Director of Real Estate & Development APAC

CreateFuture

Working at CreateFuture CreateFuture is an AI-native consulting partner where people do work that matters and are supported to do it well. We work alongside organisations such as PayPal, adidas, NatWest, FanDuel and Money Saving Expert, building digital products and services that make a difference  while always putting people first. We’re a team of creators. We write code, shape delivery, build go-to-market strategies, develop AI solutions and create the practices that support our people. We work side by side with our clients, challenging what’s not working and helping them to build the future. Our commitment to craft, quality, and culture has helped us scale to over 600 people in just a few years. Our UK Benefits  * 35 days leave (including bank holidays).  * Private medical insurance. * Enhanced parental and adoption leave.  * Financial coaching + 5% pension match. * 40 hours of paid learning and development.  View our full list of UK benefits.  CreateFuture is a Great Place to Work-Certified™ company and has won Best Workplaces UK multiple years in a row. Join us on our journey. Let’s create tomorrow, together, today.   About the role and team: At CreateFuture, our Lead Engineer - Cloud plays a pivotal role in supporting the success of our Cloud engineers, our clients, and internal projects. Working closely with clients, you are responsible for the successful delivery of client and internal projects by building professional relationships with key client stakeholders, challenging where appropriate. Use your technical expertise to provide best practice advice and processes within your project team and the wider capability. As our client demands expand from traditional cloud migrations to AI enablement and platform engineering, you will lead the charge in building autonomous platforms, managing AI lifecycles, and enforcing strict cost governance across cloud estates. You are seen as a leader internally and externally, through your technical expertise, guidance, and professionalism, both on and off a client. Alongside delivering for your customers, you will also support and mentor a team of cloud engineers to encourage their growth. You will be setting the technical direction of the team alongside Cloud Leads and Senior Engineers. Key responsibilities: CONSULTANCY & ADVISORY * Growth Mindset: Apply a growth mindset to identify new revenue opportunities on client accounts, working alongside the commercial team to successfully land additional work. * Pre-Sales Contribution: Lead and contribute to pre-sales activities, RFPs, and BIDs, accounting for up to 5% to 10% of the role. Engage with the commercial team to drive high-value Cloud and Data advisory roles. * Ambassadorial Presence: Act as an ambassador for CreateFuture in the public space, attending events, speaking, blogging, or leveraging social media to support the growth of the Cloud capability. * Hands-on: you are an experienced engineer and can be active with the cloud platform tools, software development and writing efficient code for clients.   TECHNICAL LEADERSHIP & PLATFORM SUPPORT * Technical Direction: Take responsibility for the technical direction and delivery of single or multiple client and internal project teams, acting as either a technical lead or a solo contributor. * AI-Native Infrastructure: Architect and implement the core engineering infrastructure required to run AI workloads reliably, moving client architectures from static data lakes to dynamic Vector Databases and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architectures. * Agentic Development: Build production-grade Agentic Workflows and custom AI agents, utilising advanced toolsets to bridge the widening market implementation gap. * Setting Development Best Practices: Define, promote, and establish best practice tools, security approaches, and common service patterns across the entire CreateFuture organisation. Ensure Infrastructure as Code (IaC) is the organisational default and challenge inefficient legacy processes. * FinOps & Governance: Enforce strict automated security and cost controls, real-time cost-anomaly detection, and cost estimation into the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) as a standard. Understanding of OpenTelemetry or other telemetry approaches. * Internal Platform Support: Assist the Capability Lead and architects in defining and delivering an internal collection of reusable components, reference architectures, and Proof of Concepts (PoCs). Supporting the internal IT function in helping other parts of the business use Cloud services. LEADING & MENTORING * Culture & Collaboration: Lead by example, creating a culture of open, honest feedback, collaboration, ownership, and accountability. * People Development: Create a psychologically safe environment for the team that enables them to grow by supporting their development journeys and career aspirations. * Capability Growth: Work alongside the Capability Lead and Director of Cloud and Data to identify missing or inconsistent skills within the department, supporting team members through tiered certification journeys. * Recruitment: Collaborate with Talent Acquisition through the recruitment process, including conducting interviews, candidate debriefs, and strategic decision-making to attract top talent. Skills & Experience CORE TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES Candidates must demonstrate a hybrid skillset, balancing Software Engineering (30%), Platform/SRE (40%), and Data Engineering (30%), with a core focus on Security, Governance, and Cost Management. * Cloud & Infrastructure (40%): Advanced Infrastructure as Code (IaC) via Terraform, advanced Kubernetes administration (clusters, nodes, pods), hardcore networking (VPC peering, Service Mesh, Zero Trust security), and solution architecture experience, with a cost-optimisation mindset. * Software Engineering, Agentic & AI Development (30%): Solid software engineer principles (pipelines, toolsets, testing, linting, vulnerability scanning, etc.) Production-level experience with tools such as Amazon Bedrock, AWS AgentCore, Azure AI Studio, LangChain, and writing automation scripts or custom AI agents using node or python. * Data Engineering (30%): Experience deploying and maintaining data orchestration toolsets (e.g., dbt, Apache Airflow), ETL/ELT methodologies, real-time streaming (e.g., AWS Kinesis, Apache Kafka), Vector databases, and RAG architectures. * Observability & FinOps: Experience implementing modern observability tooling (OpenTelemetry) alongside automated cost-control systems (such as Karpenter, Infracost, OpenCost, or Cloud Custodian). DOMAIN & SECTOR EXPERIENCE * Regulated Industries: Experience working in highly regulated sectors such as Financial Services or iGaming is helpful, demonstrating an understanding of strict compliance, data privacy risks, and governance guardrails. * Consulting: Proven background in a client-facing consulting capacity, managing stakeholders, handling commercial realities, and meeting strict SLAs, timescales, and budgets. PREFERRED KNOWLEDGE-LEVEL & CERTIFICATIONS * Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA). * Multiple professional-level certifications (AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional or Azure Architect AZ-305.) * Beneficial for AWS GenAI Developer Professional, AWS ML Engineer Associate, or Azure AI Engineer Associate. * FinOps Certified Practitioner (FOCP). WHAT WE’LL OFFER YOU: We trust people to do their best work. That means flexibility over rigid rules, impact over activity, and real investment in your growth both professionally and personally. You’ll be part of a supportive, and friendly culture, surrounded by smart, curious people who care deeply about what they do. We offer flexible working, including hybrid and remote options. Our office hubs are located in Edinburgh, Leeds, Manchester, London and Bulgaria, with occasional travel to client sites or CreateFuture offices when needed. We trust you to manage your time balancing collaboration with client time and focused work. What matters is the impact you have, not how busy you look. OUR HIRING PROCESS We try to keep our hiring process clear, fair and respectful of your time. We aim to get back to everyone who applies and we will be upfront about where you are in the process. It usually looks like this: * Call with our Talent Acquisition Team  * Role specific capability interview  Depending on the role, we might also ask you to do a short presentation, a practical or technical task or have a values focused conversation. We will explain what is involved before anything happens. INCLUSION AT CREATEFUTURE  We believe diverse teams build better workplaces and better products. We want CreateFuture to be a place where people feel able to be themselves and do their best work. If you need any adjustments or support during the application process, just. We will do what we can to help. We look forward to your application!

