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Digital Realty

Global data center REIT with interconnection

Climate & Carbon Senior Manager

Business OperationsConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeLa Courneuve, FranceNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • Approximately 10 years of experience in carbon, energy, and decarbonization project management.
  • A bachelor's-level engineering degree or technical education at master's level, with specialization in energy or carbon.
  • Strong mastery of carbon accounting, emissions-reduction pathways, and techno-economic business cases.
  • Demonstrated experience leading technical, multi-stakeholder projects; heat recovery experience is an advantage.
  • Ability to combine strategic vision with strong operational involvement, from analysis through implementation.
  • Leadership, persuasive ability, and ability to mobilize teams in an international environment.
  • Excellent French and English, minimum C1 level.
  • Advanced data analysis, strategic planning, and executive communication skills.
  • Chartered Engineer (CEng) status or working toward it.
  • IOSH Managing Safely certification.

Responsibilities

  • Translate Digital Realty's climate strategy into operational roadmaps for France and the Europe Med subregion.
  • Measure and manage carbon-emissions reductions across Scopes 1, 2, and 3 in alignment with Group objectives.
  • Identify, structure, and lead decarbonization projects from feasibility study through implementation.
  • Develop and coordinate heat-recovery projects with internal teams, local authorities, and network operators.
  • Build technical, economic, and carbon business cases to support investment decisions.
  • Manage project budgets, schedules, risks, deliverables, and performance indicators.
  • Ensure regulatory compliance and reporting related to climate, carbon, and environmental matters.
  • Provide expertise to business teams and engage stakeholders around the climate roadmap.
  • Capture lessons learned and support deployment of relevant solutions across the countries in scope.
  • Represent Digital Realty in professional and institutional ecosystems related to the area of expertise.
  • Lead identification and execution of major sustainability projects aligned with strategic objectives.
  • Oversee sustainability data governance, analyze performance metrics, and develop actionable long-term improvement plans.
  • Integrate sustainability best practices into data center operations and design standards.
  • Monitor sustainability outcomes and reporting accuracy.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience in heat recovery.

About the Company

Digital Realty

Global data center REIT with interconnection

Digital Realty Trust owns and operates a global network of data centers and leases space to thousands of customers, providing essential real estate infrastructure for the digital economy. Its offerings include wholesale, hyperscale, and retail colocation spaces, plus interconnection services that let tenants directly connect to cloud providers and networks within the data center ecosystem; customers sign long-term leases to ensure stable revenue. The PlatformDIGITAL platform ties its facilities together to support multi-cloud workloads and data movement across locations. The company differentiates itself with a large, multi-continent footprint, a history of strategic acquisitions, and emphasis on sustainability through renewable energy use and green funding. Its goal is to enable scalable, interconnected digital infrastructure for customers while expanding its own portfolio and services.

Company size
5,001-10,000
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Austin, TX
Founded
2004

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