Legal Staff Paralegal in Fremont, CA

In-House

Fremont, CA

Legal Staff Paralegal in Fremont, CA

Legal Staff

Min 8 yrs required

No

Job Title: Site Selection Leasing Program Manager

Job Responsibilities:
- Assist the Site Selection Leasing Lead in developing the company's leased and colocation data center location strategy.
- Manage site selection efforts for commercial negotiations and contract administration, collaborating with teams focused on economic development incentives, energy and utilities, network connectivity, legal, policy, and financial considerations.
- Develop and lead feasibility discussions and contract negotiations with service providers, property owners, economic development agencies, and utility companies.
- Drive and coordinate lease contract amendments to accommodate changes in business needs, improve business terms or processes, and incorporate feedback from engineering teams in the field.
- Negotiate letters of intent, lease agreements, service agreements, and other facility-specific agreements.
- Partner with internal organizations such as capacity planning, site selection managers, energy teams, data center design, construction, network engineering, legal, policy, communications, and finance to align on key business terms.
- Process contracts and agreements for internal approval and signature.
- Develop ideas for improving portfolio management metrics and tracking mechanisms, focusing on long-term capacity needs.
- Manage lease portfolio by collaborating with the lease accounting team and fulfilling monthly reporting requirements.
- Review monthly rent roll and supplemental rent roll to approve payments.
- Partner with warehouse teams to address new and existing warehouse projects.
- Ensure alignment with cross-functional teams to identify and update warehouse facility requirements.
- Manage site selection efforts for identifying and recommending solutions for warehouse facilities.
- Communicate monthly warehouse updates for both existing and pipeline sites to key internal stakeholders.
- Serve as the primary contact for all leased warehouse questions and issues.
- Travel domestically and internationally as needed, ranging from 0 to 25% of the time.
- Negotiate Master Telecommunication Service Agreements (MTSAs) and Work Orders (WOs), letters of intent (LOIs), Subordination, Non-Disturbance, and Attornment (SNDA) changes of control, and other WO-specific agreements.

Education and Experience Information:
- Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in a business, paralegal studies, or technical discipline.
- 8+ years of experience in leased data center site selection, accounting, finance, logistics planning, contract management, and/or development of data centers or other large-scale or mission-critical capital programs.
- Experience leading complex negotiations.
- Experienced in representing business interests to executive leadership of potential suppliers, utilities, governments, and other stakeholders.
- Experience managing multiple projects and coordinating with internal staff, consultants, vendors, and external stakeholders.
- Strong analytical and communication skills with proven experience in effectively distilling and communicating complex commercial, market, and contractual details to all organizational levels.
- Proven organizational skills.
- Familiarity with Excel and PowerPoint.

- Preferred Qualifications:
- Advanced technical degree, law degree, or MBA.
- Background in contracts management and understanding of leases, with experience in data center leases.

Salary Information:
- The salary range for this position is $126,000 to $179,000 per year, plus bonus, equity, and 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, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, political views or activity, or other legally protected characteristics. The company is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in job application procedures.