Director IP Data Centers

About the role:

This is a unique mandate for an experienced data center transactions, origination, advisory, leasing, or client-facing digital infrastructure professional who combines deep market knowledge with a proven ability to originate relationships, advise occupiers and execute complex transactions. Successful candidate will have the opportunity to shape one of the fastest-growing sectors within real estate and infrastructure within CBRE`s entrepreneurial environment with strong growth ambitions and market visibility and to help expand CBRE´s Data Center Solutions existing platform across Spain and support future growth in Portugal.

You will work at the intersection of data centers, digital infrastructure, real estate, compute demand and capital markets, advising corporate occupiers on their digital infrastructure requirements while connecting them with data center operators, hyperscalers, investors, and emerging cloud providers.

While a strong understanding of data center infrastructure, power, capacity and technical requirements is essential, the focus of this position is on commercial growth, client advisory, market intelligence and transaction execution. The position is not oriented towards data center design engineers, project managers, or technical delivery specialists. However, successful candidates should possess sufficient technical understanding to confidently discuss as the ability to bridge commercial and technical discussions is critical.

What You'll Do:

Business Development & Origination

• Build and develop relationships with enterprise occupiers, technology companies, digital platforms, AI-driven businesses, regulated industries, hyperscalers, operators, and investors.
• Originate new advisory, tenant representation, leasing, and transaction mandates.
• Identify future computing, cloud, colocation, and capacity requirements of corporate clients.
• Develop a strong network across the Spanish data center and digital infrastructure ecosystem.
• Contribute to the long-term expansion of the platform across Iberia.

Transaction Execution

• Lead clients transaction mandates from origination through to completion.
• Advise clients on sourcing and securing data center capacity, powered shell, operating facilities, and development opportunities.
• Coordinate commercial negotiations between occupiers, operators, developers, investors, and cloud providers.
• Prepare financial analyses, business cases, investment memoranda, and transaction recommendations.
• Manage stakeholders throughout the entire deal lifecycle, including legal, technical, financial, and operational advisors.

Strategic Advisory

• Advise corporate occupiers on digital infrastructure strategies and future computing requirements.
• Support clients in evaluating colocation, cloud, hybrid, hyperscale, and dedicated infrastructure solutions.
• Deliver strategic reports, market assessments, scenario analyses, and investment recommendations.
• Translate business requirements into actionable infrastructure strategies in collaboration with technical specialists.

Market Intelligence

• Maintain an in-depth understanding of:

• Data center supply and demand dynamics

• Capacity availability and pricing trends

• Power availability and energy considerations

• AI and high-density compute requirements

• Operator, investor, and capital market activity

• Provide market intelligence to clients and internal stakeholders.

• Identify emerging opportunities across Spain and Portugal.

CBRE is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer with a long-standing commitment to providing equal employment opportunity to all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, veteran status, political belief, or any other basis protected by applicable law.