Senior Vice President, Utilities and Energy - Europe in City of Westminster

Senior Vice President, Energy & Utility

Lead the Energy Strategy and Utility Delivery organization across Europe to support QTS's long‑term growth and expansion strategy. Define and execute the end‑to‑end utility infrastructure strategy – including generation, transmission, and energy procurement – while establishing and managing related budgets and financial targets. Oversee teams responsible for utility distribution, transmission, bridging power, on‑site generation, and substation development across all QTS projects. Build and strengthen strategic partnerships with utility providers to create mutually beneficial solutions that accelerate data center development. Serve as the executive representative to utilities, partners, and investors, influencing critical decisions across a broad stakeholder group. Collaborate cross‑functionally with energy leaders, sales, engineering, finance, development, and operations teams to align energy strategy with customer demand and market dynamics, redefining approaches as the energy landscape evolves. This position is eligible to be based in the UK, Spain, Italy, Germany, or Ireland.

Responsibilities

• Single threaded Executive leader for driving electric generation, transmission and substation project set‑up and execution across Europe
• Owns European long‑term utility infrastructure strategy (generation, transmission, procurement)
• Accountable for >EUR500M+ portfolio and 20+ concurrent major projects
• Defines capital allocation and prioritization model
• Directs a team that leads all aspects of high‑voltage projects, including scope, schedule, and budget
• Manages the effort to negotiate contracts with substation EPCs
• Manages and negotiates power contracts with utility partners
• Oversees, tracks, and reports on power project status for all European sites
• Directs the development of utility portfolio‑level budget and financial reporting to QTS leadership
• Establishes and frames the development of project and equipment forecasts to aid procurement and vendor partners while improving the company position through strategic insights
• Drives continuous improvement in the project execution organization
• Provides guidance, mentorship, and support to project managers, team members, and leadership on project concepts, best practices, and procedures to ensure all activities are linked to QTS's core values, mission, and strategy
• Influences cross‑organizational peers in Pre‑Development, Utility Engagement, Energy, Development, Legal, and Sales to deliver power capacity in line with customer demand

Qualifications

• Fifteen or more years of experience in the utilities and energy sector, along with construction management expertise
• Fifteen or more years of people leader experience
• Demonstrated experience working directly with C‑level executives and collaborating effectively across all levels of the organization
• Ability to travel up to 50% of the time or as needed to support relationship‑building and delivery

Nice to Have

• Master's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business Administration, or comparable experience
• Twenty or more years of experience delivering utility and construction projects
• Twenty or more years of people leader experience
• Demonstrated experience delivering and managing large‑scale >300MW, multi‑country portfolios
• Sets market position with EPCs and OEM ecosystem across countries
• Demonstrated ability to negotiate strategic deals worth $100 million in value
• Experience managing an extensive portfolio of work across more than one country
• Shapes enterprise strategy and investment prioritization
• Influences executive level internal and external executives including public sector stakeholders
• Drives global alignment across business units
• Translates ambiguity into scalable operating models

Benefits

• Roth and Traditional 401(k) matching contributions with immediate vesting
• Every employee is bonus or commission eligible
• Generous PTO, Paid Volunteer Days, and Floating Holidays
• Stock Purchase Plan (SPP)
• 11 paid Holidays annually / Holiday compensation when worked
• Pet and Legal Insurance
• Q‑Rest Sabbatical Program
• Q‑Anniversary Service Award Program
• Parental Leave for primary and secondary caregivers
• Military Benefits Package
• QTS Charitable Matching Gift Program
• QTS Scholarship for Employee Dependents
• QTS Crisis Fund
• Wellness Program
• Tuition Reimbursement Program