GetGround

Customer Support Specialist | Makati, The Philippines Your work schedule will be Monday to Friday and either: 3pm-12am or 8pm-5am. (PH time) (Hybrid, 2 days in-office ) We're a VC backed, disruptive technology business with a purpose to make the world fairer and more productive. We are doing this by making assets more transparent, trustworthy and accessible - starting with real estate. Incomes have stagnated and we believe by creating greater access to high value assets like real estate we believe we can be part of solving some of the wealth inequality. Our investment platform is focussed on one of the largest asset classes in the world - property. We are gaining significant momentum with our portfolio of products focused on the UK property investment market. Our CEO and Founder Moubin previously worked at McKinsey and private equity firm APAX. Check out a podcast with Moubin speaking with our lead investors QED about how we're disrupting asset ownership. Our four values are the foundation of our culture and shape our behaviours - no BS, pursuit of excellence, feedback obsession and healthy ego. We have built a high performing organisation where intrinsic drive fuels GetGrounders to build a world class investment experience for our users. In numbers: * 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 85+ GetGrounders (ex Google, Meta, Deliveroo, Startups) * 🏘 £1.5Bn+ of assets being added onto our platform annually * 📈 30,000+ users across 70 countries, with ~10% market share * 🌎 Global hubs (UK, Dubai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Philippines) About the role: The Customer Support team at GetGround is responsible for delivering world-class service to our customers, no matter how big or small their concerns are. Each team member has the power to solve problems, share feedback with the wider team, and make changes to our processes to ensure that we’re delivering great support. Get to know our Director of Operations, Mirella, and her experience at GetGround here and meet Harry, our Senior Customer Support Specialist here! What you will do: * Build trust in our brand by delivering excellent customer support—primarily over email, but also by phone. * Show empathy and care in ensuring customer cases are resolved positively. * Manage and prioritise a wide range of customer requests while meeting ambitious SLAs. * Collaborate with our onboarding, legal, accounting, compliance, sales, and product teams. * Support ad-hoc projects designed to improve the customer experience. Your experience: * Degree or equivilant professional experience * Experience in a customer-facing role (internships or part-time jobs are great too). * Comfortable communicating with people over phone and email. * Clear written and verbal English communication skills. * Strong organisational skills and attention to detail. * Computer literacy and ability to pick up new tools quickly. Benefits for GetGround Philippines: In additional to all Philippine mandatory benefits, we provide: * 💰 Competitive Salary * 🏥 HMO Benefits * 🏥 🦷 Health & Dental Insurance  * 🏖 12 Mental Health Days annually + Paid Time Off + Public Holidays * 🎳 Team and company-wide events * 📈 Learning budget to support your development * 🧠 Growth and Development Cycles with performance reviews to enable fast growth Please note - a member of our Talent team might contact you from a UK mobile number on Viber or directly on your mobile! What we are building: The first end-to-end real estate investment offering - making the dream of owning real estate more accessible to everyone globally. Diversity & inclusion at GetGround: We encourage applications from all sections of society and we believe in the criticality of an inclusive culture. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other basis as protected by law. * 42% of our employees identify as female or non-specified, 58% as male * 22 nationalities represented across offices in 5 countries * Our work on Design Accessibility * Inclusion is at the heart of our culture - we celebrate and reflect on key D&I and cultural events such as: Black History Month, International Women's Day and Pride For more information on how we store your candidate data, please see our recruitment privacy policy.

