Job Title: Data Center Site Selection Manager
Job Responsibilities:
- Develop the company's owned data center location strategy within the assigned geography.
- Manage the site selection effort for real estate, collaborating with teams focused on economic development incentives, energy and utilities, network connectivity, legal, policy, and financial considerations.
- Lead feasibility discussions and contract negotiations with service providers, property owners, economic development agencies, and utility companies.
- Negotiate letters of intent, land or building purchases, economic development incentives, water and sewer supply, and other site-specific agreements, while supporting power negotiations.
- Partner with internal organizations including capacity planning, energy teams, data center design, construction, network engineering, legal, policy, communications, and finance.
- Prepare project location recommendations and present them to management for approval.
- Develop portfolio management metrics and tracking mechanisms and interact with external lease management companies.
- Maintain relationships with communities and service providers to support the company's data center developments.
- Monitor ongoing contractual commitments and support the expansion of existing data centers through the extension of existing agreements or the formation of new agreements.
Education and Experience Information:
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Civil Engineering, City Planning, or a related field.
- 10+ years of experience in site selection and data center or other capital project or infrastructure development.
- Experience leading real estate negotiations, including contract formation and contract negotiations.
- Experience representing business interests to governments (state, county, and local), utilities, potential suppliers, and other stakeholders.
- Experience managing large real estate development projects and coordinating with internal staff, consultants, vendors, and external stakeholders.
- Experience communicating commercial, market, and contractual details to all organizational levels.
- 2+ years of experience in Excel and PowerPoint and/or Keynote.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Advanced technical degree, law degree, or MBA.
- Experience in hyperscale data center site selection or leasing negotiations.
Salary Information:
- $188,000/year to $256,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits.
- Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location.
- Compensation details listed reflect the base hourly rate, monthly rate, or annual salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or sales incentives, if applicable.
- In addition to base compensation, the company offers benefits.
Equal Employment Opportunity:
The company is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, political views or activity, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. The company is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in the job application procedures.
