Senior Information & Document Control Manager
Location: Paris - France
About Verne
At Verne, we are reimagining how the world uses data centres. We provide flexible, optimised colocation services tailored to our customers' requirements, combining exceptional customer support with a commitment to sustainable energy.
Following Verne's recent acquisition by Ardian, we are making significant investments in new data centre capacity to support our continued growth. As we expand, we are looking for experienced, motivated and self-driven professionals who thrive in a dynamic, international and growth-oriented environment.
Role Overview
The Senior Information & Control Manager will provide leadership and oversight for document control and information management across Verne Development, establishing consistent standards, governance and ways of working across projects and functions. The role will combine organisational ownership of document control with hands-on oversight of information requirements across multiple projects, both internally and externally.
Reporting to the Group Projects Director, the successful candidate will contribute to the development, implementation, performance and continuous improvement of information management systems and processes. The role will work across Verne, including Engineering, Legal and Finance, and will partner closely with the leadership team, project teams, contractors, consultants and vendors.
The role will ensure that project and organisational information is accurate, controlled, accessible and appropriately governed throughout its lifecycle, while supporting effective project delivery, operational handover and organisational learning.
Key Responsibilities
- Document Control Leadership & Governance: Provide organisational leadership for document control and information management across Verne Development, establishing a consistent framework, standards, procedures and governance requirements across projects and functions.
- Standards & Best Practice: Develop, implement and maintain document control policies, procedures, templates, naming conventions, metadata standards and document lifecycle requirements, ensuring a consistent approach across the organisation.
- Systems & Processes: Support the development, implementation and continuous improvement of document and information management systems, ensuring they are scalable, effective and aligned with the needs of the growing organisation.
- Cross-Functional Alignment: Work closely with Engineering, Development, Legal, Finance and other business functions to establish clear document ownership, workflows, review and approval processes, access requirements and retention standards.
- Project Document Control: Lead and oversee document control requirements across multiple projects, ensuring project teams, contractors, consultants and vendors comply with agreed processes and information management standards.
- Information Quality & Assurance: Establish appropriate controls to maintain the accuracy, completeness, traceability, security and accessibility of project and organisational documentation throughout its lifecycle.
- Compliance & Audit Readiness: Ensure document control processes provide appropriate records and audit trails to support contractual, regulatory, governance and internal assurance requirements.
- Contractor & Supplier Management: Define document control requirements for contractors, consultants and vendors, ensuring expectations are clearly communicated and compliance is monitored throughout project delivery.
- Project Handover & Operational Readiness: Establish and oversee processes for the structured handover of project documentation, ensuring complete and accurate information is transferred from development and construction into operations.
- Stakeholder Management: Build strong working relationships with project teams, senior leadership and key internal and external stakeholders, ensuring information requirements are understood and effectively managed.
- Communication & Coordination: Establish effective communication and information-sharing processes across projects and functions, ensuring stakeholders receive accurate and timely information at appropriate stages of project delivery.
- Training & Capability Development: Provide guidance, training and support to employees and external partners on document control systems, processes and standards, helping to build strong information management capability across the organisation.
- Performance & Continuous Improvement: Develop appropriate measures to monitor document control performance and compliance, identify recurring issues and implement improvements across projects and the wider organisation.
- Knowledge Management: Capture lessons learned and promote the effective retention and reuse of organisational knowledge, supporting continuous improvement and consistency across Verne's development portfolio.
- Strategic Development: Contribute to the longer-term information management strategy for Verne Development, identifying opportunities to improve processes, systems, automation and ways of working as the business continues to grow.
Experience & Skills
- 10+ years' relevant experience in document control and/or information management.
- Strong digital and computer skills, with experience using project management and other relevant specialist software.
- Demonstrated ability to lead, coordinate and consistently deliver high-quality work.
- Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities effectively.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage confidently with stakeholders at different levels.
- A structured, proactive and collaborative approach to meeting the needs of Verne Development.
What We Offer
- Opportunity to be part of a fast-growing, private equity-backed company during an exciting period of investment and expansion.
- A dynamic, innovative and inclusive working environment.
- Competitive compensation and benefits package.
- The chance to work with a talented and ambitious international team.