Director of Site Selection
About The Position
Fluidstack is hiring a Director of Site Selection to manage the team and scale the program responsible for sourcing multiple gigawatts of U.S. powered land, powered shell, and turnkey opportunities. The role builds and maintains a network of brokers, landowners, and developers and leads candidate-site diligence, deal negotiation, vendor review, capacity planning, and team development. The Director will assess utility and behind-the-meter power at 4,200 MW+ scale, validating security, availability, and ramp directly with utilities. They will assess buildability using title, survey, geotechnical, and environmental reports, and map permitting requirements against construction schedules. The role negotiates leases, PSAs, and joint-venture structures and evaluates deal financeability and multi-year costs with Finance and executive leadership. The Director will oversee vendor due diligence, including on-site audits with specialist engineers, and coordinate with the DC Design team to ensure sites meet technical requirements. They will own capacity planning and forecasting across clients and regions, and build and mentor the site selection team as it grows. Travel of 20% or more is expected.
Requirements
- Experience leading hyperscale data center site acquisitions from initial review through signature, including personally negotiating powered-land and site-development deals.
- Experience closing large, multi-party real estate deals across leases, PSAs, and joint ventures while managing a multi-site portfolio.
- Ability to evaluate site risks involving title, geotechnical reports, permitting paths, and utility studies.
- Established relationships that lead brokers, landowners, and developers to bring sites before they reach the market.
- Experience building site-selection processes and systems that can support rapid growth in deal volume and team size.
- Ability to bring executive leadership, finance, design, and construction stakeholders to site decisions with clear recommendations and supporting rationale.
- Willingness to travel 20% or more and be on site when needed.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with behind-the-meter and bridge-to-utility power solutions.
- Experience with joint-venture structuring and project finance.
- Experience with large-load interconnection and utility tariff processes.
Responsibilities
- Manage the team and scale sourcing of multiple gigawatts of U.S. powered land, powered shell, and turnkey opportunities through a network of brokers, landowners, and developers.
- Run diligence on candidate sites, including utility and behind-the-meter power at 4,200 MW+ scale, site buildability, and permitting requirements.
- Validate power security, availability, and ramp directly with utilities.
- Negotiate leases, PSAs, and joint-venture structures with landowners, developers, data center operators, and private equity firms.
- Test deal financeability and multi-year costs with Finance and executive leadership.
- Direct vendor due diligence, including on-site audits with specialist engineers.
- Work with the DC Design team to ensure sites meet current technical requirements for scale and design.
- Own capacity planning and forecasting across clients and regions.
- Build and mentor the site selection team as it scales.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
Education Level
No Education Listed
