enterprise strategy into market-level action plans that balance speed, cost, power access, and risk.Serve as a strategic advisor within the Global Development, Investment, and Product teams, providing deep regional intelligence on capacity, policy, and competition.End-to-End Development AccountabilityLead origination and full due diligence across land, power, water, fiber, permitting, and environmental risk.Maintain and execute a multi-year development pipeline across key metros, enabling predictable growth and capacity readiness.Oversee the preparation and approval of investment cases, ensuring each project’s commercial, technical, and financial inputs are validated and traceable.Manage site readiness and project handoff to construction in line with business case performance metrics.Cross-Functional & Organizational LeadershipCollaborate with Design, Power & Energy, Construction, Operations, and Finance to ensure projects are fully aligned before execution.Champion a standardized development governance model, ensuring consistent diligence, documentation, and risk review across regions.Lead regional mentoring and thought leadership, fostering strong local leadership teams and a culture of accountability, speed, and collaboration.Capital Alignment & External EngagementPartner with Finance and Investment to align development pacing and capital deployment with global priorities.Cultivate high-value relationships with utilities, regulators, developers, and public agencies to accelerate approvals and infrastructure readiness.Represent NTT’s development platform at regional forums to build visibility, credibility, and pipeline access.Performance & Lifecycle AccountabilityEstablish mechanisms to track business case performance through the project lifecycle — ensuring capital efficiency, schedule integrity, and yield realization.Lead post-project performance reviews to refine future investment and development strategy.What we are looking forBachelor’s degree required; MBA, JD, or advanced technical degree preferred.Extensive experience in real estate strategy and/or development in a leadership role.Experience in mission-critical or highly regulated industries strongly preferred.Multiple years of international experience in real estate site selection, acquisition, or large-scale infrastructure development, preferably within data centers, technology, or industrial sectors.Strong financial literacy, including development economics and capital planning alignment.Expertise in regulatory navigation, environmental permitting, and utility coordination across diverse jurisdictions.Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary, distributed teams and manage complex, concurrent projects.Strategic communicator and mentor capable of building confidence, alignment, and execution focus at all levels.What we offer youAn agile company culture with short decision-making paths and plenty of opportunities to show personal initiativeFlexible working time models and mobile working (depending on your role)Allowance for the use of public transport and job bikesAllowance for the use of health and wellnessIndividual training and development opportunitiesNumerous other additional benefits such as birthday vouchers, employee advisory program, employee referral scheme, lunch allowance, company events, etc.We look forward to hearing from youAbout the Global Data Centers division of NTT DATANTT Global Data Centers is ranked as one of the top three leaders worldwide by IDC in their Colocation and Interconnection Services MarketScape, spanning more than 20 countries and regions including North America, Europe, Africa, India and APAC.As a neutral operator, we offer access to multiple cloud providers, a large variety of Internet Exchanges and telecommunication network providers including our own IPv6 compliant, tier 1 global IP network. Our clients benefit from tailored infrastructure and experience consistent best practices in design and operations across all of our reliable, scalable and customizable data centers.Working at NTT Global Data CentersAt NTT Global Data Centers, we stand as one of the largest data center providers, dedicated to powering the digital infrastructure of tomorrow. Innovation is in our DNA. We thrive on pushing boundaries, exploring new possibilities, and embracing emerging technologies to continuously ensuring that every interaction, every solution, and every outcome exceeds our clients’ expectations. Our values are the guiding principles that shape our culture, define our identity, and propel us forward as one of the industry leaders.Interested in becoming part of an agile international team and actively shaping the digital infrastructure of tomorrow?Join our team by submitting your application today