Senior Manager, Site Acquisition Lead

Required

• Approximately 8+ years of experience in site selection, land acquisition, real estate development, data center development, energy infrastructure development, or a closely related field.
• Proven track record of successfully closing land transactions, including LOIs, options, leases, purchase agreements, or other forms of site control.
• Experience sourcing and evaluating sites for data centers, energy infrastructure, industrial development, power generation, or other large-scale infrastructure projects.
• Experience working with utilities on power availability, utility interconnection, infrastructure requirements, development timelines, or related power procurement activities.
• Strong understanding of the factors that determine whether a site can support a large-scale data center, including land, power, fiber, zoning, water, environmental constraints, and infrastructure.
• Experience navigating zoning, entitlements, permitting, environmental considerations, and local jurisdictional processes.
• Strong real estate negotiation skills, with the ability to work directly with property owners, brokers, developers, utilities, and other stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to evaluate development opportunities based on developable MW, cost per MW, schedule-to-power, land economics, infrastructure requirements, and development risk.
• Strong understanding of power markets and the practical challenges associated with securing significant electrical capacity for new developments.
• Existing relationships with utilities, real estate brokers, landowners, developers, municipalities, or other relevant stakeholders are highly valued.
• Strong analytical and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple potential sites and transactions simultaneously.
• Comfortable operating across strategy and execution, with a high level of ownership and a bias toward action.