Transformation Lead

Work location: France (Marcoussis), Milan or Madrid

Travel requirements: Occasional travel in Europe (DATA4 offices)

DATA4’S MISSION

Build highly connected, resilient and responsible data center campuses to support our customers’ growth across Europe.

DATA4 is a leading European data center operator and investor. The Group finances, designs, builds and operates its own data centers.

DATA4 VALUES

Initiative

The DATA4 team brings together people who take action. Our culture is built on initiative, with clearly defined objectives that provide clarity for our customers and partners. We turn our vision into reality with autonomy, energy and a strong sense of responsibility. This is why we surround ourselves with motivated people, each of whom plays a role in our development.

Responsibility

Our ambition is underpinned by a distinctive sense of responsibility, a core pillar in today’s digital world. This commitment is central to everything we do. Our responsible practices are reflected in our transparency, in the way we manage our environmental impact, and in the respect we show our colleagues, prospects and customers.

Adaptability

Change is not new, but we understand that the current pace of change calls for new solutions. Our business is designed to adapt by bringing innovative thinking and creative solutions that directly address our customers’ needs. This philosophy enables us to improve every day. We therefore prioritize continuous learning so that we do not merely react, but actively anticipate what the future may bring.

Main Responsibilities

The Transformation Lead is responsible for driving and accelerating the DATA4 Scale transformation program, a strategic initiative designed to enable DATA4 to evolve from a mid-sized company into a large-scale, international and operationally mature organization capable of supporting its ambitious growth trajectory.

As DATA4 expands significantly across multiple dimensions, the organization must align its processes, tools, operating model, governance, culture, and capabilities to support sustainable and scalable growth. The objective is to transform DATA4 from a company that successfully delivers projects into an organization that can execute its business plan reliably, repeatedly, predictably, and at scale.

Acting as the architect and orchestrator of this transformation, the Transformation Lead develops and manages the overall transformation roadmap, ensures alignment across all business functions, and mobilizes stakeholders around a shared vision and common objectives. The role is instrumental in creating momentum, fostering engagement, and embedding a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence throughout the organization.

This position is located within Strategy Team (group level).

• LEAD THE DATA4 SCALE TRANSFORMATION PROGRAM

The Transformation Lead acts as the architect, orchestrator and accelerator of the DATA4 Scale program, ensuring that DATA4 successfully evolves into a scalable, high-performing organization capable of delivering its growth ambitions with consistency, predictability and operational excellence.

Define and Manage the DATA4 Scale Transformation Roadmap

• Build, maintain and continuously adapt the overall DATA4 Scale transformation roadmap in line with DATA4’s strategic ambitions and business plan.
• Identify, assess, prioritize and sequence transformation initiatives based on value creation, strategic impact, feasibility, dependencies and organizational capacity.
• Translate the transformation vision into clear action plans, milestones, deliverables, accountabilities and measurable outcomes.

Lead the Transformation Program

• Drive the DATA4 Scale transformation program end-to-end, ensuring successful execution of all workstreams.
• Monitor progress, manage risks and dependencies, and proactively address bottlenecks and obstacles. Conduct Change management to the whole company
• Balance short-term operational improvements with long-term transformation objectives.
• BUILD A SCALABLE OPERATING MODEL
• Drive, facilitate and coordinate the formalization of the core processes required for the reliable and repeatable execution of DATA4’s key activities.
• Support business functions in defining and deploying standardized ways of working, covering governance, roles and responsibilities, decision rights, stage gates, reporting, risk reviews and the required standards.
• Ensure alignment between processes, organization, tools, data, capabilities and operational objectives.
• Create and maintain the shared methodologies, frameworks, templates, materials and standards required to deploy DATA4 Scale.
• Organize the capture of lessons learned and