Vice President, Development

Make an impact at NTT Global Data Centers

Join NTT Global Data Centers and be part of a team that drives innovation and sustainability in the digital world. With over 150 data centers across more than 20 countries globally, we offer unparalleled opportunities to work on cutting-edge technology and transformative projects. Experience a collaborative, innovative, and inclusive workplace where your ideas are valued, and your growth is supported.

Your role at a glance

The Vice President of Development for India, Southeast Asia, and Japan is responsible for market origination and end-to-end development execution across one of NTT’s fastest-growing regions. This leader drives all commercial and technical due diligence, land access strategy, partners on power strategy, and regional development pipeline creation.

Serving as both a strategic business developer and regional leader, the VP of Development builds market ecosystems — cultivating government, utility, and industry relationships to unlock new capacity. Every project under this role is expected to maintain business case integrity from origination through delivery, ensuring capital efficiency and long-term performance.

What we are looking for

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES Strategic & Development Leadership Define 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 Accountability Lead 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 Leadership Collaborate 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 Engagement Partner 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 Accountability Establish 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. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES 15+ 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. EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE Bachelor’s degree required; MBA, JD, or advanced technical degree preferred. International, multi-regional experience preferred Extensive experience leading regional infrastructure or data center development teams. Deep regional networks across utilities, real estate, and government sectors. WORK CONDITIONS Global Matrix Organization, which will require up to 20% travel and regular collaboration and meetings across multiple time zones Remote-based position with extensive daily use of digital collaboration tools

Who we are

As the third largest data center provider, we operate over 150 data centers in more than 20 countries and regions. We understand that every business – large and small – has its own unique needs and goals. We offer local-to-global data center expertise, aligned with our connected platform of AI-ready data centers to create solutions that enable our clients to seamlessly scale their digital businesses, anywhere and anytime.