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# Senior Manager, Regional Data Center Development, US

- **Company:** Radiant
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Data Centers, Real-Time Operating Systems
- **Published:** August 26, 2026
- **Apply:** https://uk.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=4d42cc47c17fc6f8

## About the Role

This is a cross-functional role requiring strong technical, commercial, and delivery capabilities, with exposure to executive stakeholders and GCs, EPCs, utilities, ISOs/RTOs and local/state authorities in Radiant's first US market., * Attitude matters more to us here than number of years of experience.

 * Experience delivering data centre, energy or large infrastructure projects in the US.
 * Comfort being the first and only Radiant leader on the ground in a new region.
 * Working knowledge of US utility, ISO/RTO and state entitlement processes.
 * We're hiring for founding energy and adaptability, not a large team you've historically managed.
 * Deep, first-hand knowledge of the US data centre market.
 * Strong existing supply chain relationships - beyond GCs and EPCs - to help Radiant secure the best partners as the US region scales.
 * East Coast preferred for time zone crossover with the London HQ team, though candidates from anywhere in the US will be considered.

Preferred Skills (Nice to Have):

 * Existing relationships with US GCs, EPCs, utilities or colocation operators.
 * Experience across multiple US states' entitlement/incentive regimes.
 * Experience standing up a new region or market for a scaling company.

## Description

Delivery Leadership

 * Personally run the GC/EPC relationship and day-to-day delivery of the live US project.
 * Build the US planning/permitting and stakeholder relationships from scratch state and county entitlement processes, utility filings, incentive negotiations.

Team build

 * Recruit the Project Director and site team as the project demands it, while remaining the most senior hands-on presence on-site in year one.

Portfolio coordination

 * Sit on the monthly portfolio review with the CDO and flag resourcing conflicts (e.g. shared commissioning engineers) directly.


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