Senior Manager, Site Acquisition Lead

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Identify, source, and assess potential sites for data centers considering factors such as power availability, utility interconnection, land characteristics, fiber connectivity, zoning, water availability, environmental factors, and development feasibility.

• Oversee land acquisition from the initial site identification and outreach to property owners through letters of intent (LOIs), options, purchase agreements, leases, and other site-control mechanisms.

• Negotiate favorable commercial terms and site control with landowners, brokers, developers, and stakeholders.

• Manage power procurement and conduct utility due diligence alongside Power Systems Engineering.

• Collaborate with utilities and power providers to evaluate capacity, infrastructure needs, interconnection processes, timelines, and potential constraints.

• Spearhead zoning, entitlement, permitting, and local development strategies.

• Create and sustain a robust pipeline for land and power opportunities.

• Maintain feasibility analyses encompassing developable megawatts (MW), land and power costs, infrastructure requirements, development schedules, and timelines for power availability.

• Assess opportunities and advise on which sites should progress further.

• Coordinate comprehensive due diligence across teams focused on real estate, power, engineering, legal, environmental, permitting, finance, and development.

• Monitor acquisition milestones, critical-path items, associated risks, and necessary actions.

• Cultivate relationships with brokers, landowners, utilities, developers, municipalities, economic development organizations, and various stakeholders.

• Keep abreast of developments in data center growth, power markets, utility investments, transmission and generation projects, and related industry trends.

• Represent TransGrid Energy in discussions with external stakeholders.

• Maintain pipeline reporting and provide updates on site control, developable MW, power availability, timelines for power availability, costs, and associated risks.

• Develop standardized processes for site selection, acquisition, and evaluation.

• Execute additional duties and special projects as assigned.

⛳️ Requirements

• Around 8+ years of experience in site selection, land acquisition, real estate development, data center development, energy infrastructure development, or a closely related discipline.

• Proven success in closing land transactions, including LOIs, options, leases, purchase agreements, or other site-control forms.

• Experience in sourcing and evaluating sites for data centers, energy infrastructure, industrial projects, power generation, or other large-scale infrastructure initiatives.

• Background in collaborating with utilities regarding power availability, utility interconnection, infrastructure requirements, development timelines, or similar power procurement activities.

• Strong grasp of land, power, fiber, zoning, water, environmental limitations, and infrastructure needs for large-scale data centers.

• Familiarity with navigating zoning, entitlements, permitting, environmental considerations, and local jurisdictional processes.

• Excellent negotiation skills in real estate.

• Ability to assess opportunities based on developable MW, cost per MW, timelines for power availability, land economics, infrastructure requirements, and development risks.

• Comprehensive understanding of power markets and the challenges involved in securing substantial electrical capacity.

• Strong analytical and organizational capabilities.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

• Bachelor's degree in real estate, engineering, business, or a related field preferred; relevant experience may substitute for a specific degree.

• Authorization to work in the United States prior to employment; the company will not provide sponsorship for work authorization.

🏝️ Benefits

• Bonus potential of 20%.

• Remote work arrangement available.

• Equal employment opportunity workplace.

• Travel may be required based on business needs.