Director, Portfolio Management

NTT Global Data Centers•Sacramento, CA

1d•$160,700 - $248,800•Remote

About The Position

The Director, Portfolio Management plays a critical leadership role within Global Portfolio Management, responsible for structuring, executing, and actively managing third-party investment in U.S. greenfield data centre assets. The role spans the full development lifecycle—from origination and feasibility through financing, construction, delivery, and stabilisation. The position serves as a strategic partner to investors, senior leadership, and key internal functions including Finance, Legal, Construction, Design, and Power.

Requirements

Advanced Excel skills (formulas, pivot tables, modeling).
Strong PowerPoint skills for executive-ready presentations.
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
Ability to work independently and cross-functionally in a fast-paced environment.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines.
Act as a ‘business partner’.
Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related analytical discipline (Master’s degree or MBA preferred/CFA).
Minimum 10–12 years of relevant experience in infrastructure, real estate, private equity, investment banking, or project finance.
Proven experience working with institutional investors, joint ventures, and complex capital structures.
Strong track record in financial modelling, valuation, and investment analysis.
Experience in data centres, energy, infrastructure, or large-scale development projects is required.
Primarily sitting with some walking, standing, and bending.
Able to hear and speak into a telephone.
Close visual work on a computer terminal.
Dexterity of hands and fingers to operate any required computer keyboard, mouse, and other technical instruments.
Able to lift and carry up to 20 lbs.
Able to climb a ladder and work on a raised platform.
Must have flexible work schedule to accommodate across global business hours
Travel will be required, up to 10%.

Nice To Haves

Experience with financial systems (e.g., SAP, Yardi) is a plus.

Responsibilities

Oversee the financial performance of JV and assets, including development entities
Support equity processes, shareholder funding, and distributions
Ensure compliance with key agreements, including JV, funding, operator, and third‑party covenants
Assess the financial impact of key business decisions related to JVs, customer contracts, suppliers, pricing, and development timing
Lead, together with relevant teams, asset‑level financial strategies to ensure sustainable financing, liquidity, and compliance
Oversee financial and financing models including base case, downside scenarios, covenant headroom and sensitivity analyses, in cooperation from the Business Model team
Ensure the team aligns models with development progress, leasing assumptions, capex phasing, and financing structures
Assess and communicate financial risks, mitigants, and downside scenarios to senior management and investors, challenge development business cases (IRR, NPV, yields, cost curves) for greenfield and expansion projects
Analyse liquidity requirements, and funding sources across multi‑year development plans
Act as partner to internal teams and external investors on strategies, and investment decision‑making
Lead project finance and corporate financing processes for new and existing data center assets, including initial bank financings, refinancings, and amendments
Lead the commercial and legal negotiation of financing packages, including debt terms, covenants, security structures, and conditions precedent, in coordination with Legal and advisors
Coordinate and support hedging strategies (interest rate swaps, caps, floors), including interaction with treasury, hedging advisors, and lenders
Own financing‑related workstreams with lenders, their advisors, shareholders, and internal stakeholders
Manage liquidity, debt levels, covenant compliance, reporting obligations, compliance, and lender interactions under SFAs and ancillary agreements
Prepare and present board‑level and investor reporting, providing clear and pragmatic financial insights to support investment and development decisions
Support audits, lender reviews, and due diligence processes
Manage or oversee JV finance functions including budgeting, cash management, planning, accounting coordination, year‑end closing, and reporting
Act as a business partner, not only a reporting function, actively challenging assumptions and supporting decision‑making
Calculate and track global cost allocations to different regions