Want to be a part of
Asia Pacific & Middle East's (APME) largest, most innovative, and rapidly growing data centre company?
AirTrunk is a technology company with a powerful purpose - to scale and sustain the relentless growth of the region's digital future.
We do this by continuously redefining and delivering hyperscale data centres that meet the needs of our customers - the world's most transformational companies.
And we're doing so sustainably, for today and tomorrow.
Having opened Australia's first and largest hyperscale data centres in ****, we set our eyes on rapid expansion and now operate a platform of hyperscale data centres across the APME region.
With backing from our investors, including Blackstone, this is just the beginning...
Come join the A-Team at AirTrunk, where the cloud meets the ground.
A Snapshot
As Development Director - Melbourne, you will provide senior leadership across AirTrunk's Victorian development portfolio.
You will be accountable for leading campus project teams and their respective data centre projects end-to-end, including land acquisition, approvals, design, procurement, construction, commissioning and handover.
You will ensure each project is aligned with AirTrunk's customer, commercial, technical, safety, quality, programme, capital expenditure and operational requirements.
Working closely with the Design, Construction, Commercial, Cost, Procurement, Operations, Finance, Legal, Sustainability and Customer teams, you will create clarity across a complex portfolio, anticipate issues early and ensure Melbourne projects are positioned to deliver at pace and at hyperscale.
Your Day-to-Day
Portfolio leadership and strategy
Inherit and refine the development strategy for individual campuses and priorities across all Victorian projects, aligning the portfolio with
AirTrunk's
regional growth plans, customer
commitments
and investment
objectives
.
Develop funding request strategies.
Convert customer opportunities into executable, risk-managed developments.
Develop and
maintain
strategic supply chain plans and key partner relationships.
Maintain an integrated view of project status, key decisions, dependencies, risks, opportunities, approvals, resourcing and
delivery
readiness across the Melbourne portfolio.
Provide explicit,
timely
reporting and recommendations to Development Leadership and relevant governance forums, escalating matters that may affect safety, quality, time,
cost
or customer outcomes.
Build a high-performing development team and create an accountable, collaborative culture focused on safe,
sustainable
and predictable delivery.
Lead portfolio risk management and mitigation.
Development,
approvals
and delivery readiness
Lead the end-to-end development of Melbourne data
centre
projects, from site and feasibility considerations through planning, design development,



construction commencement, customer
contracting
and operational handover.
Oversee project development plans, stage gates,
programme
milestones
and critical path activities, ensuring decisions are made at the right time and with the right evidence.
Engage and support
AirTrunk
teams working with government authorities, utilities, landowners, consultants, contractors,
customers
and community stakeholders to secure approvals and remove constraints.
Ensure projects are sufficiently defined and coordinated before major commitments are made, including scope, design intent, constructability,
programme
, procurement strategy, cost
plan
and operational requirements.
Commercial,
cost
and portfolio controls
Maintain accountability for development outcomes within approved investment parameters, working with Commercial, Cost, Finance and Procurement to protect value and manage risk.
Review project budgets, forecasts, cash flow, change, contracts, procurement
decisions
and commercial exposures across the Melbourne portfolio.
Challenge assumptions constructively and drive early intervention where cost, scope,
programme
or quality trends could affect project outcomes.
Support investment papers, business cases, governance
submissions
and portfolio reporting with
accurate
analysis and a explicit narrative.
Stakeholder leadership and influence
Act as the senior development interface for Melbourne and the corporate business, creating alignment between internal teams, external
partners
and customer stakeholders.
Facilitate effective decision-making across competing priorities, balancing business
objectives
, customer needs, regulatory
obligations
and long-term asset performance.
Represent
AirTrunk
with credibility and professionalism in senior
stakeholder
,
authority
,
industry
and community forums.
Resolve issues quickly and transparently, building trust through clear communication, sound
judgement
and consistent follow-through.
Continuous improvement and sustainable growth
Identify
and implement improvements to development processes, governance, reporting, risk
management
and project controls so
AirTrunk
can scale efficiently.
Champion and contribute to the use of data, digital
tools
and
standardised
ways of working to improve visibility,
predictability
and decision quality across the portfolio.
What You Bring




At least 15 years' experience developing and delivering large-scale projects.
Extensive senior leadership experience delivering complex, large-scale data
centre
, critical infrastructure, industrial, property or similarly complex development projects in Victoria.
Demonstrated responsibility for multiple concurrent projects or a significant development portfolio, with the ability to move between strategic oversight and detailed issue resolution.
Strong understanding of the full development lifecycle, including site evaluation, feasibility, planning and statutory approvals, utilities, design management, procurement, construction
readiness
and operational handover.
Experience managing projects with significant capital value and coordinating multidisciplinary internal and external teams across design, commercial,
construction
and operations.
Commercially astute, with a strong grasp of budgets, cost plans, cash flow, contracts, procurement, risk,
governance
and investment decision-making.
A proven record of engaging with government, utilities, customers, landowners, consultants,
contractors
and community stakeholders to achieve practical outcomes.
Strong communication
, negotiation,
influencing
and presentation skills, including the ability to explain complex matters clearly to senior leadership and governance forums.
Strategic,
analytical
and delivery-focused, with sound judgement, high
autonomy
and the ability to
operate
effectively in a fast-moving and ambiguous setting.
Relevant tertiary qualification in property, engineering, construction, project management,
business
or
a related
discipline.
Professional accreditation is desirable.
The AirTrunk Culture
Working at AirTrunk is a once in a lifetime opportunity to fast-track your career and amplify your impact.
Whilst you're helping scale our region's digital future, we'll help you Grow@Hyperscale and unleash your full potential.
The pace in which we operate means you'll feel an electric atmosphere at AirTrunk.
We are a team of challengers and collaborative problem solvers who break new ground every day.
We do this by living our values, going above and beyond, and being dynamic, transparent, and responsive.
Every AirTrunker brings their own unique background and diverse perspective to find solutions to problems that matter.
We make sure you have everything you need to make your mark and thrive in a flexible and safe working environment, where everyone feels welcome.
Our benefits empower AirTrunkers to stay positively charged.
Now's your chance to
Grow@Hyperscale
.
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📌 Development Director (Melbourne)
🏢 AirTrunk
📍 Melbourne