Site Selection Manager
About the role
The Development Team is seeking a Site Procurement Strategy Lead to join our rapidly growing team. This individual will be responsible for sourcing and evaluating powered land for large-scale development, negotiating leases with data center operators, conducting site due diligence, understanding permitting requirements, and maintaining relationships with brokers, landowners, and developers.
Responsibilities
- Lead the site procurement strategy for the US data center portfolio, sourcing and evaluating powered land for large-scale development and negotiating leases with data center operators.
- Conduct site due diligence: evaluate utility and behind-the-meter power at 200MW+ scale, and assess buildability through title docs, surveys, geotechnical reports, and environmental studies.
- Understand permitting requirements at each site and their implications for the construction schedule.
- Maintain relationships with brokers, landowners, and developers so a valid site is never missed, and run vendor due diligence including on-site audits with specialist engineers.
- Work directly with DC Design to keep sites matched to the latest technical requirements, and own capacity planning and forecasting across clients and regions.
- Partner with Finance on multi-year infrastructure investment and cost structures, and lead commercial negotiations with landowners and developers.
Requirements
- You've worked in real estate with a focus on data centers or other large industrial projects, and you've closed large, complex deals.
- You assess land viability for data center development fast and rigorously: power, buildability, and permitting.
- You bring a customer-centric mindset, strong ownership, and proactive problem-solving.
- You align stakeholders across diverse internal and external teams, and you'll travel 20%+ as projects require.
Qualifications
- Bonus: Behind-the-meter power evaluation. Hyperscale-scale land deals. Utility interconnection familiarity. Multi-region portfolio planning.
Skills
- Strong negotiation and deal-making skills.
- Experience with large-scale data center development and procurement.
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Benefits
- Competitive total compensation package (salary + equity).
- Retirement or pension plan, in line with local norms.
- Health, dental, and vision insurance.
- Generous PTO policy, in line with local norms.
Pay
The base salary range for this position is $175,000 - $235,000 per year, depending on experience, skills, qualifications, and location. This range represents our good faith estimate of the compensation for this role at the time of posting. Total compensation may also include equity in the form of stock options.
Schedule
Fluidstack offers a flexible work schedule to accommodate the needs of our employees and the demands of the business.