[Hiring] Senior Director, Business Development @DayOne

Role Description

We are looking for a high-impact Business Development Manager for France to lead strategic commercial growth initiatives across the Country. This individual will combine:

• Industry relationships
• French data centre market expertise
• Strong commercial acumen

The successful candidate will operate as both a market-facing commercial leader and a strategic advisor to the business — helping shape out DayOne’s French Market growth strategy, expansion priorities, and position DayOne as a trusted long-term infrastructure partner in the French data centre market.

This role requires a strong understanding of the French data centre landscape, including:

• Power-constrained areas
• Site and infrastructure dynamics
• Customer requirements
• Emerging AI-driven demand trends

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in business development
• Self-starter as the initial presence in France
• Fluent in French and English (orally and written)
• Strong understanding of hyperscaler and large-scale infrastructure customer requirements
• Strong knowledge of French data centre markets, including power and infrastructure challenges
• Existing relationships across the data centre ecosystem

Requirements

• Lead business development and commercial growth initiatives across France
• Provide support for the go-to-market strategies aligned with DayOne’s growth ambitions
• Identify, originate, and develop new opportunities with strategic partners
• Develop relationships with key utilities, government stakeholders, and ecosystem partners
• Support market entry strategies for France
• Partner closely with internal delivery, operations, legal, finance, and external due diligence and development teams
• Translate technical infrastructure capabilities into compelling commercial value propositions
• Support long-term account growth and strategic expansion planning with key customers
• Provide ongoing market intelligence on customer demand, competitive positioning, power availability, regulatory developments, and emerging infrastructure trends
• Advise leadership on strategic market opportunities, risks, and commercial priorities
• Support French market expansion strategy including customer demand validation and pipeline forecasting
• Monitor all data centre market developments shaping future capacity demand across France

Skills and Competencies

• Strategic thinker with strong commercial instincts and execution capability
• Executive presence with the ability to engage credibly at mayoral and Federal levels in France
• Ability to operate across both technical and commercial discussions
• Strong skills in the preparation of presentations and reporting documents in MS Excel and Word
• Highly collaborative with a proactive and solutions-oriented mindset
• Comfortable operating in fast-paced, ambiguous, and evolving environments

Benefits

• Equal opportunity employer
• Commitment to diversity and inclusion