Yondr Group

Job Purpose Yondr is revolutionising the real estate and technology industries. We provide wholly outsourced, end-to-end solutions to meet the capacity and property needs of growing businesses. In the process, we improve business performance, create enriching user experiences, and meet tomorrow’s needs today.  But we can’t do it without you. We believe in a tomorrow without constraints and making the impossible possible for our clients. Thinking out of the box and not settling for less, is crucial. The role The Site Acquisition Development Director - DACH plays a critical role in overseeing and managing the entire real estate development process from concept to completion. This position requires a deep understanding of the DACH market, project management, financial analysis, and the ability to collaborate with various stakeholders, both internally and externally, to bring development projects to fruition. This role will work closely with our design, construction, delivery, legal, security, utilities, commercial, and operations teams throughout each project, and will be responsible for preparing and presenting periodic executive presentations. Role requires strengths in stakeholder management, analytics, negotiation, and a drive to execute. Main responsibilities / Research, identify, and qualify land opportunities through market analysis, networking, and field investigation / Develop and implement comprehensive real estate development strategies in alignment with the organisation's goals and objectives. / Present strategic opportunities to the Executive Leadership Team for buy-in and approval to pursue. / Conduct thorough financial analysis, including cost estimation, revenue projections, and risk assessment, to determine project viability and profitability. / Develop and manage project timelines, budgets, and resources. / Lead complex transaction negotiations to acquire land and coordinate with stakeholders to secure power contracts, ensuring alignment with the site’s overall development strategy. / Collaborate with internal teams, external consultants, and stakeholders to ensure smooth project execution. Manage relationships with investors, financial institutions, government agencies, and community members. / Assist in negotiating contracts with architects, contractors, consultants, and other vendors to secure the necessary services for project development. / Identify and mitigate potential risks associated with real estate development projects, including legal, financial, and operational risks. / Stay informed about current real estate market trends, competitor activities, and emerging industry developments to make informed decisions. / Prepare regular progress reports, financial updates, and presentations for senior management, investors, and other stakeholders. Qualifications and experience  / Bachelor's degree in Real Estate, Urban Planning, Business Administration, Finance, or a related field. / Leadership experience in site selection for industrial-scale projects, real estate evaluation, acquisition, development, construction, lease agreements, infrastructure delivery, and general awareness of utility agreements, sustainable practices, and financial modelling.  / Experience negotiating complex real estate transactions. / Excellent problem solver with the ability to operate in fast pace, ambiguous environment. / Knowledge of the Data Centre industry, operators in German and market dynamics. / Experience in leading complex negotiations, contract formation, and contract negotiations.  / Established relationship with German utility providers will be an advantage / Strong collaborator, working closely with multiple teams and subject matter experts, driving and resolving questions effectively.   / Confident, takes ownership, willingness to do what it takes to get the job done with proven experience leading complex negotiations/initiatives to successful completion.  / Ability to contribute consistently and positively in a high-paced, fast-changing and at time unpredictable work environment.   / Ability to be a strong team player, plus an ability to deliver independently; must be able to deliver results or projects in a timely manner. / Fluent German and English / Ability to travel across EMEA